“I thought his poise and everything was outstanding”.
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But with one year of team control to go, Gonzalez has nearly assured himself a spot in next season’s rotation. “You just have to look yourself in the mirror and say, ‘What do we have to do to change it?'”
I’m not sure what the White Sox offense has against Jose Quintana.
“Now’s the right time to get hot. It’s worked out so far”. He now has 43 four-hit games and 38 multi-home run games in his illustrious career. Cabrera’s home run in the first inning was his 30th of the season and his 300th as a Tiger.
Cabrera also singled and doubled for his sixth four-hit game of the season.
Chicago’s Cabrera robbed Maybin of a leadoff home run with a leaping grab at the left-field wall. It was his 58th multi-home run game and fifth this season. The poor effort occurred after a stretch during which he gave up two or fewer runs in seven of eight starts since the All-Star break. He walked one and struck out 11 to secure his sixth career 200-strikeout season and his first since 2013. Todd Frazier struck out to end the inning. He did not factor in the decision last time out against Sale and the White Sox despite allowing a pair of homers among three hits while striking out nine over seven innings.
Verlander allowed eight hits and saw his chance for a 15th win dashed when former Tigers catcher Alex Avila tied it with a solo homer in the seventh. Kyle Hendricks led the Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the Brewers, allowing just one run with six strikeouts in six innings. He earned his 39th save of the season.
The White Sox had a very strong start to the season and were looking like a team ready to take the next step in the American League Central but they have stumbled for the most part this season and are seven games under the.500 mark.
Chicago then added to the lead in the top of the fifth.
He got out of a jam in the seventh, after giving up the game-tying home run. Ausmus came out to check on Verlander, but left him.
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Minnesota Twins second baseman Brian Dozier will not stop hitting home runs. This sets up a potentially entertaining slugfest for the final two spots, not to mention the streaking Houston Astros, who have gone 7-3 in their past 10 games to put some heat on the trio from behind. The first two Tigers reached on singles, the second of which Melky Cabrera lost in the lights. Fortunately, the Sox held a 2-0 lead, which encouraged Robin Ventura to use the best of his bullpen, and Nate Jones spearheaded the effort to preserve a rare Gonzalez win and the shutout.
