The White Sox came into the game looking for their fifth win in a row and their third winning streak of at least five games this season. However, Chicago has won 69% (11-5) of its games when taking a late lead. In his second game as Texas’ cleanup batter, LF Ian Desmond hit his fourth homer in the seventh inning.
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His own error cost him a run in the third and an Adrian Beltre error in the sixth led to another run. Rougned Odor (.298, 24 Rs, 7 HRs, 21 RBIs, 4 SBs) had another good game yesterday, going 2 for 6 with two runs, one home run, and one RBI. Four Texas relievers worked 3 1/3 shutout innings and gave up only two hits.
Frazier, who was replaced by Carlos Sanchez, received five stitches to his lower lip.
Frazier said he suffered the injury when he hit his head on an armrest, and his teeth went through his lip.
The run explosion in the third and fourth innings came after a one hour, 18 minute delay for a thunderstorm that blew through Globe Life Park.
Instead, Ryan Rua hit a three-run homer to cap a seven-run rally, and Texas beat the Chicago White Sox 13-11 on Tuesday. Bullpen catcher Adam Ricks caught Lawrie’s deep fly, reaching up with his glove while still sitting on a bench to make the grab.
Lost in the fireworks was a solid start by Miguel Gonzalez, who the Sox called up for the occasion.
“It’s great to see these guys never quit”, Hamels said. “Quite frankly, we’ve asked a lot of Miguel, bringing him up for a spot start against a really good hitting team in Toronto, and then 10 or 12 days later bringing him back against another hard offensive team in their home park [on Monday]”.
White Sox DH Avisail Garcia tied the longest hitting streak (11 games) of his career with his bases-loaded double. Texas LHP Derek Holland’s next start has been pushed back a day.
Mariners 6, Rays 5 – At Seattle: Chris Iannetta led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a homer to give Seattle a victory over Tampa Bay and a sweep of the three-game series.
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NOTES: An MRI performed on Texas RHP A.J. Griffin showed no structural issues in his sore right shoulder, a team official said. The right-hander will be able to resume throwing as soon as the inflammation subsides. He is is considered day to day, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. In the sixth, Chicago picked up a lone run and Texas tied it up in and scored the game victor in the bottom of the inning.
