Escobar took third on Lorenzo Cain’s fly out to right-fielder Avisail Garcia and scored on Hosmer’s chopper to first baseman Jose Abreu.Jarrod Dyson singled in the fifth for the Royals, making him 8-for-10 versus Gonzalez.NOTES: The Thursday night rainout will be made up September 19 at Kansas City. No one’s ideal in this game. Garcia singled home Brett Lawrie with the first run of the inning. White Sox right-hander Miguel Gonzalez and Royals left-hander Danny Duffy, the two scheduled starters Thursday, will pitch Friday.
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Eibner was a second round draft pick back in 2010 for the Royals, and was hitting an impressive.309 in his first 41 games as a Storm Chaser. They’ve also moved within one game of the AL Central-leading White Sox by winning eight of 11. Frazier moved into a tie for the Major League Baseball lead with his 15th homer and Cabrera hit a grand slam Friday, but the White Sox are clinging to a half-game division lead over Cleveland after losing for the 12th time in 16 games. Todd Frazier leads the team with 15 homers and 35 RBI in his 42 hits and 31 runs. We’re on the right path hitting-wise. You have to make sure you’re prepared for things like that. We’re an aggressive team.
Chien-Ming Wang (3-0) pitched two scoreless innings to claim the victory.
Kahnle relieved Robertson, who threw 29 pitches, and Butera doubled on his third offering, driving the ball on one hop to the left-field wall.
The Royals added a run in the eighth when Paulo Orlando, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a single, scored on Jarrod Dyson’s sacrifice fly. They’ll have control in 2017 as well which is a great benefit as he can play multiple positions and allow for flexibility.
They’re one of the hardest teams to strike out because they’re aggressive about swinging the bat, and that means they avoid some of those pesky two-strike at-bats. “We’ve got to find a way to put the fire out and we couldn’t do it”.
Lastly, Kendrys Morales is day to day with a sprained finger.
Royals: RHP Chris Young (right forearm strain) was reinstated from the disabled list and put in the bullpen. Rodon threw 105 pitches before being replaced by Zach Putnam, who retired all seven batters he faced, striking out two in 2 1/3 innings. He will be used as a reliever when he is activated after going 1-5 with a 6.68 ERA in seven starts.
The White Sox have opted to start LHP Chris Sale on Sunday against the Royals, instead of holding him back for a Monday start against the New York Mets.
Manager Robin Ventura said he isn’t concerned that the rough stretch will damage his players’ psyche.
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The game has not been rescheduled, but it will not be made up during the four-game weekend series turned into three games by the rainout. LHP Carlos Quintana will start Monday at NY. Ventura is 2-4 with a 7.16 ERA in his past six starts.
