Nola allowed just five hits and two runs against the Nationals at home May 31 in six innings.Maikel Franco had two hits for the Phillies and Revere had two hits for Washington, which had 13 hits and has scored at least eight runs in five of its last six games.NOTES: Washington OF Jayson Werth (2007-10), OF Ben Revere (2013-15) and RHP Jonathan Papelbon (2012-15) all played for the Phillies. The Royals will try to bounce back this afternoon, Danny Duffy takes the mound for the Royals. But Latos had a 7.25 ERA over his last seven starts as the White Sox had dropped 20 of 26 games.
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“I don’t get it, ” Frazier said.
Yordano Ventura pitched seven sharp innings for Kansas City in his first start since he brawled with Manny Machado in Baltimore, and the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday for their second straight win following an eight-game losing streak. Philadelphia 1B Tommy Joseph, who hit two homers Friday, was back in the starting lineup Saturday as manager Pete Mackanin has made a decision to bench 1B Ryan Howard (.150) and go with Joseph.
“Those guys have power and I made a couple of mistakes running to the middle a couple times, ” Quintana said.
The Royals can thank Chicago for snapping them out of another funk. “But I don’t have control of that”. Chicago hit 4 home-runs all off of Ian Kennedy. “I don’t understand when we get opportunities we squander them”. “Four-hole hitter, I’ve got to do my job”. I couldn’t do my job on three pitches. “Pretty embarrassing, to be honest with you”.
October 10, 2014; Scottsdale, AZ, USA; Chicago White Sox infielder Tim Anderson plays for the Glendale Desert Dogs against the Scottsdale Scorpions during an Arizona Fall League game at Cubs Park.
Garcia’s two-out single off Wade Davis scored Fraizer in the ninth and avoided the shutout, but it was too late to help Quintana.
“Some guys have to pick it up”, the fifth-year White Sox manager said. “Basically, we’ve been playing good defense and the one key that has been kind of missing is key hits in situations”. OF Brett Eibner (left ankle sprain) went 1 for 10 in the first three games of a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha. The Royals won the last game 4-1, and the series is now tied 1-1. Rodon was scratched from Thursday’s start with neck pain.
White Sox OF Melky Cabrera served as the team’s designated hitter for the third time this season. The only scoring for Chicago was a solo homer by Jose Abreu in the sixth inning, his eighth blast of the year.
The win was the second in a row for the Sox (31-30), who moved ahead of the Royals in the American League Central standings.
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“We’ll probably know by the All-Star break what we have and what we have coming”, Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. Kendrys Morales, hitting from the right side, would drive him home with an RBI single to make it 1-0 Royals. The White Sox next at bat was an ending inning double play, getting the Royals and Ventura out of the jam.
