Alexi Ogando (2-0) came out of the bullpen in the ninth inning to get the win, retiring the only batter he faced to escape a jam with runners at second and third base. Flowers’s home run chased Sanchez from the game and gave Chicago the lead. Shuck’s infield hit set up Sanchez for the go-ahead triple. Mi.Cabrera doubled to right. Cespedes struck out. To be fair to Martinez, three of his 10 hits off Danks are home runs.
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A nice break for the White Sox pitchers, who saw Cabrera rip three doubles in Detroit’s 5-4 win Friday night. Whether it’s a double or single, somehow he either reaches second, or Cespy drives him in. Sanchez tripled past Miguel Cabrera at first and all the way to the right-field wall on a 1-2 pitch, putting Chicago ahead 8-5.
Asked if the White Sox still can be a playoff team, Williams said he remains hopeful but is also a realist. The White Sox are 13-32 in the last 45 meetings in Detroit. Al.Ramirez walked on a full count.
It only took two pitches from Simon for Chicago to take a 1-0 lead. LaRoche hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Cespedes, Abreu scored.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on.
It looked like a slumbering loss for the Tigers until Victor Martinez cleared the bases and McCann homered to save the game, and David Price. Samardzija is shooting for consecutive victories after defeating Minnesota 6-2 where he gave up both runs on eight hits over seven frames.
Current White Sox have a. 200 average against him in 40 plate appearances.
Tigers eighth. Duke pitching. Romine pinch-running for Castellanos.
Detroit and Chicago were one of three games on the Major League slate to be postponed by rain Saturday. Currently the odds for the game have the Tigers favored to pick up the win in this one at home.
White Sox tenth. Jo.Wilson in as designated hitter. Specifically, Conor Gillaspie and Alexei Ramirez are just having terrible defensive years. Williams sold Ventura on the job, though, and since then, the team’s ex- third baseman has been committed to the position.
When they outhit their opponents, the Tigers are 32-8.
Tigers tenth. Soto in as catcher. Holaday struck out.. D.Webb pitching. Romine singled to center. Hitting.228, statistically this is one of the worst seasons of LaRoche’s career, but he’s bounced back from a slow start and has been producing with some power, hitting eight home runs and driving in 27 runs despite being on pace for a career high in strikeouts.
But when Martinez ambushed his first pitch with one out and the bases loaded in the eighth inning, he was left for dead on the Comerica Park mound. Kinsler flied out to center fielder Eaton.
Jose Iglesias: Broke Samardzija’s developing no-hitter in the third inning with a five-pitch one-out single.
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Russell Martin and Danny Valencia each hit solo homers for the Blue Jays, who improved to 17-7 in June and boosted their ML-leading run total to 417. Meanwhile, the Tigers are 3-3 in such matchups.
