White Sox 3B Todd Frazier is seeded second in the home run derby on Monday.
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Sale, a candidate to be the AL’s starter in next week’s All-Star Game, admitted he wasn’t himself.
“I lost the game for us”, said Sale, who yielded 10 hits while walking two and striking out five.
Stephen Strasburg stayed undefeated, winning a marquee pitching matchup against an ailing Noah Syndergaard by tossing seven innings of two-hit ball Friday night that sent the Washington Nationals to a 3-1 victory… “(Julio) felt good. I thought he did a great job to get through six”. After a groundout, the White Sox walked Freeman intentionally.
Atlanta’s Adonis Garcia had his first four-hit game, including two doubles and two RBIs.
“I think I deserve the All-Star (game)”, Quintana said.
In the top of the third inning with Chicago up 4-3, the Braves had runners on first and second with no outs.
“It gives me confidence when the guys bring runs”, Quintana said.
The Braves scored four runs in the fifth on three straight doubles to the wall to break a 4-all tie. Jose Quintana really should be an American League All-Star, as he’s been the best pitcher in that league. Anderson tagged d’Arnaud as he tried to retreat to second for the first out. But Jones, who worked the ninth for injured closer David Robertson, got Chase d’Arnaud to ground out to Frazier at third to finish off the win. Anderson stepped on second to force out Beckham, then threw to first baseman Jose Abreu to get Freeman.
“I was kind of like basketball player in that role”, he said.
The White Sox tweeted that they were the first since the 1965 Cubs to complete three triple plays in a season, but Christopher Kamka of CSN Chicago discovered that it had been accomplished by the 1979 Red Sox and A’s after combing through SABR’s database. Shields was pretty good last time out so hopefully he is good…
“It was good to have his back on that play”, Anderson said. Struggling to receive run support is nothing new for Quintana, who is 24-29 since the start of 2014 despite posting a 3.28 ERA and averaging 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings in that stretch. Carlos Sanchez took Lawrie’s place at second base…. Rodon was placed on the disabled list and replaced by RHP Tommy Kahnle from Triple-A Charlotte.
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While he picked up a win that might lead to him being viewed a little more favorably by some old-school evaluations, Quintana’s ERA rose from 3.06 to 3.21 and his FIP went up from 3.21 to 3.48 after his start Saturday.
