The White Sox executed a insane 9-3-2-6-2-5 triple play in the seventh inning against the Rangers on Friday night. Eaton threw over to first, keeping Fielder at third for the time being, but Desmond had wandered too far off the bag, and Jose Abreu, fielding Eaton’s throw cleanly, tagged Desmond out as the latter ran past the base, then made a futile attempt to return to first.
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Instead, the Sox settled for an Eaton-to-Jose Abreu-to-Dioner Navarro-to-Tyler Saladino-back-to-Navarro-to-Todd Frazier triple play that digested 30 seconds and the Rangers’ enthusiasm. It was the first time Texas got caught in a triple play since June 1, 1991, against Seattle, and the first one the White Sox turned since September 18, 2006, against Detroit. “We’ve got to be able to pressure teams from top to bottom and we really haven’t got that part of our game going”. Chicago has now won three straight meetings with the Rangers and these two have hit the under in five straight encounters. You’re not going to get to second base, you’re going to put yourself into position that if that ball hits, you continue on to the next base. “Once I broke there was no way I can get back and go so I just messed it up”. After dropping the series’ opener to the Angels on Monday, the White Sox have reeled off victories on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Cuban slugger flicked an 11th-inning walk-off single past five infielders and into left field to earn the White Sox a 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers in front of 20,182 on Saturday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field.
Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout launches a two-run home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher John Danks, also scoring Andrelton Simmons, during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Chicago. With a little help from his defense and the Astros baserunners, Hamels overcame some early trouble, extending his career-best winning streak to 10 games and getting a two-run home run from Rougned Odor in the Rangers’ 2-1 win over Houston.
Perhaps predictably, Eaton was pretty stoked after the game, while Rangers manager Jeff Banister was a bit clinical about it the morning after. Do I look at the play and say, ‘What did we do right, what did we do wrong, what happened?’ Absolutely.
Yu Darvish elected to throw another live batting practice session which will push his first minor league rehab start back to May 1st. They totaled just five hits in the contest with four of those hits coming off the bats of Prince Fielder and Adrian Beltre. Reliever Keone Kela (elbow) underwent surgery and will be out three months. I would think the White Sox have some mojo and if Latos throws as he has it’s hard to go against him…
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Melky Cabrera had three hits for the White Sox, including a home run. Holland (2-0, 2.70) attributes his good start to staying true to his delivery. Rangers starter Colby Lewis was outstanding with six hits and four walks over six frames with a run plated on a solo jack.
