These days, White Sox hitters seem to be making amends to the talented southpaw.
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Constant communication has made this outfield better, Eaton said. The 31-year-old was ready to admit as much after the game.
“This is about putting us in the best position to win ballgames going forward”, general manager Rick Hahn said.
Rodon (1-4) gave up three runs and six hits over six innings as the White Sox failed to win their 20th game to match the crosstown Cubs for most wins in the majors. Taking this in to account, the right hander had a pretty crucial outing in Game 2 of the series against the tough Chicago White Sox. They lead the division by six games. “He’s done that a couple times here lately”. “I can’t say somebody will be there all the time, but quite regularly”. Danks went 79-104 with a 4.38 ERA in 247 games with the White Sox, recording double-digit wins in four different seasons.
Boston dropped to 0-3 against left-handed starters this season. Manager John Farrell said Buchholz needs to be more assertive. “He pitches to the edge so effectively”.
Quintana got some help from his defense in the second when Austin Jackson made a leaping grab of Ortiz’s drive to the warning track in center.
The White Sox will have their opportunity to bid farewell to David Ortiz in a pregame ceremony before this series’ final game later tonight. Addison Russell added two hits and Kris Bryant extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
Right-hander Steven Wright (2-3) drew the loss despite limiting the White Sox to two runs in six innings.
Abreu had two hits and three RBIs as Chicago ran its record to 19-8 for its best start since it had the same record in 2006. It will be interesting to see if Porcello can produce at the same rate he is producing right now for the entire season and if he does he will be a solid pitcher heading into the playoffs if the Red Sox make it. Porcello can still improve each start but as this point in the season Red Sox fans would not ask for anymore from him so far.
“I thought the biggest thing all centers around his fastball”, Farrell said.
Ortiz’s two-run blast came off of Chicago’s Carlos Rodon, and it put his Red Sox ahead, 3-1. The Cuban slugger is batting.464 (13 for 28) during a seven-game hit streak.
David Robertson pitched the ninth inning for his ninth save.
The White Sox have talked a lot about the cohesion their new players have fostered and their ability to pick one another up, but the offense dried up Wednesday after a first-inning homer from Jose Abreu off Clay Buchholz.
Frazier drove in a run with a slow grounder to third.
In all, that is 2 runs over 23 innings with just 12 total base runners against starting left-handers.
The fastball that Ortiz hit was his 509th career home run, tying him with Gary Sheffield for 25th on the all-time list.
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White Sox: DH Avisail Garcia (right hamstring) missed his fourth straight game after experiencing discomfort while running a day earlier.
