Kendrys Morales is 3 for 6 with a home run and a double off Sale, while Alcides Escobar has gone 18 for 48 (.375) and Lorenzo Cain is 14 for 40 (.350) with two homers. An inadvertent fastball broke his hand in the season’s second week and sidelined him until late May.
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On a wet Saturday afternoon in attractive Chicago (a jewel of a city), the KC Royals and White Sox battled for 13 innings over almost five hours at Comiskey Park (or whatever soulless corporate entity the Southsiders sold their stadium naming rights to).
The Chicago White Sox are capable of going on a few long hot streaks and now is the time to do so before Kansas City gets too far away in the American League Central. “I ended up doing it and helping everybody get out of here and move on to (Sunday’s game)”. It was well needed, well needed, ” Cain said.
Duffy pitched into the ninth to tie his season high in pitches (113) and struck out four to earn the win in his first outing since July 10.The only run Duffy allowed on six White Sox hits was a lead-off homer in the ninth by Chicago third baseman Tyler Saladino. Starter Jose Quintana gave up four runs on ten hits through 5.1 frames before Jacob Petricka allowed two more with Dan Jennings serving up a solo jack in the 13th to take the loss.
The teams endured the long game after they split a day-night doubleheader Friday. “So, I think we’ll be alright”, said Jennings.
But Luke Hochevar, Brandon Finnegan, and Ryan Madson clamped down on the Sox for four scoreless innings to secure the win in the end. Arodys Vizcaino (1-0) pitched a ideal eighth, and Jim Johnson earned his sixth save with three consecutive outs in the ninth.
There’s some poetry in seeing Geovany Soto’s bid to end the game in the 12th inning hit the wall, while Lorenzo Cain’s 13th-inning fly cleared the fence by plenty. They will participate in the “Parade of Champions” before Saturday’s game against the Kansas City Royals.
Brian McCann hit a tying two-out, two-run shot off Iwakuma (2-1) in the fourth.
Chicago made it 3-1 in the third on a pair of two-out singles and a walk, but the Sox left the bases loaded when Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie struck out designated hitter Adam LaRoche. Left off the AL All-Star team, a rested A-Rod hit his 19th home run of the season and 673rd of his career.
“There were several pitches I didn’t execute very well, which is inexcusable, ” Holland said. “It wasn’t like I was thinking or even saying to myself, ‘My God, this guy’s got a no-hitter going”. Royals 4, White Sox 4. “We couldn’t find that one to go ahead”. Sale has had some tough luck against the Royals, going 7-8 despite a 2.68 ERA in 25 games (14 starts).
Danks (5-8) combined with three relievers on the shutout as Chicago rebounded from a 4-2 loss in the opener. “We’re an aggressive team”.
Kansas City Royals’ Jarrod Dyson, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring on a sacrifice …
Sale capped his first half with yet another dominant performance, striking out 10 over seven innings of one-run ball to beat the crosstown rival Cubs.
White Sox: The team is expected to add a reliever next week.
Royals: Yost said he doesn’t anticipate an imminent decision on activating RHP Kris Medlen, who rejoined the team Friday. He is recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and has not pitched in the majors since 2013.
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As if that wasn’t enough, Garcia’s line drive single to center in the fourth grazed Volquez’s glove after he turned to avoid it.
