Morales was hitting.191 on June 5, but in his past 20 games he is hitting.359 with a.705 slugging percentage, bringing his season total to.261 with 38 home runs and 85 RBIs. He’s finishing up a lot better.
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Chris Sale picked up his 16th victory with a complete game and Carlos Sanchez homered for the first time in almost a year as the Chicago White Sox beat the reeling Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Friday night.Sanchez hit a three-run homer – his first in 141 at-bats since September 21, 2015 – in a four-run eighth inning to rally Chicago.Sale (16-8) struck out 10, walked one and held Kansas City to four runs (three earned) and eight hits for his big league leading eighth complete-game, throwing 119 pitches.Kelvin Herrera (2-5) took the loss, giving up the homer to Sanchez.The Royals have lost five straight to begin their eight-game homestand.Kansas City seized a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning with Whit Merrifield’s triple scoring Billy Burns with the first run.
Kansas City Royals’ Kendrys Morales celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, in Kansas City, Mo. “I was able to get back on track and finish strong”.
Royals: LHP Jason Vargas makes his first start since July 21, 2015, and rehabbing from reconstructive elbow surgery. The White Sox have allowed 17 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in 10 of their last 16 games.
“He is a very smart professional hitter”, Duffy said. “That’s probably why I don’t try to nibble with it”.
Orlando doubled to left and scored on Morales’ two-out single up the middle. Hunter Dozier, who was making his second major league start, and Eric Hosmer delivered run-producing singles in the inning, which Alcides Escobar opened with a triple. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day.
Alex Gordon ended an 0-for-21 drought with his 16th home run, which splashed into the upper right-field fountain.
Todd Frazier hit his 37th home run of the year for Chicago.
Gonzalez, who threw only five pitches in the seventh, left after seven innings, allowing three runs on six hits. Overall, he’s walking about as many batters per nine innings as he did during his 6.2 fWAR, Cy Young-contending 2015 season, but his strikeouts have plummeted from last year’s career-best mark of 11.82 K/9 – a number that could be hard to rectify over his last three starts of 2016.
“He just wasn’t his normal self, the stuff you would expect from him”, Sox manager Robin Ventura said.
They both came way too late for the Kansas City Royals to avoid an embarrassing sweep. He just wasn’t locating the way he usually does. “When I started this, I don’t know why, I had just two goals”. He was throwing it pretty good. “But, you know, we just got into a couple of tough counts and they capitalized on it”. Rodon is 2-1 with a 2.28 ERA and 23 strikeouts in his career against the Royals. The mistake allowed Tim Anderson to reach second base safely and prevented the Royals from recording an out at first. After the review, the call on the field was overturned with Orlando ruled safe and the slide deemed legal.
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“What really impressed me was our offense, honestly”, Duffy said.
