His homer was the first by a White Sox pitcher since Mark Buehrle on June 14, 2009, at Milwaukee.Ranaudo was called up from Triple-A Charlotte to replace Chris Sale, who was suspended for five games but is scheduled to start on Thursday. “It’s definitely something you want to tune in to see for sure”.
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“Definitely something I’ll remember the rest of my life”, Ranaudo said.
But when asked repeatedly about that phone conversation before Tuesday’s game, Chapman said through Blanco that he couldn’t recall details because he was taking a nap at the time the call came in.
Sale said he did not address his teammates as a group before the game but planned to talk with them individually.
Ranaudo allowed three runs and two hits – both homers – in 6 2/3 innings and smacked an opposite-field homer in the fifth for his first major league hit to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead.
Arguably the biggest-and buzziest-deal that has gone down so far was Monday’s swap between the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees that sent pitcher Aroldis Chapman to Chicago. Hamels allowed two runs on six hits and walked just one while throwing 123 pitches.
Kris Bryant, who homered against Sale in the All-Star Game, hit an RBI double off the center field wall in the first inning off Sale.
Ben Zobrist added an RBI single in the third and doubled and scored in the eighth as the Cubs earned a split of the four-game series and spoiled Sale’s night. “They’re very loyal. They wear their hearts on their sleeves, and it stinks when they want me to go out there and I don’t show up”. He appreciated the support he received via text messages from teammates, and he was greeted warmly when he arrived in the visiting clubhouse at 4:42 p.m. Thursday, exchanging handshakes, hugs and back slaps as he made the rounds of the cramped, muggy room.
Pirates 10, Mariners 1: Gerrit Cole threw a three-hitter for his first career complete game, and slumping Andrew McCutchen had a three-run home run and two other hits in Pittsburgh’s victory over Seattle.
After a rough introductory news conference when he struggled to answer questions about a previous domestic violence case, Chapman said he was “ecstatic about the environment”.
On the other hand, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com cites multiple sources in the game that claim the White Sox are not especially motivated to trade Sale despite the freakish jersey cutting incident (not to mention his feud with Kenny Williams this spring). Pitchers like Sale, however, are tough to find, and he could be under team control through 2019 if the White Sox pick up his “18 and ’19 club options”.
The Cubs have Jason Heyward and the now-healthy Dexter Fowler in the outfield, but Jorge Soler is on the disabled list and Kyle Schwarber isn’t coming back this year. Even though Sale punched out four Cubs looking, none of those K’s occurred during the first three innings.
“There is a lot of crap that was going on this week, no doubt about it”, Sale said.
“I thought we were getting a guy who threw 105 (mph)”.
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“Man, I don’t know that anybody could handle it better than the way he has”, Maddon said of his struggles. The White Sox continue their eight-game road trip Friday at Minnesota as LHP Jose Quintana (8-8, 2,97 ERA) goes against Twins RHP Ricky Nolasco (4-8, 5.40 ERA).
