“White Sox manager Robin Ventura said before Saturday”s game that he was looking forward to Sale”s start.
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David Robertson came in to get the final out in a pouring rain before the umpires called for the tarp. With the Rangers now in first place within the AL West, they may be a little more willing to make a move that would contribute to this season’s outcome. Unfortunately, his Chicago White Sox have not joined him on that train, as they enter Friday’s action 10 games behind the Cleveland Indians for first place in the American League Central.
A heavy downpour before the bottom of the seventh sent players and umpires running for cover. The game was suspended 45 minutes later. Baltimore counters with Vance Worley (2-1, 3.16), who is making his second start since returning to the rotation for the first time since April. Fulmer got out of the inning with no further damage with a ground ball double play. “There’s not really much you can do”. During the offseason when they’re not in a playoff race, the teams that are in contention now will be more willing to part with talent on their current 25-man in blockbuster multi-player deals. The White Sox struck in the bottom of the inning, partly thanks to a rare miss by Jose Iglesias at shortstop.
Sale made headlines a year ago when, after an April 23 game, he reportedly approached the Royals clubhouse at U.S. Cellular Field following his ejection for his role in a brawl between the teams. On a night where the Tigers needed to pickup their young starter, the bullpen came through in a big way to secure the win.
Adam Eaton had three hits and scored for Chicago.
Justin Upton homered for the Tigers and Avisail Garcia hit his first homer since May 28 for the White Sox.
Kinsler tied it with one out on a drive to center for his second homer in as many games.
That gave the slugger 1,501 RBIs and put Detroit back on top. Jose Abreu had three hits and drove in two runs.
“We’re going to keep that in-house”, said Albers, who allowed an unearned run in two innings. The Tigers have scored 10 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four of their last eight games.
The Tigers didn’t open their clubhouse or make manager Brad Ausmus available after the suspension. RHP Jordan Zimmerman (neck) is on schedule for a rehab start Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. One of the game’s premier hurlers, a pitcher that has been praised for the changes he’s made in his pitching style this season, is supposed to be a representative of all that is good in baseball and tonight he was not.
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The White Sox marketing department touted the night as the “Throwback Game”. He popped out to the pitcher in the second inning and was replaced at second base by Tyler Saladino in the fourth. Their starting pitcher, former Tigers first-round draft pick Jacob Turner, threw 101 pitches and didn’t survive the fourth inning.
