Matt Albers hadn’t had a hit since 2007.
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Albers stroked a leadoff double off Logan Verrett – a hit where he almost bowled over second baseman Neil Walker once he realized he did not, in fact, know how to slide into a base – continued his tortoise-like crawl around the base paths on Verrett’s wild pitch, and then finally dealt the defining blow: He tagged up on Jose Abreu’s deep sacrifice fly to score the go-ahead run and give the White Sox a 2-1 win in 13 innings at Citi Field. But one of Chicago’s hits was a long, two-run homer to center field by Kris Bryant in the third inning, and Lester (6-3) took over from there.
“I’m just getting away from my approach, going out of the zone”, he said.
Chicago White Sox catcher Alex Avila, left, congratulates relief pitcher Matt Albers after the White Sox defeated the Mets in the 13th inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in NY. The reliever reached third base on a wild pitch. Nate Jones, David Robertson and Albers each pitched two. “He’ll be fine Friday, nothing severe”, Collins said. “I was like, sorry, man, I don’t know how to slide”.
“That was awesome to get the win and be a part of it”.
“That hit means nothing if I don’t go out there and get those next three outs”, Albers said. “After I caught my breath, I went back out there and finished it”.
After striking out 23 batters in his first six starts (35 innings), deGrom has whiffed 24 in his last three outings (19 innings). It was Frazier’s 17 homer of the year and just the fourth hit off deGrom.
Hansel Robles relieved for the Mets to start the 12th and left with one out and a 3-2 count on Alex Avila after hurting his right ankle. Pitcher Mat Latos handed him a bat, but it was too heavy.
“They were laughing. They didn’t think I could do that”, said Albers, who was reliant on team-mate Dioner Navarro for a bat and a helmet.
“He nearly joined the cadaver club”, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “He wanted an elbow guard, and he was ready to go”. This will be Gonzalez’s first career appearance against the Mets.
He induced a groundout from Juan Lagares, struck out Ty Kelly and, after walking Rene Rivera, got catcher Kevin Plawecki to ground out to finish off the win.
The victory was the Sox’ second in a row and gave them their first series win in their last seven. The group allowed 14 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings against the Kansas City Royals. He allowed five hits and a pair of walks. But he also walked five batters.
NY frittered away a four-run lead in Tuesday night’s 6-4 loss, then couldn’t maintain a 1-0 margin Wednesday provided by Rene Rivera’s second-inning RBI single. He pinch hit in the ninth and struck out. They grounded into three double plays in the first five innings and five in the game. Only the 1953 Reds allowed 13 walks and allowed one or fewer runs since 1913.
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The eight scoreless innings are the most by a White Sox bullpen since August 20, 1995. “I just had to get the ball to the outfield”. “When you get to 110 pitches and still you make a big pitch to get out of an inning, this kid, he really battles”.
