He went about his business as usual and stuck to his game. Chicago’s Jose Quintana (1-1, 2.55) is to start Friday night against fellow lefty Martin Perez (0-1, 3.44). He went 0 for 3 with a strikeout and is hitting.146.
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“(Quintana) was pitching great the whole game”, Beltre said.
“Love it”, Ventura reiterated.
The White Sox lead the American League in quality starts with 13, trailing just their north-side neighbors as the Cubs already have 15.
Starters Chris Sale (4-0) and Mat Latos (3-0) – with more or the same amount of wins combined than eight AL teams – and ace reliever David Robinson (six saves) are among the headliners.
Then there’s the defense.
Trout had five hits and two walks in the final two games of the series, after going 3 for 18 in the previous five games. Moreland flew out to right, with Adam Eaton making a catch on the run. In Eaton’s case, last season was initially a struggle for him defensively in center field, with his shoulder injury (and reinjury) hampering him.
With the score tied 5-5 in the ninth, consecutive singles by Phillips and Bruce off Christian Bergman put runners at first and third with no outs.
The Rangers scored 24 runs during a four-game winning streak, but their bats were silent on Friday as they recorded just five hits and had only two at-bats with runners in scoring position.TV: 2:10 p.m. ET, FSN Southwest (Texas), CSN ChicagoPITCHING MATCHUP: Rangers RH Colby Lewis (1-0, 4.00 ERA) vs. White Sox LH Carlos Rodon (1-2, 4.73)Lewis served up three homers in his last outing against Baltimore and received a no-decision after allowing four runs and 10 hits in six innings. “Defense comes to play every day”.
“Shoot, it’s one of those things”, said Frazier, who said he had gotten all of the pitch before the long fly turned into a “hope and a prayer kind of a thing”. Their. 498 OPS allowed is second in the majors to the Cubs.
“No. We’ve been a good base-running ballclub, we’ve been one of the better base-running clubs in all of baseball”, he said. The two right-handed sluggers expected to carry most of the load in the heart of the order both have OPS marks south of.700. “Zach could have come in and got them out, but in my mind Shaw was facing the guys he was supposed to”. “So it was really nice to finish off that play”. “It was a very, very good play”. “That’s what we think we have, too”. He’s been getting the changeup in there as well over the past few starts.
Cabrera got one run back with a leadoff solo home run to right in the bottom of the seventh off Weaver. He is 7-3 with a 3.89 ERA in 13 career appearances (11 starts) against Chicago and has thrown two of his three career shutouts versus the White Sox.
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Christina Kahrl writes about Major League Baseball for ESPN.
