![]() ![]() “We’re not chasing balls out of the strike zone. “We’re swinging at strikes,” he said before Sunday’s game. That’s what good hitters do.”Ĭairo said that has been the approach up and down the lineup. They are looking for a pitch, they’re attacking the strike zone. “He’s not chasing out of the strike zone. “Eloy has been getting really good at-bats,” Cairo said Friday. The team’s first runs in that game came on a two-run homer in the fourth by Jiménez. The Sox fought back from an early four-run hole Wednesday to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-6 at T-Mobile Park. That includes five homers Thursday in Oakland.įriday’s rally was the second dramatic win during the trip. They have 21 homers during that stretch with six multi-homer games. The power has returned for the Sox lineup with home runs in 10 of their last 13 games. It was the beginning of an incredible comeback as the Sox scored five in the inning and won 5-3. The Sox trailed by three entering the ninth Friday against the A’s.ĭesignated hitter Eloy Jiménez homered to right with one out. 31 through Saturday, when the team went 9-2. Sox starters had a combined 2.03 ERA from Aug. “To go out there and make a statement, both on the pitching and the offensive side, is important,” Cease said afterward. He allowed just two more the rest of way, pitching six scoreless innings in the 14-2 victory. Luis Arraez ended the chance at history with a two-out single.Ĭease gave up a single in the first inning of his next outing Thursday against the A’s. ![]() 3, taking a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field. “We’re all feeding off that and just rolling with it.”ĭylan Cease continued to make his case for the AL Cy Young Award, allowing four hits and no runs in 15 innings during his last two starts. “Hitting’s contagious,” left fielder Andrew Vaughn said after a four-hit game Saturday. In the 12 games leading up to Sunday’s series finale in Oakland, the Sox had a combined. The other was June 19 20 hits at Cleveland and 21 at Minnesota. It marked the second time in franchise history the Sox had at least 20 hits twice in a three-game span. The Sox were on their way to a 10-2 victory, finishing with 20 hits. ![]() Andrus hit a three-run homer during a four-run second inning. The offensive outburst continued Saturday. Moncada hit a three-run homer an inning later. The back-to-back blasts set the tone for a 21-hit night in the Sox’s 14-2 victory. Here are three numbers that stand out during the last two weeks.Įlvis Andrus began Thursday’s game against the A’s with a homer. They have a makeup game Thursday in Cleveland against the Guardians - the team they’re chasing in the American League Central - before heading to Detroit for three games against the Tigers. The Sox begin a two-game series against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday at Guaranteed Rate Field. He flew to Chicago with the team after Sunday’s 10-3 loss to the A’s. La Russa told Janie McCauley of The Associated Press he had a pacemaker inserted for his heart. La Russa has not been cleared to return to the dugout in an active managing role, saying Sunday when asked about his expectations to be back: “A lot of it is going to depend on the experts. La Russa went to Arizona for further evaluation and received clearance from his doctors to participate in a ceremony honoring former pitcher Dave Stewart before Sunday’s Sox-Oakland Athletics game at the Oakland Coliseum. ![]()
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