To make room on the roster, C/DH Yohel Pozo was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock. Rangers INF Andy Ibanez (left hamstring strain) was activated from the 10-day injured list but didn’t play. Texas, which ranks 29th in runs scored, has been blanked 13 times.
The shutout was the 12th of the season for the White Sox. Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia walks out of the batters box after swinging at a pitch in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Sept. … Texas has lost three straight to division leaders Houston and Chicago by a combined 27-3. … Texas RF Adolis Garcia and White Sox 3B Yoan Moncada each struck out four times. … With a fifth-inning steal of second base, Rangers CF Leody Taveras is 17 for 17 in his two seasons. It was the longest active streak in the majors and the third-longest this season. … White Sox C Yasmani Grandal had a 30-game on-base streak snapped. The three RBIs matched his career high, and he also singled twice.Ībreu is one short of the major league RBI lead, and Cease is third in the AL with 212 strikeouts. The White Sox loaded the bases in the fourth with one out before Robert ripped a 2-0 sinker to left-center.
“Some of those guys that are typical free-swingers, they actually boxed him up pretty well.” “I think they actually waited out Taylor,” Texas manager Chris Woodward said. Taylor Hearn (6-5), trying to win his fifth consecutive start, allowed seven runs in 3 1/3 innings on eight hits and three walks. “I’ve got to get into a rhythm a little quicker.” “The first couple of innings I wasn’t efficient, and I wasted a lot of pitches,” Cease said. The right-hander escaped early trouble, stranding five runners in the first three innings. He gave up four hits and two walks but needed 92 pitches to get through five. The Rangers have lost four of five with two games left on a seven-game homestand following their most successful road trip of the season (6-3).Ĭease (12-7) was one strikeout short of his season high. “He was here for us to take a look at, and now we’re playing him.” “He’s really made an impression,” La Russa said. Gonzalez, playing his eighth game since joining the club from Triple-A Charlotte, had his first multi-hit major league game. White Sox rookie Romy Gonzalez doubled twice among his career-best three hits and Cease had his eighth double-digit strikeout game of the season.įour relievers held Texas to four singles the rest of the way. “It was a completely well-played game,” White Sox manager Tony La Russa said. Chicago White Sox's Jose Abreu, left, and Tim Anderson celebrate after Anderson scored on a sacrifice fly by Abreu during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Sept. Jose Abreu had two hits and drove in two runs, giving him 111 RBIs this season as the White Sox began an 11-game trip that will close their road schedule.Ĭhicago reduced its magic number over Cleveland to five for winning the AL Central and securing a second consecutive postseason berth for the first time in franchise history.
This article was published (625 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.ĪRLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Luis Robert hit a three-run double, Dylan Cease struck out 10 in five innings and the Chicago White Sox moved closer to their first division title in 13 years by trouncing the Texas Rangers 8-0 on Friday night.
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