Tim Anderson ranged to his left to subject P.J. Higgins’ grounder within the fifth inning of Sunday’s City Series sport towards the Chicago Cubs at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The White Sox shortstop made the throw to first and fell to the bottom in apparent ache.
A hush went over the sellout crowd of 38,080. Teammates circled Anderson in shallow heart subject. He wanted the coaching workers’s help to exit the sport.
Anderson grew to become the newest key Sox participant to endure an harm this season as he left with a strained proper groin.
The Sox discovered a technique to rally with out their offensive spark plug, beating the Cubs 5-4 in 12 innings. Third baseman Jake Burger knocked in Danny Mendick with a single to finish the marathon sport.
“I make (a fielding) error in the seventh that cost a run for us,” Burger stated. “I’m just glad I got the chance to redeem myself a little bit.”
Now the query turns into how lengthy the Sox can be with out Anderson.
“It’s devastating,” Burger stated. “You saw all nine guys out there around him. He’s such a leader and such an impactful person in this clubhouse that it will be tough. But he’ll always be with us no matter what it is.”
Anderson will bear additional analysis Monday. Sox supervisor Tony La Russa stated Anderson will head to the injured listing.
“That’s typical, he goes on the IL making a great play at the time we needed it,” La Russa stated.
Anderson, who was an All-Star for the primary time in his profession final season, entered Sunday third within the American League with a .354 batting common. He was tied for second on the group with 5 residence runs and tied for first with 19 RBIs.
“This guy is as good as any player in the game at that position in all regards,” La Russa stated. “We’re not nearly as good without him, but we’re going to have to be good enough to win.”
That was the case Sunday.
After being held in verify by Marcus Stroman, who allowed three hits in seven shutout innings, the Sox tied the sport at 1 within the ninth when AJ Pollock scored on a wild pitch by David Robertson.
The Cubs scored twice within the tenth, just for the Sox to come back again with two within the backside of the inning. Both groups scored as soon as within the eleventh.
The Sox thought they’d received within the eleventh when Adam Engel raced residence after Robert Gsellman’s throw to first hit Leury García. Umpires known as García out on batter interference, and Engel had to return to second.
“(Plate umpire) Ted (Barrett) said at some point (García) has to get on the other side of that line,” La Russa stated. “I guarantee he knows the rules better than I do.”
The Cubs got here up empty within the prime of the twelfth, and Burger’s profitable hit off Gsellman got here with one out within the backside of the inning because the groups break up the two-game collection.
“I was stepping in the box with my plan and they bring in the fifth infielder,” Burger stated. “I made eye contact with Danny Mendick at third base and we each simply began laughing as a result of I hadn’t seen that shortly, and that form of relaxed me slightly bit.
“I just wanted to see something up and try to get something to the outfield, and sure enough, it was the first pitch.”
The Sox received three of 4 on this 12 months’s City Series after sweeping two video games May 3-4 at Wrigley Field.
“When is the last time you’ve played that many innings with a runner on second base?” Mendick stated. “You win a ballgame like that where you bust your butt, it makes you feel good when you go home.”
The Sox are again at .500 (23-23) heading right into a six-game journey to Toronto and Tampa Bay starting Tuesday.
They’ll be with out Anderson, who joins an inventory of sidelined Sox gamers that features pitcher Lance Lynn (proper knee surgical procedure) and outfielder Eloy Jiménez (torn proper hamstring tendon). Lynn and Jiménez are rehabbing with Triple-A Charlotte.
“Nobody wants to see Timmy go down,” Mendick stated. “He’s the captain of the team. So everyone has to pick him up.”
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