Too many walks led to a brief afternoon for Chicago White Sox starter Michael Kopech.
The bullpen picked him up Sunday, however the Sox couldn’t hold Spencer Torkelson in examine all day. The Detroit Tigers designated hitter gave his crew the lead with a solo residence run within the seventh towards reliever Aaron Bummer, they usually held on to beat the Sox 3-2 in entrance of twenty-two,246 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“Torkelson’s becoming that type of guy where, if you leave one out over the plate, he can hurt you,” Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol stated. “And he did and that ended up being the game-winner.”
The Sox had been swept within the three-game sequence and are a season-worst 31 video games beneath .500 (53-84).
Here are three takeaways from the sequence.
1. Tim Anderson reached a hitting milestone.
Anderson ripped a double to left-center on the primary pitch he noticed within the backside of the primary Sunday.
The hit jump-started a two-run inning. It was additionally the 1,000th hit of Anderson’s profession.
“It means a lot,” he stated. “Not a lot of people get to 1,000. Definitely a proud moment.”
The shortstop turned the nineteenth participant to document his first 1,000 hits in a Sox uniform. Anderson has 706 singles, 178 doubles, 18 triples and 98 residence runs.
“(It takes) a lot of work,” Anderson stated. “We are playing one of the toughest sports there is. And to be able to reach that, it’s definitely pretty cool.”
He collected No. 1,001 an inning later with a single.
“Just learned a lot,” Anderson stated of his swing in 2023. “Understanding how the physique works. The physique positively (doesn’t) really feel prefer it did just a few years in the past, so you are attempting to be taught a complete lot of various issues and attempt to get again to the place I used to be.
“Just continue to keep working and grinding and keep trying to find that swing.”
2. The Tigers obtained to Sox starters Saturday and Sunday.
Kopech started Sunday with back-to-back walks. Command points popped up all through his begin, which lasted simply 1 2/3 innings.
He allowed two runs on one hit with 5 walks and two strikeouts. He threw 44 pitches with solely 16 strikes.
“We’ve made a lot of adjustments, especially in the second half,” Kopech stated. “I’m excited about the work that we’ve put in. But when you don’t see it pay off with results, I don’t want to say it’s not worth it, but when it matters is in the game. So when it doesn’t pay off, it’s frustrating.”
Kopech’s outing got here a day after Mike Clevinger lasted simply 4 innings in a 10-0 loss. He allowed eight runs on 12 hits with two strikeouts.
“I just don’t think I was executing well,” Clevinger stated Saturday. “There were some pitches that I didn’t expand on that I should have, especially with a team that swings the way they do. I could have expanded out the zone a little more and I left some pitches in there.”
The Tigers didn’t chase towards Kopech. It was his major-league-high seventh begin with five-plus walks.
“Ultimately it’s been disappointing for me for a long stretch of this season,” Kopech stated. “Can’t start to explain the frustration I’ve in myself. I’ve been working actually laborious to make things better and to not see outcomes is irritating. To go on the market and have a efficiency like that is past irritating.
“I’ve said it a lot this year, but it’s on to the next one. Hopefully I can figure something out in these last few starts and end on a high note. Right now things are tough.”
3. Cramping continued to sluggish Luis Robert Jr.
Robert was scratched from the lineup for the second straight day Sunday because the Sox heart fielder offers with proper quadriceps cramping.
“He feels better but not enough to be in there today,” Grifol stated earlier than the sport. “We’re at all times going to err on the aspect of warning, particularly the place we’re at proper now. We need him in there. He means a heck of lots to this lineup on either side of the ball. But there’s no must rush (him) again.
“Hopefully this is completely gone tomorrow and he can get back in there in Kansas City.”
Reliever Jimmy Lambert exited with proper ankle soreness Sunday whereas going through his second hitter of the fifth inning.
“He’s still under evaluation,” Grifol stated. “His ankle was bothering him a little bit. As soon as he threw the first couple of pitches, you could tell.”
Grifol stated third baseman Yoán Moncada tweaked his knee Sunday whereas stepping on first as he tried to beat out a grounder within the third inning.
“They put a brace on there and he finished the game with no problem,” Grifol stated. “He has a little discomfort, but he was able to finish the game.”
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