Luis Robert Jr. started Sunday’s second inning with a five-pitch stroll.
It was an harmless begin to a record-breaking inning for the Chicago White Sox.
The Sox scored 11 runs within the second, hammering the Cincinnati Reds 17-4 in entrance of 20,338 at Great American Ball Park.
The 11 runs set a crew report for a second inning, topping the earlier mark of 10 on July 28, 1935, in opposition to the St. Louis Browns.
“I liked everything about it,” supervisor Pedro Grifol mentioned of the inning. “(Reds pitcher Graham Ashcraft) is a very good starter, and we had been in a position to shrink the strike zone a bit of bit, make him pitch, make him come within the zone and put some good swings on it.
“And then we just kept tacking on. That’s really important for us, just to keep adding runs. It’s hard to hit, and (Sunday) was one of those days where our guys just shrunk the strike zone.”
It’s the primary time the Sox scored a minimum of 11 runs in any inning since Sept. 17, 2007, after they scored 11 within the fifth at Kansas City. The crew report for runs in an inning is 13 within the fourth on Sept. 2, 1943, at Washington.
The 17 runs had been essentially the most for the Sox in a sport since a 17-13 victory in opposition to the Cubs on Aug. 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Sunday’s 11-run inning featured three walks, 5 singles, a triple and residential runs by Hanser Alberto and Gavin Sheets. Alberto hit a two-run homer and Sheets had a three-run shot.
“We had a good plan, tried to hit good pitches and put on the best swings we can,” Alberto mentioned.
After Robert’s stroll, Ashcraft additionally fell behind within the depend to the following hitter, Alberto. The third baseman hit the second pitch over the left-field wall for his third homer of the season and second of the collection.
Yasmani Grandal singled. So did Elvis Andrus with one out. Tim Anderson drew a two-out stroll, loading the bases for Andrew Benintendi.
The Sox left fielder, who was born in Cincinnati, drove in two with a single. Andrew Vaughn adopted with a two-run triple to proper, making it 6-1.
Robert hit a comebacker off Ashcraft for an infield hit, scoring Vaughn. Casey Legumina changed Ashcraft and walked Alberto. Grandal had an RBI single, and Sheets added the exclamation level with the three-run homer to make it 11-1.
It was the primary time the Reds allowed 11 in an inning since April 13, 2003, in opposition to the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Sox scored three extra within the third and one other three within the fifth. They went 8-for-13 with runners in scoring place.
The offensive outburst got here the identical day the Sox positioned slugger Eloy Jiménez on the 10-day injured record, retroactive to Saturday, due to an appendectomy. He is is anticipated to overlook 4 to 6 weeks.
“We lost Eloy and everybody knows what kind of player he is,” Alberto mentioned. “He’ll be missed a lot, but while he’s recovering we’ll try to play good ball so when he comes back, he sees a better team. He can join us and keep doing what he was doing.”
Alberto had 4 hits, a career-high 4 RBIs and scored twice. Vaughn additionally drove in 4. Robert had two hits, two RBIs, two walks and scored 4 occasions. Eight of the 9 starters had a minimum of one hit.
It all helped Sox starter Michael Kopech, who allowed 4 runs on eight hits with two strikeouts and one stroll in six innings. He surrendered 4 solo dwelling runs.
“I told (pitching coach) Ethan (Katz) after four: ‘My stuff’s not great today, but I’m prepared to give you as many as you need. I’ll go out there and do the best of my ability, whatever that is,’” Kopech mentioned. “It wasn’t great, but to get through six, I’m happy with that.”
The Sox (12-23) took two of three within the collection, their second consecutive collection victory.
“Our mindset has been from Day 1, just worry about tomorrow,” Grifol mentioned. “One game at a time. We dug ourselves a hole and we’ve got to claw ourselves out of it. One game at a time. Don’t get too far ahead and enjoy this one and get ready to play Kansas City (on Monday).”
Liam Hendriks makes one other rehab look
Sox nearer Liam Hendriks allowed one run on two hits in a single inning for Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday at Gwinnett, Ga.
It was the second rehab outing for Hendriks, who has been on the IL for the reason that starting of the season whereas present process remedy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He introduced on April 20 he was cancer-free after finishing chemotherapy on April 5.
Pitching within the seventh, Hendriks gave up consecutive singles earlier than getting out of the inning with a sacrifice fly, double play and groundout.
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