Andrew Vaughn was conscious he wanted a triple for the cycle when he got here to bat within the sixth inning Monday in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays.
“You’ve got to keep it out of the back of your head,” Vaughn mentioned.
Vaughn didn’t get the triple, however he did single to match a profession excessive with 4 hits within the Chicago White Sox’s 8-7 victory in entrance of twenty-two,482 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Vaughn had an RBI double within the first, singled and scored within the third and hit a solo homer within the fourth. His sixth-inning at-bat completed with a single to left.
“His stroke (Monday) was as pure as it could be,” Sox supervisor Tony La Russa mentioned. “(Blue Jays starter José) Berríos, we hit some good pitches. We stayed on the ball good as a result of that man’s robust.
“But we talked about it before, that’s what (Gavin) Sheets has shown, (Jake) Burger, they’re hungry hitters. They go up there every at-bat trying to make something happen, and Vaughn, he’s got that nailed.”
It’s the third time Vaughn has had 4 hits in a recreation. He has 5 multi-hit performances in his final seven video games.
“Just learning from last year,” Vaughn mentioned. “Learned how to take care of my body better. It’s 162 games. It’s long. Just being smart and being proactive about it.”
Vaughn’s residence run was the third of the evening for the Sox. Josh Harrison’s two-run homer within the second gave them a 3-2 lead. Luis Robert made it 5-2 with a two-run homer one inning later.
The Sox had manufacturing up and down the lineup, ending with 13 hits. Eight of the 9 starters had not less than one hit. Leadoff batter Tim Anderson singled twice and scored a run in his return from the injured listing.
“I was seeing the ball real well,” mentioned Anderson, who final performed for the Sox on May 29, when he suffered a strained proper groin. “If I just stay right there where I’m at, just continue to keep pushing, I’ll be in a good spot.”
La Russa mentioned of Anderson: “His stroke is a thing of a beauty. I mean, he can get to anything.”
Harrison was attending to nearly something defensively. He made a number of spectacular performs, together with an amazing diving cease and throw from his knees to get Gabriel Moreno for the primary out of the fifth.
“He had a great game,” La Russa mentioned of Harrison. “A clutch home run, he hit a couple of balls hard, but the defensive plays — every time you take an out away from that club is a huge step in the right direction.”
Lance Lynn benefited from the protection in his second begin of the season and his first at residence. The right-hander allowed 5 runs (three earned) on 4 hits with 5 strikeouts and two walks in five-plus innings.
There was a questionable ball 4 to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. within the sixth. Teoscar Hernández adopted with a two-run double, getting the Blue Jays inside 8-4. That was Lynn’s ultimate batter.
Asked concerning the progress from his first begin to his second after getting back from proper knee surgical procedure within the spring to restore a torn tendon, Lynn mentioned: “I don’t know. I gave up five runs in five innings. It’s still horse(bleep).”
La Russa had a barely totally different evaluation.
“The ball was coming out great,” La Russa mentioned. “He was very aggressive. I watched him closely in that sixth. That lineup is tough. You saw what they’ve done all year long. And he was very sharp. Didn’t get bothered by the first two (runs on a homer by Raimel Tapia in the second) and kept shutting them out until the end.”
Reynaldo López adopted Lynn and struck out two within the sixth. He got here again for the seventh and stranded a runner on second with one other strikeout.
With nearer Liam Hendriks on the injured listing, the Sox opted for Kendall Graveman within the eighth and Joe Kelly within the ninth. Kelly surrendered a two-run homer with one out within the ninth to Cavan Biggio however rebounded with two grounders — together with one other good play by Harrison — to assist the Sox start their homestand on a constructive notice.
“The decision point there was that Graveman, we felt, could get the last out in the seventh (if necessary) and come back in the eighth,” La Russa mentioned. “They can each pitch the ninth, each pitch the eighth (and) the seventh.
“But to me, one of the stars brighter than anybody was Reynaldo López. (To) come out there and also pitch that seventh as effectively as he did, you’ll meet no bigger star than him.”
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