The Seattle Mariners had the tying run on third base and the potential profitable run at second.
With two outs within the ninth inning Monday at T-Mobile Park, the Chicago White Sox led by one and had All-Star nearer Liam Hendriks on the mound.
The right-hander struck out Adam Frazier on three pitches to safe the 3-2 victory. It was his thirtieth save of the season.
Hendriks grew to become the sixth Sox pitcher to document consecutive 30-save seasons and the primary since David Robertson in 2015-16. Hendriks led the American League with 38 saves final season.
“Since I took the later-inning roles with Oakland in ‘19, had 25 that year and the short season (2020) had 14, so on track for back-to-back 30s is not something I ever envisioned when I moved to the pen,” Hendriks said after his 31st save Wednesday against the Mariners. “I was hoping to just get 30 innings in every year. To go out and do my job 30 times is cool and I’m grateful for the fellows to place me in that place.”
This season has been crammed with accomplishments on and off the sector for Hendriks, who together with reliever Jake Diekman was nominated for the Roberto Clemente Award on Thursday. The award, in response to Major League Baseball, acknowledges the participant who “represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.”
On the sector, Hendriks recorded his a hundredth profession save final month.
“It’s pretty special,” Hendriks informed the Tribune final month. “I got here up as a starter after which was center reduction. Honestly simply making an attempt to carve a dwelling.
“And it was one of those things where I’m just trying to continue on, keep playing and then something changed in 2018 when I got (designated for assignment) and I went down (to the minors) and I was looking my career in the eyes about not being able to do anything. Really changed my mindset around everything. Since then, it’s been going all right.”
His first save got here in 2017 with the Oakland Athletics. Hendriks and the Sox started a four-game collection in opposition to the A’s on Thursday at Oakland Coliseum.
Hendriks, who now has 109 profession saves, just lately mirrored on the street to 100 with the Tribune.
No. 1
Sept. 20, 2017: A’s at Detroit Tigers
“I had been with the A’s in ‘16 and ‘17, fluctuating between different roles,” Hendriks stated. “I had always gone on to finish the season well. I had a couple of opportunities earlier in the year. They were like: ‘Hey, we’re going to give (relievers) Ryan Dull or (Ryan) Madson some time off because they’ve been throwing a lot. So for this series, you’ve got the ninth.’”
In this sport, Dull entered within the eighth.
“I was like, ‘Perfect, Dull went out for the eighth, I’ve got the ninth, I’m doing this,’” Hendriks stated. “They send him back out (for the ninth) and I’m like, ‘Well, I guess I’m not doing it.’”
Dull bumped into hassle within the ninth, and Hendriks got here in with a runner on first and one out. The A’s led by one.
He received José Iglesias to floor right into a fielder’s alternative for the second out.
“Iglesias hit a ground ball that we weren’t able to turn two on, which ended up working out for me because it raised my (strikeouts per nine innings),” Hendriks stated with a smile.
He struck out Alex Presley swinging — “on a fastball down the middle” — for the save within the 3-2 victory.
No. 50
May 25, 2021: Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals
The festive night time included highschool teammates Lucas Giolito and Jake Flaherty beginning in opposition to each other and umpire Joe West working his major-league-record 5,376th regular-season sport.
The Sox had a five-run lead, however the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs within the ninth.
Hendriks changed Garrett Crochet and struck out Lane Thomas and Max Moroff swinging and Tommy Edman searching for the 8-3 victory.
“I came in and I was lucky enough to strand all of the inherited runners,” Hendriks stated. “And I had somewhat little bit of a battle (10 pitches) with the final man, Tommy Edman. I ended up getting him.
“I had been sitting fastballs up in the zone, up in the zone and froze him on one down in the zone. He thought it was a ball, it went our way. It was in the zone anyway.”
No. 100
Aug. 5, 2022: Sox at Texas Rangers
Dylan Cease was sharp for six innings, permitting one run. Joe Kelly and Kendall Graveman every pitched a scoreless inning, and the Sox entered the ninth forward by a run when Hendriks took the mound at Globe Life Field.
Josh H. Smith flied out to left to start the inning. Hendriks struck out Bubba Thompson and Brad Miller for the 2-1 victory and profession save No. 100.
He famous after the sport that he was the primary Australian-born reliever to achieve the mark.
“Being the first Australian to get to 100 is big,” stated Hendriks, who was born in Perth. “Hopefully it gains a little more traction back home and we can get more kids coming over.”
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