Luis Robert Jr. ran again to the center-field wall, jumped and made a exceptional catch to rob Matt Chapman of a house run within the fourth inning Monday at Rogers Centre.
Cavan Biggio made certain no Chicago White Sox outfielder would duplicate the feat in his at-bat later within the inning, lining a three-run homer to proper.
The Sox went from resulting in dropping on Biggio’s homer and by no means recovered, falling 5-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays in entrance of 26,293.
The slide continues for the Sox, who misplaced their fifth straight. They have dropped seven of eight and 10 of 12.
“Everybody’s doing everything they can day in, day out to try to get better,” Sox starter Lance Lynn mentioned. “Doing everything we can to prepare. Hopefully we keep doing that and things will turn our way.”
The offensive struggles proceed because the Sox have been held to a few hits for the second straight recreation.
“Pitchers are good,” first baseman Andrew Vaughn mentioned. “They can move the ball real effectively in the big leagues, and we have to stay within ourselves. Know the strike zone and stay within.”
Two of the three hits got here within the third, a single by Andrew Benintendi and a two-run double by Vaughn. The Sox have scored in simply 12 of 71 offensive innings of their final eight video games.
“We got guys on base that (third) inning and Vaughn came through with a big double,” supervisor Pedro Grifol mentioned. “Got to get guys on. We’ve obtained to grind out at-bats. We’ve obtained to take our walks once they’re out there.
“We can’t chase out of the zone. The keys to big innings are not chasing and taking what they’re giving you. If it’s a walk, it’s a walk. Walks are good. We’ve just got to shrink that strike zone. We’ve got to work on being really selective and getting good pitches to hit.”
The Sox are 9 video games below .500 (7-16), matching a gap they discovered themselves in to start out 2018.
Lynn allowed 4 runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and three walks in 5 innings. All 4 runs got here with two outs within the fourth.
He pointed to strolling Alejandro Kirk with two outs as the massive second.
“Two-out walk, pretty much it, gave up four because of it,” he mentioned. “(Two-out walks will) haunt you bad.”
The Kirk stroll got here simply after Robert’s catch. Brandon Belt singled and Whit Merrifield drove in a run with a double to chop the Sox result in 2-1.
Biggio adopted with the three-run homer.
“(Lynn) was sharp for three,” Grifol mentioned. “He got those two quick outs (in the fourth). Two-out walks, they tend to hurt.”
The Sox offense couldn’t string collectively a number of prolonged rallies.
The final 17 Sox batters have been retired in Sunday’s 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. The workforce’s remaining hit Monday got here within the fifth, a single by Benintendi.
They had three extra baserunners the remainder of the sport. Jake Burger obtained hit by a pitch within the sixth, Lenyn Sosa reached on an error within the seventh and Eloy Jiménez drew a stroll within the eighth.
Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt allowed two runs on three hits with 4 strikeouts and three walks in 6⅓ innings earlier than exiting with proper decrease again tightness.
“He was mixing pitches, changing speeds,” Vaughn mentioned. “His curveball he was locating really well. Had some sinkers he missed over the plate, but next at-bat he was dotting.”
As for the Sox, they proceed to attempt to pinpoint methods to show it round.
“Baseball is tough no matter what,” Vaughn mentioned. “The greatest thing about this game is we get to come back tomorrow and play again.”
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