Issues which have damage the Chicago White Sox this season popped up once more Tuesday in opposition to the Seattle Mariners.
- A defensive miscue put the Sox in a gap.
- One of their place gamers — this time heart fielder Luis Robert — had his evening reduce brief due to damage.
- And the group couldn’t come by after they had a chance offensively.
It all occurred in a 3-0 loss to the Mariners in entrance of 17,958 at T-Mobile Park.
Sox starter Johnny Cueto saved his group within the recreation, permitting one run on 5 hits with three strikeouts and three walks in six-plus innings. But Mariners starter Logan Gilbert and three relievers made the large pitches after they needed to, and Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer within the eighth because the Sox dropped again to .500 at 68-68.
“It was a good duel,” Cueto mentioned by an interpreter. “He is a young pitcher with a lot of talent. He pitched a very good game. I think I really pitched a good game, too.”
The third-place Sox misplaced floor within the American League Central and vnow path the first-place Cleveland Guardians by three video games.
“Gilbert pitched good,” Sox appearing supervisor Miguel Cairo mentioned. “Johnny did what he does. He saved us within the recreation however we simply got here up brief.
“We played really good. They scored more than us, we just didn’t score. The guys battled.”
The Sox accomplished Tuesday’s recreation with out Robert, who exited within the fifth with a bruised left hand. The Sox mentioned his X-rays have been unfavorable and the outfielder is daily.
“He got hit in the hand, got hit in the fingers,” Cairo mentioned. “We took him out (as a) precaution. He was holding the bat a little funny so we just took him out.”
Robert returned to the lineup for Monday’s collection opener, his first begin since Aug. 25 in Baltimore. He had performed in simply two video games between Aug. 26 and Sunday — as soon as as a pinch runner and as soon as as a defensive substitute — due to left wrist soreness and a stint on the paternity listing.
Robert bought hit whereas swinging on the first pitch of his second-inning at-bat Tuesday. He continued the at-bat after being evaluated by the coaching workers and didn’t swing once more, finally struck out wanting.
He took two strikes and a ball in his fifth-inning at-bat then swung with one hand and missed to strikeout within the fifth. He was changed by Adam Engel.
“We saw that the finger was a little swollen so we wanted someone like Engel,” Cairo mentioned. “Just a precaution.”
An inning earlier than, the Mariners took benefit of a defensive mistake by the Sox for a run.
Ty France started the fourth with a double to proper and superior to 3rd when Mitch Haniger flew out to proper. Gavin Sheets’ throw to 3rd bounced previous Yoán Moncada and Cueto, who was backing up the play, and went out. France was awarded dwelling on the error, which went to Sheets.
“It happens, you know?” Cairo mentioned. “(Moncada) was just trying to catch the ball and the ball just went through his glove. (It) stayed down.”
Cueto added, “At first I didn’t see the ball because the third base coach (Manny Acta) kind of blocked my view. And then, yeah, the ball hit a camera.”
One of the very best scoring probabilities for the Sox got here within the sixth. José Abreu doubled with one out and superior to 3rd on a pointy single to heart by Eloy Jiménez.
But Gilbert was efficient with excessive warmth, notably in that jam as he struck out Sheets on a 98.7 mph fastball, in keeping with MLB Statcast, and AJ Pollock on a 98.6 mph fastball.
Gilbert allowed 5 hits and struck out 9 in six innings.
“He’s got that live fastball on the top of the zone that’s hard to hit,” Cairo mentioned. “He has that reach, extension, he pitched good.”
The Sox tried to place collectively a two-out rally within the eighth with a single by Jiménez and a stroll by Sheets. Reliever Andrés Muñoz struck out Pollock.
The Mariners bought a big-two out hit within the eighth when Raleigh homered in opposition to Reynaldo López.
The loss was simply the Sox second of their final seven video games.
“We’re playing very good baseball,” Cueto mentioned, “and hopefully (Wednesday) we come back and do it again.”
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