Eloy Jiménez represented the tying run when he batted with one on and two outs within the eighth inning Saturday in opposition to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Chicago White Sox designated hitter hit an extended fly to right-center. Right fielder Daulton Varsho ran to the warning observe and made the catch.
Jiménez had a glance of disbelief. His teammates additionally couldn’t consider it.
“I don’t know how that ball didn’t get out,” proper fielder Gavin Sheets stated. “Doesn’t make any sense to me.”
That’s the best way it’s going throughout a South Side slide, which continued for the Sox with a 10-5 loss in entrance of 25,837 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The Sox allowed 5 runs within the second inning and by no means recovered as they fell one recreation beneath .500 at 63-64.
“Worst thing you can do is get frustrated and depressed, discouraged,” Sox supervisor Tony La Russa stated. “Get angry. Do something about it (Sunday). That’s the message. Get some adrenaline pumping and get back to even.”
The Sox have misplaced eight of 10. This tailspin features a 21-5 loss to the Houston Astros on Aug. 18, a 4-3 defeat in 11 innings Thursday in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards when the Sox have been one pitch away from a win within the ninth and consecutive house losses to the Diamondbacks in video games that received’t encourage playoff chatter.
Saturday started nicely for the Sox. Sheets hit a three-run homer within the first.
The Diamondbacks started the second with a stroll, a catcher’s interference referred to as on Carlos Pérez and a single to load the bases. Carson Kelly introduced house a run with a stroll and Geraldo Perdomo drove in two with a single, tying the sport at 3.
Kelly scored on a handed ball and Perdomo on a groundout, making it 5-3.
Sox starter Davis Martin — recalled from Triple-A Charlotte to fill in for the injured Michael Kopech — allowed 5 runs, 4 earned, on 4 hits with 4 walks and two strikeouts in three innings.
“I think at one point I was being a little too fine, trying to get the swing and miss instead of trying to pound the zone,” Martin stated. “Definitely assume that was an enormous figuring out issue to the 4 walks.
“I didn’t do my job. Score three runs and the second inning, my job is to get three outs and get us back in the dugout, but starting with a leadoff walk, kind of takes the wind out of the sails there. Just got to learn from it and move on to the next day.”
Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly allowed 4 runs on 5 hits with seven strikeouts in 7⅓ innings.
“In the first we were just really selective,” Sheets stated. “We have been fouling away some actually robust pitches, taking some robust pitches. I really feel like over the sport he acquired again his command.
“In the first we had him on the ropes a little bit. I was able to get a pitch to do some damage with. But he wasn’t missing over the middle of the plate, but he was also off the plate a little bit. I think he changed that as the game went on.”
Added La Russa: “We have to do a better job of getting something started and then finishing off.”
Romy Gonzalez had an RBI double and scored on a José Abreu single to deliver the Sox inside 7-5 within the eighth. Joe Mantiply changed Mark Melancon and acquired Jiménez to fly out to Varsho.
“When it came off his bat, of course I’m wishing it, I thought it had a real good chance,” La Russa stated.
Any hopes the Sox had for a dramatic ninth rapidly disappeared when the Diamondbacks scored three runs. Sox reliever Joe Kelly exited with a bruised left knee after being struck by Jake McCarthy’s grounder. The Sox stated X-rays have been adverse, and he’s each day.
La Russa stated Kelly wouldn’t be accessible Sunday because the group finds itself able of attempting to keep away from a sweep.
“It’s our responsibility to go out every night and play hard and get these wins,” Sheets stated. “So now all we can do is come out there (Sunday) and get this win and go into the off day (Monday) and come back refreshed and really do some damage next week.”
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