Chicago White Sox shortstop Elvis Andrus sprinted dwelling, seeking to rating the go-ahead run on Zach Remillard’s single to left within the eighth inning Tuesday in opposition to the Texas Rangers.
Travis Jankowski fielded the ball and fired to the plate, the place catcher Jonah Heim utilized the tag.
Andrus was initially dominated out. The Sox challenged, and after the overview the decision was overturned on the premise of a home-plate collision violation.
That turned out to be the profitable run because the Sox topped the Rangers 7-6 in entrance of 21,048 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“At the beginning I was very upset, usually I always score on those plays,” Andrus mentioned. “I was really sad when he did not call safe. But then when they switched that call, everybody saw, I started jumping like a little kid in the dugout and everybody was the same way.”
Manager Pedro Grifol had not seen a replay of the sequence when he met with reporters, however mentioned the Sox challenged each the play on the plate and the blocking of the plate.
“If (the reviewers in) New York felt it was a violation, it was probably the initial setup because that’s the rule,” Grifol mentioned. “As the ball is coming in, you’ll be able to transfer your ft and place your self. The ball can take you in that path.
“But I haven’t seen it. However, the rule it’s based on the initial setup. If New York felt comfortable calling that play, it was probably on the setup.”
The wave of feelings on simply that play summed up a sport crammed with momentum swings.
The Sox obtained homers from Eloy Jiménez (two-run) and Andrus (solo), however noticed two leads vanish. They fell behind 6-4 on a two-out, two-run double by Corey Seager within the eighth.
Seager had three hits and 5 RBIs.
Luis Robert Jr. drew a one-out stroll to start the comeback within the backside of the eighth. Yasmani Grandal singled and was lifted for José Rodríguez, who made his major-league debut because the pinch runner.
Tim Anderson, who has been coping with proper shoulder soreness, hit for Clint Frazier and moved the runners over with a grounder to second.
That introduced up Andrus, who spent the primary 12 seasons of his big-league profession with the Rangers.
“Stay inside the ball and let the ball travel,” Andrus mentioned of his strategy, “especially because I had a huge hole in the right side.”
Andrus hit it via that gap, bringing dwelling Robert and Rodríguez to tie the rating.
He superior to second on the throw, giving Remillard the prospect with a runner in scoring place.
Remillard mentioned he needed to “get (Rangers pitcher Grant Anderson) in the zone and be on time.”
He did simply that with the only to left on an 0-1 slider. Andrus was waved dwelling, setting in movement the whole lot resulting in the problem.
“You’ve got to set up in front of the plate and give the runner a chance to slide,” Grifol mentioned. “If you are on the plate, I think they are going to call you for a violation. And definitely if you are set up right in the baseline. That’s New York. They have guys over there who make those calls.”
After the prolonged overview, the Sox had their third run of the inning to take the 7-6 lead.
“Very close play and very glad it went our way,” Andrus mentioned.
The Sox discovered a approach. And regardless that they’re 11 video games below .500 (32-43), they discover themselves simply 4 1/2 video games out of first place within the American League Central.
“The type of baseball games we’re playing every night, if you don’t have any resiliency you’re not going to ever win a game,” Grifol mentioned. “We’re all the time in a decent ballgame or we’ll lose a lead and have to return again and put ourselves in place to win.
“But we’re learning a lot through this process. There’s a lot of baseball left, one day at a time but we’re learning a lot.”
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