Lenyn Sosa started the third inning of Tuesday’s doubleheader opener towards the Philadelphia Phillies with a single to proper area.
It briefly jump-started the Chicago White Sox offense.
Elvis Andrus adopted with a broken-bat single to proper. Andrew Benintendi additionally singled to proper to load the bases for Luis Robert Jr., who snapped an 0-for-16 slide with a two-run bloop double to proper.
Two extra runs scored when Andrew Vaughn singled to heart. Eloy Jiménez made it six hits in a row with a single to right-center.
But the bats rapidly cooled off and the four-run surge wasn’t sufficient to beat an enormous sport by former Sox infielder Josh Harrison, who had three hits and 4 RBIs to steer the Phillies to a 7-4 victory in Game 1 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“We gave a good effort, but at the end of the day we probably have to tack on there (in the third) and either tie it up or take the lead to be able to win that ballgame,” Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol stated. “But our guys battled, they played hard, they fought to the end.”
The loss, mixed with the Detroit Tigers’ doubleheader sweep of the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday, dropped the Sox into fourth place within the American League Central.
The Sox had solely two hits — doubles by Benintendi within the fourth and Yasmani Grandal within the sixth — after their spurt within the third.
“We’ve got to continue to shrink the strike zone and rack up those pitches on the other side as well,” Grifol stated. “Overall, we did OK but not good enough to overcome that five-run deficit.”
They additionally had been executed in by Harrison, who slashed .256/.317/.370 in 119 video games with the Sox in 2022. The Sox declined their $5.5 million choice on Harrison, 35, in November, and he signed a one-year, $2 million take care of the Phillies in January.
His two-run single within the third gave the Phillies a 5-0 lead. The Sox responded with the 4 runs within the backside of the inning.
Sox starter Lance Lynn discovered a rhythm after a bumpy starting to maintain the sport shut. He allowed 5 runs on 10 hits with seven strikeouts and three walks in 5⅓ innings.
“He’s been battling,” Grifol stated. “It looks like each ball he leaves out over the plate, they’re hitting. He’s not attempting to get in bother early, it simply occurs that balls had been discovering some holes early. It’s simply not going our means proper now. It’s not going his means.
“He settles down and he gives us the innings he needs to give us. That’s a credit to him and what he does. He kept us in that ballgame. He saved our bullpen.”
Grifol identified that every one 10 hits Lynn allowed had been singles.
“That’s part of the game,” Lynn stated. “Last couple begins have been a bunch of house runs. So you’re damned for those who do, damned for those who don’t proper now. That’s simply the place I’m at.
“Right now, I’m not in a good rhythm, I’m not throwing the ball well and I’m not having productive outings. I’ve got to be better.”
Reliever Jimmy Lambert had two large strikeouts to assist the Sox out of a jam within the sixth because the deficit remained a run.
“When you’re in that spot, that part of the lineup, able to get out of it, that was huge,” Lynn stated. “Jimmy’s very capable of that, especially in those situations, coming in with runners on.”
Harrison’s two-out, two-run homer off Lambert within the seventh offered a cushion for the Phillies because the Sox misplaced for the fifth time in six video games.
“It’s April, but you’ve got to get it moving just to make sure you don’t get too far behind,” Lynn stated.
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