Andrew Benintendi entered the visiting dugout within the sixth inning Friday, the place he momentarily obtained the silent therapy.
The Chicago White Sox left fielder had simply circled the bases after hitting his first homer of the season.
Teammates ultimately all greeted Benintendi with high-fives. Not solely was the wait over, however the residence run gave the Sox the lead. Briefly.
The Seattle Mariners tied it up within the residence half of the sixth and went forward within the seventh on a solo homer by Teoscar Hernández to beat the Sox 3-2 in entrance of 36,061 at T-Mobile Park.
Starter Michael Kopech and reliever Tanner Banks labored out of a number of jams to maintain the sport shut. But the one scoring for the Sox got here by way of solo homers by Gavin Sheets and Benintendi.
“We have six homers in the last two days, solo,” supervisor Pedro Grifol mentioned. “I like the fact that we’re hitting homers, now we’ve got to find ways to put up crooked numbers. We do that, we’ll be in good shape with the pitching we’ve got.”
The Sox struck out 16 instances for the second straight recreation. Besides the homers, that they had three extra hits — singles by Sheets, Tim Anderson and Eloy Jiménez — and didn’t draw a stroll.
“They have some good pitching today,” Grifol mentioned. “They ran some good arms out there. We’re doing some better things, elevating the baseball. We just have to continue to work and cut down the strikeouts, mix in a few walks in there and get some crooked numbers on the board.”
The Sox (30-41) have misplaced 5 of six, however nonetheless stay 5 1/2 video games out of first place in an American League Central, the place the division-leading Minnesota Twins are at .500 (35-35).
Kopech confronted challenges early when the primary two Mariners batters reached within the first. Second baseman Elvis Andrus fielded Ty France’s hard-hit grounder and turned it right into a double play. Kopech then obtained Hernández to come out to Andrus.
The second was one other take a look at because the Mariners loaded the bases with no outs. Kopech struck out the subsequent two and obtained J.P. Crawford to groundout to Andrus.
The Sox took a 1-0 lead on the homer by Sheets within the fifth.
Hernández tied it within the backside of the fifth on a well-executed hit-and-run. Julio Rodríguez tried to steal third and Jake Burger went to cowl the bag. Hernández hit the ball the place Burger had simply vacated for the game-tying double.
“(Burger) probably has to hold a little bit, but it’s a tough play because if he swings and misses, where he’s playing, he might not have got there in time,” Grifol mentioned.
Kopech left after strolling the subsequent two batters. He allowed one run on six hits with 4 strikeouts and 6 walks in 4 1/2 innings.
“We worked out of some sticky situations, but ultimately I knew what was needed of me today and I didn’t execute it,” Kopech mentioned. “I needed to go long and I did about as poor of a job of that as I can. Six walks, giving away free bases, kept myself in high pitch counts every inning.”
The Mariners had an opportunity for extra within the inning, loading the bases with one out. Banks entered and struck out Cal Raleigh and obtained AJ Pollock to popout to catcher Seby Zavala.
“Attack, but not make anything too good,” Banks mentioned of his method. “Trust my stuff. I’ve got a good connection with Seby, so trust in him and sticking to my strengths.”
The Sox responded with the homer by Benintendi within the sixth. The outfielder, who signed a five-year contract within the offseason, has been coping with a sore proper hand for a time frame.
The Mariners tied it once more with an RBI single by France within the sixth. Hernández broke the tie with the homer within the seventh. Banks allowed two runs on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts whereas offering some size in his 2⅔ innings for a what’s been a busy bullpen.
“A couple of pitches I want back, but learn from it and grow and build moving forward,” Banks mentioned. “To be able to give (other relievers) a little bit of a break is big.”
The Sox held the Mariners to 2-for-15 with runners in scoring place, however suffered their third one-run loss of their final 5 video games.
Sox place Mike Clevinger on the IL
Stater Mike Clevinger went on the 15-day injured checklist with proper biceps irritation, the Sox introduced Friday. The transfer is retroactive to Thursday.
The right-hander left Wednesday’s outing in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers within the fifth inning with proper biceps soreness.
“It’s erring on the side of caution,” Grifol mentioned earlier than Friday’s recreation. “We’re not going to hurry him into something. We’re going to be sure that the whole lot goes in the best course earlier than we ship him on the market.
“Everything we’ve gotten back has been better news than any of us have anticipated when you see a guy go down like that. Everything we’ve gotten back has been OK. We’ll see how he progresses.”
The Sox recalled Jesse Scholtens from Triple-A Charlotte. He pitched a scoreless inning Friday.
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