Dylan Cease is a local of Milton, Ga., which is about 25 miles from Truist Park.
With an estimated 30 to 40 individuals he knew within the stands, the Chicago White Sox starter confronted the Atlanta Braves for the primary time in his profession Sunday.
“It was really cool,” Cease stated. “I never went to Truist growing up, I was always at Turner Field. But it’s still great to pitch at my hometown ballpark.”
Cease acquired a ton of offensive assist on the way in which to his first victory since May 23, because the Sox topped the Braves 8-1 in entrance of 40,174.
The win capped one of many higher sequence of the season for the Sox. They took two of three for his or her first sequence victory since June 23-25 towards Boston and their first one on the street since June 6-8 at Yankee Stadium.
“Our bats were there, we played great defense, our pitching was solid,” Cease stated. “It’s one of those series that shows the kind of talent we have.”
Saturday, the Sox snapped Atlanta’s 11-game house successful streak. Sunday, the Sox handed the Braves their first sequence loss since May 29-31 at Oakland. The Braves, who’ve the most effective document in baseball, had received 11 consecutive sequence.
“It just shows we can play with anybody,” supervisor Pedro Grifol stated. “You by no means know what’s going to occur on this sport. You do know what’s going to occur for those who don’t play laborious and also you don’t put together. You’re going to get your ass kicked.
“But as far as the schedule is concerned and who you’re playing and where you’re playing, you’ve just got to prepare to play and go play. Leave it all on the field. That’s all you can do. For me, that’s probably the best team in baseball. They don’t have any weaknesses in my opinion. It’s a good series for us.”
The Sox performed a lot of the sport with out proper fielder Eloy Jiménez, who exited after the primary inning with left groin tightness.
Jiménez grounded right into a double play to finish the primary inning. Gavin Sheets hit for him within the second.
“He’ll get further evaluation tomorrow,” Grifol stated of Jiménez. “Maybe get some tests done. And we’ll see. I wouldn’t expect him in the next few days, for sure. But we’ll see what it says tomorrow. Don’t want to jump the gun on anything, but right now it doesn’t look good for the next four to five days. We’ll see what comes of it tomorrow.”
The Sox scored 4 runs within the second towards Braves starter Kolby Allard. Jake Burger hit a two-run house run whereas Tim Anderson and Luis Robert Jr. each drove in a single run with singles.
Andrew Benintendi had an RBI single as a part of a two-run fourth. Benintendi had three hits Sunday and 7 within the sequence.
Robert had a two-run homer within the sixth, his fourth hit of the sport, to make it 8-1.
“We were getting hits from everybody,” Burger stated. “It’s what we know we are capable of. It’s just doing that on a consistent basis.”
The Sox had 14 hits.
Meanwhile, Cease (4-3) stored getting the large outs. The right-hander, who had acquired eight consecutive no-decisions getting into Sunday, allowed one run on three hits with six strikeouts and three walks in 5 innings. Only a excessive pitch rely (99) prevented an extended outing.
“Cease was electric,” Grifol stated.
Since stumbling of their first sport after the All-Star break, the Sox have responded properly.
“We knew we had our hands full coming into Atlanta,” Burger stated. “Fortunately we got the results we wanted after a tough Day 1.”
Sox signal 17 draft picks, together with first-rounder Jacob Gonzalez
The Sox got here to phrases with 17 of their 20 choices from the 2023 Major League Baseball draft, the group introduced Sunday.
That listing consists of their first-round decide, Mississippi shortstop Jacob Gonzalez. Selected No. 15, Gonzalez’s deal is with a $3.9 million signing bonus.
The Sox additionally agreed to phrases with 5 undrafted free brokers in right-handed pitchers Luke Bell (Xavier), Jake Bockenstedt (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville), Carson Jacobs (North Dakota State) and Connery Peters (Texas-Arlington), and catcher Dominic Tamez (Alabama).
All 22 signees handed their physicals. The Sox are anticipated to make extra signings within the coming days.
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