Lance Lynn was locked in throughout Game 1 of Thursday’s doubleheader in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Chicago White Sox starter allowed one hit whereas hanging out 11 in seven scoreless innings.
It was his greatest outing since his team-record-tying 16 strikeouts in opposition to the Seattle Mariners on June 18 at T-Mobile Park.
The Sox misplaced that one. And they suffered an identical destiny Thursday, falling 6-2 in 11 innings.
Sox pitchers totaled 17 strikeouts, however the Blue Jays broke by means of in an enormous manner within the eleventh.
The recreation remained scoreless when the inning started. Danny Jansen reached on an infield single, giving the Blue Jays runners on first and third with one out in opposition to reliever Aaron Bummer.
George Springer singled to heart in opposition to the drawn-in infield, bringing dwelling the sport’s first run. Bo Bichette had an RBI single that made its manner between first baseman Andrew Vaughn and second baseman Elvis Andrus. Another run scored on a bunt single by Daulton Varsho.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. made it 4-0 with an RBI single. Cavan Biggio introduced dwelling two extra with a double in opposition to Bryan Shaw.
Oscar Colás and Vaughn had RBI hits within the eleventh for the Sox.
“A few balls that found the holes,” Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol stated of the eleventh. “Offensively, we didn’t get something going all recreation.
“That’s going to happen to Bummer, just because he’s a ground-ball pitcher and they found some holes. (Lynn) was just outstanding.”
Lynn was lengthy gone by the point the sport was determined.
He allowed the one hit, walked one and hit a batter whereas throwing 102 pitches. The hit was a Springer single within the third.
Lynn had three innings with not less than two punchouts, together with hanging out the facet within the second.
“All in all, if you look at ERA and wins and losses, it’s been the worst first half of my career,” Lynn stated, “but striking out guys at an elite pace. Just got to figure out how to make it start after start and keep building off of it and not have any more clunkers.”
Blue Jays starter José Berríos was simply as sharp, permitting one hit with six strikeouts and one stroll in seven innings. The lone hit in opposition to Berríos was a two-out single by Andrus within the third.
The sturdy pitching continued with the relievers.
Gregory Santos, Kendall Graveman and Reynaldo López every pitched hitless innings for the Sox. Graveman struck out two within the ninth, and López labored round a two-out stroll and struck out three within the tenth.
Blue Jays reliever Trevor Richards struck out 4 in two scoreless innings. He surrendered one hit, an infield single by Gavin Sheets within the eighth.
The Blue Jays deliberately walked Luis Robert Jr. within the tenth, giving the Sox runners on first and second with no outs. Jordan Romano struck out Eloy Jiménez and Yasmani Grandal. Jake Burger popped out to second.
The Blue Jays made probably the most of their possibilities within the eleventh, dropping the White Sox 14 video games below .500 (37-51).
White Sox place Joe Kelly on IL
Before the doubleheader, the Sox positioned reliever Joe Kelly on the 15-day injured checklist with proper elbow irritation. The transfer is retroactive to Wednesday.
Kelly is 1-4 with a 4.82 ERA, one save, 10 holds and 37 strikeouts in 29 reduction appearances. He allowed a go-ahead two-run homer to Guerrero within the eighth inning of Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays.
“He wasn’t feeling that good (after Tuesday’s game),” supervisor Pedro Grifol stated earlier than Thursday’s video games. “We’ll have him again for the (New York) Mets sequence (which begins July 18).
“The only thing I can say is he’s going to rest up, regroup. There’s nothing really that’s alarming or concerning. He’s just going to take a break.”
Kelly, who was on the IL from April 9-24 with a proper groin pressure, had a 10-game scoreless streak from April 30-May 23.
“The last time he did this, he went four weeks without giving up a run,” Grifol stated. “So I’m hoping that’s the case again.”
In the corresponding transfer, the Sox recalled pitcher Nick Padilla from Triple-A Charlotte. He allowed two runs with 5 strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings in two video games throughout three earlier stints with the Sox.
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