Lance Lynn went greater than an hour between appearances on the mound Wednesday towards the Kansas City Royals.
What does a beginning pitcher do throughout that stretch?
“Played cards,” Lynn joked. “No, I threw twice (in the tunnel). Had hot packs on the whole time. Ride the bike. It was an hour and 10 minutes of staying hot. I’m too old to sit down.”
A rain delay didn’t seem to have an effect on the Chicago White Sox right-hander, who allowed one run on 4 hits in six innings in a 4-1 victory in entrance of 19,753 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“As soon as the first inning, that ball was jumping out of his hand,” Sox supervisor Tony La Russa mentioned. “And when it jumps, it’s acquired life. Makes all his complementary pitches harder as a result of all of it seems to be the identical.
“That’s another plus in that rotation. You know what he’s capable of if he’s himself. Sure looks like it.”
Lynn struck out eight and didn’t give up a stroll, serving to the Sox take two of three within the collection.
“My favorite part of the afternoon was (Lynn) and his teammates, they didn’t get distracted,” La Russa mentioned. “I really liked our concentration. Lynn led the way and we jumped early with some runs.”
Lynn acquired offensive help from José Abreu, who hit a three-run homer in a recreation that featured a 65-minute rain delay.
The rain got here within the backside of the second with the Sox forward 1-0. Royals starter Brady Singer returned after the delay and struck out Adam Engel to finish the inning.
Tim Anderson started the third for the Sox with a single. He moved to second on a one-out single by Eloy Jiménez, who went 3-for-4 to increase his hitting streak to 9 video games.
Abreu adopted together with his 14th homer. He has homered in three of his final 4 video games and is slashing .375/.423/.574 with 12 doubles, 5 house runs and 23 RBIs in his final 35 video games.
“Everybody gets better if you share the responsibility for starting rallies, moving them over and moving them in,” La Russa mentioned.
The Sox had 12 hits, their third straight recreation with at the least 10.
“We are all clicking,” mentioned first baseman Andrew Vaughn, who went 2-for-4 with a run. “Stringing hits collectively, everyone was hitting the ball onerous and discovering holes and we had been placing all of them collectively and scoring runs, which is nice.
“We put up 10-plus (hits) today. It’s a huge boost for our offense. Everyone, one through nine, is going up there swinging and it’s good.”
Lynn felt good earlier than and after the delay. He allowed three singles, two to Brother Rice alumnus Michael Massey, and a solo house run to Bobby Witt Jr.
“When you’re looking in the grand scheme of things, you’re probably looking at two ups because you had to throw in the tunnel (during the delay),” Lynn mentioned. “I threw to a catcher twice. So you’re two extra ups because the fourth inning by that point (the sport resumes). So to get by means of the sixth was good.
“Would have liked to go deeper, but with an hour delay that wouldn’t have been smart.”
Relievers Jake Diekman (two), Kendall Graveman (three) and Liam Hendriks (one) mixed for six strikeouts over the past three innings because the Sox wrapped up a 4-2 homestand.
By taking two of three towards the Oakland Athletics and Royals, the Sox gained consecutive house collection for the primary time since successful two of three towards the Seattle Mariners on April 12-14 and Tampa Bay Rays on April 15-17.
The Sox stay two video games behind the Minnesota Twins within the American League Central. Before Tuesday’s recreation, Sox basic supervisor Rick Hahn mentioned the need to see the staff recapture the “swagger” it displayed prior to now.
Lynn mentioned successful helps in that division.
“Day in and day out, we just have to keep playing hard, put quality at-bats together and make our pitches,” Lynn mentioned. “When it’s all said and done and we do that and start winning some games, that’s when the swagger comes back. It’s hard to have swagger when you’re playing like (crap).”
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