Mike Clevinger had simply thrown the fourth pitch of a fifth-inning battle with Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter J.D. Martinez, which was fouled off.
The Chicago White Sox starter walked behind the mound in apparent ache.
The coaching workers checked on the right-hander, who exited the sport with proper biceps soreness. He can be evaluated Thursday.
The Sox misplaced Clevinger, however rallied with three runs within the eighth and beat the Dodgers 8-4 for one in every of their finest wins of the season in entrance of 44,442 on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium.
“That was a gutsy win,” Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol mentioned. “This is a much-needed win in a tough place to play. It’s a really big win.”
The sport had a number of momentum turns. Jake Burger and Luis Robert Jr. homered to provide the Sox a 2-0 lead. The Dodgers took the lead with 4 runs in a sloppy sixth inning for the Sox.
Burger tied the sport within the eighth with a two-run homer, his second lengthy ball of the sport. Clint Frazier gave the Sox the lead with an RBI single on a nine-pitch at-bat later within the inning.
“It was just good at-bats,” Grifol mentioned of the eighth. “The nine-pitch at-bat by Frazier was huge. Just kept fouling balls off. It was a big-time at-bat.”
The Sox added three extra within the ninth to snap a three-game dropping streak with the spectacular victory. The energy went out within the ballpark earlier than the beginning of the underside of the ninth, including an odd second to a sport full of twists and turns.
“I was confused,” Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi mentioned of the outage. “I didn’t know what was going on and started walking back in toward the dugout. You never know what can happen.”
The evening started with Clevinger having one in every of his finest outings of the season, permitting three hits with 5 strikeouts and two walks in 4 2/3 scoreless innings.
He gave up one hit by way of the primary 4 innings, a single by Miguel Rojas within the second.
Rojas started the fifth with a single, adopted by a single from Austin Barnes.
Facing the highest of the order, Clevinger acquired Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman to come out to first baseman Andrew Vaughn and third baseman Burger, respectively.
Clevinger then confronted Martinez. He acquired forward with two strikes. With the rely 1-2, Clevinger threw a fastball that was fouled off and instantly indicated he was hurting.
“It felt like my biceps grabbed,” Clevinger later mentioned. “Felt much like a hamstring grabbing throughout the spring. It grabbed fairly exhausting, sort of scared me. But I acquired again within the coaching room and did some testing, appears the testing went all proper.
“We’ll get an image and see what’s going on.”
Gregory Santos entered and acquired the ultimate strike to finish the inning and protect the 2-0 lead.
But the Dodgers rallied in a sixth inning that featured three pitchers and an ejection.
Santos allowed three singles to start the inning. Frazier’s throw to the plate skipped away from catcher Yasmani Grandal. Santos wasn’t backing up behind the plate and a run scored, slicing the result in 2-1.
With the bases loaded and one out, reliever Aaron Bummer acquired Barnes to hit a grounder to Tim Anderson. The shortstop charged and tried to get the drive at second, however everybody was protected.
A run scored on the play to tie the sport.
Grifol mentioned he wished to problem the decision and didn’t get the chance. He argued and was ejected.
“I like to get a look at almost every single play,” Grifol mentioned. “We had plenty of time on the clock. They said I didn’t have my hand up. I was making eye contact with the first-base umpire. They’re going to have their story and I’ll have mine.”
Betts broke the tie with a two-run single in opposition to reliever Joe Kelly. In the span of two innings, the Sox had misplaced a starter to damage, a supervisor to ejection and a lead.
The Sox fought again within the eighth. Eloy Jiménez doubled to start the inning and Burger adopted with the homer off the left-field foul pole to tie the sport at 4.
“With my reaction, I didn’t know if it was going to stay fair or not,” Burger mentioned. “I’m not one to pimp home runs very often. I was just trying to control what I can control and let the ball come to me rather than trying to create.”
Benintendi acquired hit with a pitch and moved to second on a wild pitch. With one out, Frazier drove him residence with the one to heart to win the nine-pitch showdown with Alex Vesia.
“Hitting is contagious,” Grifol mentioned. “There’s no doubt we have the potential to do some damage offensively. We’ve just got to continue to work the strike zone and get the freaking ball off the ground. When we put the ball in the air, we have enough power to do some damage.”
Jiménez had an RBI single and Benintendi knocked in two with a single within the ninth to place the sport out of attain.
And now the Sox await phrase on Clevinger, who was on the injured checklist May 18toJune 2 with proper wrist irritation.
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