![]() ![]() Moncada stepped on the bag and threw to first for an inning-ending double play.Ĭueto pumped his fist after striking out Kyle Tucker to wrap up his outing with a 1-2-3 eighth. Cueto got Jake Meyers to hit a chopper to third. He worked out of a couple of jams, including the sixth when the Astros had runners on first and second with one out. 2B Elvis Andrus was being evaluated after experiencing some discomfort in his oblique area on a swing.Johnny Cueto put his heart and soul out there tonight □ /npDGSkk3HD- White Sox Talk August 16, 2022 Chicago optioned infielder Lenyn Sosa to Triple-A Charlotte and outrighted right-handed pitcher Alexander Colomé to the minor league club. The switch-hitting Moncada said through an interpreter he feels “pretty normal” from the left side, though he’s still experiencing some discomfort from the right. ![]() White Sox: 3B Yoán Moncada returned to the lineup after being sidelined since April 9 because of lower back soreness. He missed 20 games before playing Monday against the Angels in Los Angeles. OF Chas McCormick (back tightness) was out of the lineup for the third straight game. But the five-time All-Star remains out indefinitely. Brantley looked like he was close to returning after being sidelined all season. Manager Dusty Baker said OF Michael Brantley will be shut down “for awhile” because of inflammation in his surgically repaired right shoulder. We didn’t do much.”Īstros: Star Jose Altuve (broken right thumb) was set to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sugar Land on Friday. Robert got a good pitch to hit, put it in the seats. On the offensive, side, we didn’t do much. “I thought he had good stuff,” manager Pedro Grifol said. The White Sox lost again after dropping three of four at Kansas City. Kopech threw 94 pitches and just 48 strikes while setting a career high with six walks and hitting a batter. 218 and still seeking his first homer after signing a $58.5 million, three-year contract.Ĭhicago’s Luis Robert hit a solo homer in the second. “But at the same time, for me, the mindset I have is that OK, the win's done and now I'm on to the next one.'”Ībreu, who won an MVP award and made three All-Star teams over nine seasons in Chicago before joining with the World Series champions last winter, was 1 for 5 with a single in the seventh. “Is it nice to look at it as an individual thing? Yeah,” he said. Teammates showered him with a cold mixture of “a lot of different stuff” that he thought included beer and soap after his first win. The 28-year-old right-hander went 6 2/3 innings in this one, allowing just one run and one walk. Yordan Alvarez homered in his second straight game when he led off the ninth with a long drive to right.įrance (1-0) was terrific again after throwing five scoreless innings against Seattle last week in his major league debut. The Astros scored two more in the sixth on back-to-back RBI doubles by Martín Maldonado and Mauricio Dubón against Gregory Santos. He also got Houston’s first hit when he chased Chicago starter Michael Kopech (1-4) with an RBI double in the fifth, making it 2-1. Kyle Tucker walked and scored in the fourth. The White Sox honored Abreu with a pregame video tribute, and he responded by popping out of the dugout and pumping his fist as the crowd cheered before jogging toward the clubhouse. ![]() But that means I’m gonna have a good outing. I said, ‘Look, you kicked my butt in this. “But every time I would get destroyed, I would have a good outing. “Every time I would play cards, he would destroy me,” he said. That actually left him with a good feeling.įrance said he took a few beatings at cards from pitcher Austin Davis at Triple-A Sugar Land and always seemed to pitch well afterward. And he came away with his first major league win.įrance pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning in his second outing, José Abreu got a warm reception in his return to Chicago and the Houston Astros beat the White Sox 5-1 on Friday night.įrance took a beating at the card table from pitcher Matt Gage as the teams waited out more than a two-hour delay at the start. Once he stepped on the mound, he got the results he wanted. ![]() France passed the time during the lengthy rain delay playing cards and taking a beating. ![]()
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