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 Right fielder Avisail Garcia drew a bases-loaded walk against
right-hander Brad Boxberger to score center fielder Adam Eaton with
the winning run.
Eaton singled to start the 10th, stole second and moved to third
with no outs when catcher Curt Casali's throw to second base hit
shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera in the head.
After a shallow flyout was unable to score Eaton, Boxberger
intentionally walked first baseman Jose Abreu and left fielder Melky
Cabrera to get to Garcia.
Before Garcia's at-bat, Cabrera left the game and was replaced at
shortstop by Tim Beckham.
Garcia led the White Sox offense, going 1-for-3 with two walks. He
hit a three-run homer in Chicago's five-run first inning and
finished with four RBIs.
Cabrera went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and third baseman Evan Longoria
went 3-for-5 with a home run to lead Tampa Bay (54-55), whose
three-game winning streak came to an end.
Chicago (51-55) gave left-handed starter Carlos Rodon a big early
lead, with five runs on five hits in the first inning, highlighted
by Garcia's homer. It followed the one he hit Tuesday to end a homer
drought that stretched back to June 8.
Rodon, however, battled a command problem that has plagued him most
of his rookie season. The left-hander needed a strikeout of Rene
Rivera to escape a bases-loaded jam in the second and then gave up
his first two runs in the third on back-to-back doubles that were
followed by Cabrera's run-scoring single, all with two outs.
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Tampa Bay cut it to 5-4 in the fifth by scoring two more off Rodon,
who again struggled to get the third out. After allowing a two-out
solo homer to Longoria, he walked second baseman Logan Forsythe
before being relieved by right-hander Matt Albers. Cabrera then
drilled a run-scoring double off Albers.
Rodon gave up four runs on six hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings.
Tampa Bay tied it 5-5 in the eighth thanks to right fielder Brandon
Guyer and catcher Curt Casali, who hit a two-out, pinch-hit single
off left-handed reliever Zach Duke and scored from first on Guyer's
double.
White Sox second baseman Carlos Sanchez might have had a chance to
get Casali at the plate, but he hesitated before making his cutoff
throw. It continued a trend for the Rays, who scored all of their
runs with two outs.
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