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Chicago won for the fifth time in seven games
behind a sterling pitching effort that began with Reynaldo Lopez
and continued with Aaron Bummer, Evan Marshall and Jace Fry
before Alex Colome worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to
record his 25th save.
Lopez (8-11) earned the victory, holding the Rangers hitless
over five innings while scattering one hit batsman, two walks
and six strikeouts. He threw 52 of his 80 pitches for strikes
before leaving the game early with dehydration and flu-like
symptoms. He walked Shin-Soo Choo to lead off the game but faced
the minimum after inducing a double-play grounder by Elvis
Andrus two batters later.
Lopez allowed baserunners in three of his five innings, but no
Ranger reached base with a hit until Choo greeted Bummer with a
single leading off the sixth. Texas benefited from a second
fielding error on White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson later in the
inning before a two-out intentional walk to rookie Nick Solak
loaded the bases for Rougned Odor.
Bummer got Odor to ground out to second base to end the threat
and preserve the lead.
Abreu grounded an RBI single to left field with one out in the
third to score Yolmer Sanchez, who walked on four pitches
against Rangers rookie left-hander Brock Burke to start the
inning.
Abreu added a bases-loaded, run-scoring groundout in the seventh
to give him 100 RBIs for the fifth time in six career seasons.
Burke, who threw six shutout innings against the Los Angeles
Angels on Tuesday in his first career start, shined again on
Sunday. He scattered one run and two hits in six innings with
three walks and five strikeouts but still took the loss, falling
to 0-1.
Adam Engel had two hits for the White Sox. Chicago's Sanchez and
Anderson saw their hitting streaks end at 12 and 11 games,
respectively.
--Field Level Media
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