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The White Sox (85-64) crept closer to clinching the American
League Central title. Chicago's magic number is four over the
Cleveland Indians, who thumped the New York Yankees 11-1 Sunday.
A five-run, fourth inning outburst against Rangers starter
Jordan Lyles put the White Sox in control. Grandal opened the
rally with a solo home run to right center, his 22nd long ball
of the season and eighth since returning Aug. 27 from a lengthy
stint on the injured list.
Hernandez and Abreu followed with two-run singles, chasing Lyles
from the game and sullying what had been a splendid September to
date for the veteran right-hander.
Lyles (9-12) gave up five runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings
with three walks and three strikeouts. He entered the game with
victories in each of his first two starts this month, yielding
one earned run in 14 innings for a 0.64 ERA.
The Rangers (55-94) got a run back on Isiah Kiner-Falefa's RBI
single in the fifth against Giolito (10-9), who earned the
victory by allowing one run on six hits with one walk and four
strikeouts.
Garcia hit a two-run double in the seventh to extend the lead to
7-1.
The Rangers' Adolis Garcia had a sacrifice fly in the eighth to
cap the scoring.
Chicago's Yoan Moncada walked to extend his on-base streak to 28
games. Garcia, Tim Anderson and Abreu each had two hits.
Kiner-Falefa and Willie Calhoun had two hits apiece for Texas,
which has lost four of five.
Manager Tony La Russa returned to the White Sox dugout after
serving a one-game suspension Saturday, the result of an
incident Thursday in which reliever Mike Wright intentionally
hit the Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani with a pitch.
--Field Level Media
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