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In a strong start, Eflin (2-4) spun six
scoreless innings before yielding a solo homer to Paul DeJong in
the seventh. The right-hander allowed six hits while fanning
three, all looking, without a walk in seven frames.
Sizzling Jonny DeLuca was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk for
Tampa Bay, which moved a game above .500 and stayed perfect on
its nine-game homestand with its season-long fifth straight win.
DeJong and Korey Lee had two hits apiece as Chicago managed just
six, five for singles.
Plagued by control problems yet again, starter Michael Soroka
(0-4) allowed four runs (three earned) on three hits while
walking and whiffing four apiece.
For the fifth straight game, the Rays donned their dark City
Connect uniforms after winning in them in the first four outings
starting Friday.
After going 4-for-4 in Monday's 8-2 win, Harold Ramirez stayed
hot in the duds, stroking an RBI single to plate Paredes in the
second. Ben Rortvedt made it 2-0 when he grounded into a double
play to bring in Richie Palacios.
After shortstop DeJong committed his fifth error of the season
in the third, Arozarena roped Soroka's hanging slider, lifting
the 3-2 offering high to left field. The lofty drive went 363
feet on a 36-degree launch angle.
Unlike Soroka, Eflin pounded the zone with strikes through four
innings, using just 48 pitches and facing only 14 batters, two
batters over the minimum.
The visitors loaded the bases in the fifth after Rays shortstop
Jose Caballero booted a two-out grounder by Nicky Lopez.
However, Eflin got Gavin Sheets for the final out, a shallow
flyout to right on a 3-0 sinker.
Paredes hammered a 404-foot solo shot to left center in the
sixth, but DeJong broke the ice for the White Sox with a solo
drive, his fourth, to make it 5-1 in the seventh.
Relievers Phil Maton and Manuel Rodriguez tossed scoreless
innings as the Rays neatly put away the White Sox and secured
the series win.
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