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The Guardians, who end the regular season with three games in
Kansas City, beat the Red Sox 3-2 earlier Tuesday.
Brenton Doyle and Munetaka Murakami added home runs for the
White Sox, who also helped their wild-card cause should they
fail to catch Cleveland. They have two more games against the
Royals before finishing with three against last-place Colorado.
Anthony Kay had a two-run lead before he even took the mound
Tuesday night, and the Chicago left-hander ended up allowing
four runs while pitching into the fifth. Noah Schultz (4-9) and
the bullpen finished the game, though it wasn't pretty — White
Sox relievers coughed up three runs in the eighth and allowed
Vinnie Pasquantino's first career grand slam in the ninth.
Daniel Lynch IV wasn't exactly pretty, either. He allowed a
career-worst nine earned runs in just four innings for Kansas
City.
Lynch was shaky from the start, walking Tommy Pham in the first
and giving up a single to Grichuk before hitting Murakami with a
94 mph sinker. Meidroth followed with a two-run single,
extending his on-base streak to 13, and the White Sox were on
their way.
Doyle made it 3-0 when he sent Lynch's first pitch of the second
inning over the right-field wall. But the big blow came in the
third, when Grichuk doubled and Murakami walked to set up
Meidroth again. This time, the second-year second baseman hit
changeup over the middle of the plate into the left-field seats
to give the White Sox a 6-0 lead.
Grichuk's own 3-run shot in the fourth came after Miguel Vargas
hit a two-out single and Pham drew his second straight walk,
while Murakami added his two-run homer during a five-run seventh
that effectively put the game away.
Up next
White Sox RHP Erick Fedde (8-9, 3.90 ERA) starts Wednesday
night, trying to continue a September hot streak that includes a
1.57 ERA over his last six appearances. RHP Seth Lugo (7-9,
5.06) gets the start for Kansas City.
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