CHICAGO – Yu Chang named Indian manager Terry Francona one of the best plays of Monday’s game against the White Sox in the sixth innings when he started a doubles game on the baseball after first base. When Chang tried to duplicate the effort in the ninth, Cleveland cost the game with his throwing error.
Chang’s stray throw hit Chicago’s Yasmani Grandal in the helmet and jumped into the left field so Nick Madrigal could win the ninth inning when the White Sox won a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians against a guaranteed rate achieved. Field.
Emmanuel Clase (1-1, 0.00) suffered his first loss to the Indians after allowing a single to Chicago rookie Yermin Mercedes, and a turn to Grandal to kick off the final series with Nick Williams sit. Chang, who only played his seventh career game at first base, tried to force Grandal into second place with one in the innings.
Francona admitted that he would like to see Chang take the lead first and give Clase a chance to get out of the innings.
“I’m glad he did not hesitate to throw the ball to second place there,” Francona said. “But it gives us a chance to talk to him tomorrow, because it was probably not the right time.”
Cleveland’s loss loses a series of seven wins against the White Sox. Chicago collapsed after the Indians threw five pointless innings to relieve starter Triston McKenzie. Phil Maton and Bryan Shaw made way for Cal Quantrill, who stood in Detroit for the first time since opening this weekend.
Quantrill escaped a basic situation with no one in the sixth, when he hit Mercedes on a slider and made Grandal bounce in the doubles that Chang started. Quantrill threw Amed Rosario’s relay on the first base for the third of the innings and screamed as he pumped both fists as he headed to the excavation.
Quantrill said the emotional release was exactly what he was feeling at the moment.
“He’s a tough sportsman, and we care a lot about that,” Quantrill said. ‘I care a lot about my teammates and they worked hard to give us the chance to win today. And yes, I think it’s just a pitch, a good double play and that’s what it is. I am who I am.”
The left-wing Chicago Keuzel of Chicago started the surprise when Carlos Rodon, who was on the plan, was scratched late due to a stomach ache. Cleveland is coming to Keuchel for the second time after grazing Franmil Reyes’ jersey with a 84 km / h cutter. The play was revised and Reyes got the first base on the field goal, and Eddie Rosario pointed the second run in the second run to the left center.
Rosario fought six places with Keuchel before laying a sinker 401 feet in the middle of the bleacher. It was Rosario’s second extra hit in as many games and his first home game against a left-handed pitcher this season.
McKenzie, who made his first start after hitting 3 2/3 overs from the bullpen on April 5, looked sharp early on. He knocked out the side in the first time and got Mercedes on a double play on the ground ball to avoid trouble in the second time. But he struggled to find his command in the third, with a lead to Nick Williams and another to Danny Mendick after Leury Garcia appeared to the left.
When McKenzie’s 0-1 switch to Eaton fluttered across the middle of the plate, Eaton rode the 376-foot high in the Indian bull for a 3-2 White Sox lead.
“It was just a mistake on my part, just too much off the plate,” McKenzie said.
That was all Keuchel needed to settle down. He retired 12 consecutive batsmen after Rosario’s home side got into second but into sixth trouble.
Chang walked, Jordan Luplow walked a single time and Cesar Hernandez walked to load the bases. After a Jose Ramirez outing, Reyes drove with an Evan Marshall sinker to the warning lane in the deep center for an RBI sacrificial fly that tied the score at 3-3.
McKenzie allowed only two hits and struck six over four overs, after 76 places.
“He had a good life and he was thrown it by Roberto (Perez),” Francona said. ‘When he got on the rack, he could not use legs. I thought he was trying to be on the board too fast and it cost him a bit of his command and a bit of life on his fast ball. ‘
Following: The series continues Tuesday with a dandy pitching matchup. The Indians will send right-hander Shane Bieber (0-1, 3.65) to the hill while the White Sox count with right-hander Lucas Giolito (1-0, 4.22). First pitch was set at 20:10. The match will be broadcast on Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM 1100 AM and WMMS 100.7 FM.
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