CHICAGO — Jake Burger‘s game-ending elegant slam passed Liam Hendriks his first win since coming back from most cancers, and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-2 on Sunday for a three-game sequence sweep.
Hendriks (1-0) labored a 1-2-3 9th, hanging out two. It was once the 3rd heavy league look for the All-Megastar nearer since he neglected the beginning of the season then he was once identified with level 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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“Hopefully, I can continue moving forward and continue somewhat of at least doing the right thing on the field, and give people some hope to continue fighting,” Hendriks mentioned.
On Monday, an emotional Hendriks, 34, allowed two runs on 3 hits and a progress to the Los Angeles Angels, his first day out since getting better from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Telling journalists later on, that “it was humbling going out there,” he now has 3 innings of labor below his belt.
Yoan Moncada and Tim Anderson walked with one out to load the bases for Burger, who clash a pressure to left-center off Alex Lange (3-1) for his twelfth homer of the season. It was once his first profession slam and game-ending homer.
“We’d faced (Lange) a couple times and he’s a great pitcher,” Burger mentioned. “Today, we got the better of him, but he’s gotten the better of us in the last couple of outings. That’s baseball.”
Spencer Torkelson clash a two-run homer for Detroit, which has dropped 5 of six. Matthew Boyd struck out 9 past pitching 5 innings of one-run ball.
Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch mentioned Lange were on “such a good roll,” however was once a “little erratic” within the 9th.
“(The grand slam) makes it sting even more when you can’t finish the game,” Hinch mentioned. “Frustrating day.”
It was once the primary homer allowed through Lange in 25 appearances this hour.
“It sucks,” Lange mentioned. “You hate blowing it for the boys. They fought hard all day. … It’s tough, but you move on.”
White Sox right-hander Michael Kopech accepted two runs and 3 hits in seven innings. He struck out 9 and walked one.
Torkelson’s 5th homer gave the Tigers a 2-0 govern within the fourth, however Eloy Jiménez spoke back with an RBI unmarried for the White Sox within the base part.
Chicago attach it at 2 on Yasmani Grandal‘s bases-loaded unmarried with two out within the 6th. Detroit reliever Will Vest surrendered back-to-back singles to Luis Robert Jr. and Jiménez earlier than strolling Andrew Vaughn to load the bases for Grandal.
Robert stuck Javier Baez‘s pressure on the center-field wall within the 8th, stranding Zach McKinstry at 2nd. Detroit’s Jake Marisnick returned the partiality within the base of the 8th, snagging a fly ball from Vaughn on the wall.
The White Sox will detectable a sequence in opposition to the New York Yankees on Tuesday, when right-hander Lucas Giolito (4-4, 4.08 ERA) will snatch the mound.
The Related Press contributed to this document.
