Astros 10, White Sox 8
W:Martinez (1-0)L:Reed (5-2)SV:Lyles (1)
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Well, this one was a nail biter. Score tied going into the top of the 9th. The inning doesn’t start out looking good for the hometown heroes with Jose Altuve striking out swinging, Jason Castro struck out swinging, catcher Josh Phegley to first baseman Paul Konerko then Mighty Matt Dominguez homered (his 19th on the season) on a fly ball to left center field, which was followed by Chris “Don’t Lose Faith in Me” Carter homer (his 25th) on a line drive to right center field and Brett Wallace popped out to third baseman Jeff Keppinger.
The Astros take a lead into the 9th inning. And here’s the rest of the story.
Josh Zeid replaced David Martinez (who pitched 2.2 innings giving up 3 runs on 5 hits – but got the win).
Zeid gets Alejandro De Aza to ground out, then proceeds to walk Gordon Beckham, followed by Alexei Ramirez flying out to center field. Paul Konerko hit a ground-rule double on a line drive to left field Now the Sox have runners at 2nd and 3rd with one out. Leury Garcia replaces Paul Konerko as a pinch runner (looking for some speed). Which prompts Porter to make a pitching change. Kevin Chapman replaces Josh Zeid, who quickly walks Adam Dunn. OMG, bases are loaded!!! What is Porter going to do now??? Well, he makes another pitching change. Jordan Lyles replaced Kevin Chapman. So, Ventura decided he needs even more speed on the bases and pinch runs Jordan Danks for Adam Dunn.
And Lyles proceeded to say, “that’s enough, I want some pizza” and struck out Avisail Garcia.
Overall, nice win by the boys. The Astros scored 10 runs on 13 hits and 4 walks. The Sox also committed 2 errors to the Astros 1. 5 homeruns were hit by the Astros, Castro – now has an Astros record, Wallace – nice one for his birthday, Carter – showed off by hitting 2 and giving faith for the faithful fans a little bit longer, and Dominguez – I got nothing for this one.
Plus, they still have a pretty comfortable lead for the 2014 #1 draft pick.
The series continues Tuesday with hopefully Bouncy Barnes playing in the outfield. Check out his leaping catch at the wall.