White Sox on a solid over run

Tonight, the Rays’ Chris Archer pitches against Chicago’s Chris Sale.

Evan Longoria had three hits and an RBI for the Rays. Butler doubled with one out, went to third on a single by Longoria and scored on a sacrifice fly by Forsythe.

Shaffer, who was selected with the 25th overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays, did not miss a beat when starting his career at Hudson Valley (Single-A Short Season) of the New York-Penn League as he smashed four home runs and drove in 26 RBIs with a. 308 average in 33 games. But Garcia didn’t leave second as Boxberger struck out Avisail Garcia and Carlos Sanchez lined out to right to end the game. He gave up an early 1-0 lead in the first and loaded the bases before he pitched out of the jam. The left-handed pitcher threw 28 pitches in the inning. In fact, since his promotion to Durham, Tampa Bay’s 11th ranked prospect leads the Illinois with 16 home runs. Left-hander Jose Quintana started for the White Sox and took a no-decision after allowing two runs in six innings. Abreu was left stranded at second. Tampa Bay Rays catcher Curt Casali tags out Chicago White Sox’s Alexei Ramirez at home on a throw from center fielder Kevin Kiermaier, during the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, August 3, 2015, in Chicago. Tyler Saladino singled with one out and Abreu followed with a long drive to center that just cleared the fence – and the glove of Tampa Bay centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier – for a two-run homer to tie the score at 2.

LaRoche advanced to second on the play, and Leury Garcia took over as a pinch runner.

The Rays reclaimed the lead in the top of the seventh off reliever Jake Petricka.

“It’s not too often we give up leads like that and we take pride in that”, said Duke, who allowed a solo home run to Grady Sizemore in the eighth.

White Sox: OF J.B. Shuck (strained left hamstring) will be eligible to be activated from the disabled list in two weeks and the team is hopeful he’ll be ready.

“Those things are glaring especially when you start playing as well as we’ve been playing defensively”, manager Robin Ventura said. The White Sox’s 14 runs of support over his last two starts are one more than he received in his previous seven combined.

He’s gotten the offensive help necessary to win back-to-back starts, though, pitching his first career shutout in a 6-0 win over Cleveland on July 24 before giving up two runs in 6 1-3 innings of Wednesday’s 9-2 victory over Boston.