White Sox at Mariners

Jesus Sucre made it a 1-all game with a one-out RBI single, and Nelson Cruz later doubled in two runs. It included a leadoff walk, a double to Jose Abreu, an intentional walk to load the bases and an unintentional walk to force in the go-ahead run.

It looks like the White Sox have a slight leg up on the Mariners, as the White Sox have won their last three games while the Mariners have lost their last three. “I loved the way the guys responded”. “They had some walks there at the end that cost them, some wild pitches, some walks and pushed some runs across”. The two All-Star hurlers have combined for 25 victories – 14 by Hernandez, who is tied for the American League lead in victories with Houston’s Dallas Keuchel.Hernandez seeks to rebound from a nightmare performance Saturday when he was the losing pitcher as Seattle allowed a franchise-worst total for runs in a 22-10 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He fell to the Los Angeles Angels in his last turn, when he gave up five runs (four earned) and five hits over seven innings.

“Rasmussen couldn’t find the strike zone the way he wanted to”, said Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon, who was ejected in the eighth for arguing balls and strikes.

His only real mistake came with two outs in the second inning. “He just elevated a couple change ups and they took advantage”.

Melky Cabrera led off with a single against Rodney and went to third – stopped at third, actually – when Adam LaRoche’s one-out drive to right eluded a diving Cruz for a double. After giving up a two-out single to Avisail Garcia and with his pitch count at 87, he was lifted for recently recalled right-hander Logan Kensing. He’s now hitting.274/.319/.427 with 14 home runs and 56 RBI on the year. He took third on Flowers’ one-out single to deep short.Marte had a play at third after make a sliding stop in the hole, but his throw to Seager was off-line. The Mariners’ bullpen was handed a lead in the seventh inning and didn’t turn it into an adventure or a loss.

Chris Sale is piling up so many strikeouts this season that he is one tough act to follow – even for Sale himself from one start to the next.

“I definitely appreciate it and I know what it is”, said Sale, whose 29 strikeouts in two starts is a club record.

White Sox: RHP Daniel Webb, out since early August with a back strain, began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte.

LHP Charlie Furbush had an MRI exam that revealed a small tear in his biceps, the Seattle Times reported. He is scheduled to be reevaluated Sunday, the team announced.

White Sox: LHP John Danks (6-9, 4.58 ERA) is 2-7 with a 5.98 ERA in 11 road starts.

Rookie Taylor Jungmann (7-4) set a career high with nine strikeouts in 6 1-3 shutout innings.

Robin Ventura, whose management of this game was suspect through eight innings, saw all of his moves pay off over the last two.

Eaton opened the game with a single and then stole second with one out, sliding in ahead of the tag by second baseman Cano. The Mariners challenged the call, but the ruling was upheld after a review estimated at 2 minutes, 41 seconds.