Dogs set world record at baseball game
The White Sox, who used an Abreu RBI groundout in the first inning to take 1-0 lead, drew even with an Omar Narvaez sacrifice fly in the second inning and an Abreu RBI double in the third.
The dogs, many dressed in Sox gear, did a lap around the field before the game, and Sox second baseman Tyler Saladino said he could hear them barking throughout the game, which the Sox won 8-1. An Adam Eaton leadoff walk triggered a seven-run inning that turned a usually tense Quintana start into a crowd-pleaser for the 15,588 fans and 1,122 dogs in attendance. “Then we’ll kind of re-evaluate what’s going on after that”, Francona said. “I thought (Bauer) was getting frustrated toward the end”. They did a lap around the field before the game started. “Every time somebody does well, it always helps everybody”.
“Right now, they are just playing hard”, Ventura said.
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Indians manager Terry Francona pulled Bauer and brought in right-hander Dan Otero from the bullpen. Indians RHP Josh Tomlin is scheduled to start Wednesday for the first time since August 30.
Quintana will look to continue to make his bid for AL Cy Young despite allowing 11 earned runs in 11.2 frames of work this September.
The White Sox selected Rodon out of North Carolina State with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 draft.
“We received a tremendous turnout for our four-legged friends tonight”, Boyer said in a statement. “The way we’re losing games is not right”.
With the team “mired in mediocrity” as the general manager said in July, a number of changes from the manager to the players in the field could be in the future after another disappointing season.
The annual series with the Cubs will have a similar format in 2017 with the teams playing a four-game, home-and-home series in the last week of July.
Indians: Guyer (sore knee) was struck by a pitch in the fourth and removed from the blowout three innings later.
“Hopefully, the down time not just physically but mentally gave him a chance to think about things”, Francona said. “When I do get the pitches that are right there, I miss them”.