Holliday’s grand slam sends Cardinals over White Sox | Local

The St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field tonight.

Chicago White Sox’s Tyler Saladino rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha during the fifth inning of an interleague baseball game Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in Chicago. Wacha’s ERA is over 7.0 On the Road in his last four starts. “This one didn’t work out that way”. But Saladino has also delivered an offensive element as well, even hitting his first home run Sunday.

Lorenzo Cain homered in the 13th inning and the Kansas City Royals outlasted the Chicago White Sox 7-6 Saturday in a game that took almost five hours. “He’s just a big piece”. “First, OF Holliday comes back and second, the Cards get one of the most advantageous series of games featuring 18 of the next 19 against teams with losing records (only a single make-up game vs. KC breaks up a cupcake schedule)”. He just returned on Friday after missing 31 games because of a quadriceps injury. Rodon had loaded the bases, only one out on the board, Holliday comes to the plate. Tyler Saladino is hitting. He and Geovany Soto homered off Wacha in the fifth. And since defeating the Cardinals at St. Louis by a 2-1 score on June 30, the White Sox have actually gone 10-6 while scoring an average of 2.9 runs per game.

“Any time you get in a little bit of a rut it’s disappointing”, Ventura said.

“I know everybody wants to talk about (trade rumors), but we’re going to play as hard as we can against St. Louis”, Ventura said.

Cardinals: RHP Mitch Harris (right groin strain) was sent to Triple-A Memphis to begin a 20-day rehab assignment….

Who’s not: Matt Carpenter is hitless in his last 16 at-bats.

All games on WSCR-AM 670. This will be Danks’ first career game against the Cardinals. Lynn is 1-0 with a 0.68 ERA and 18 strikeouts in his career against the White Sox.

Charlotte Hornets 2015 first-round pick Frank Kaminsky threw out a ceremonial first pitch and took batting practice. A lifelong White Sox fan, Kaminsky is a native of suburban Lisle and is still trying to process being selected by Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan. Top prospect Stephen Piscotty is expected to make his major league debut in this series, possibly at designated hitter.