Rays back Archer with 4 homers, pound White Sox 11

After starting the season with the Rays’ AA affiliate, Montgomery (Ala.), Shaffer was promoted in May to AAA Durham (N.C.), where he hit. He got tagged out in the ninth inning, and the Chicago White Sox fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4. Geltz then gave up a two-run home run to Carlos Sanchez.

According to multiple media reports, former Tiger infielder Richie Shaffer will be called up to the majors for the first time with the Tampa Bay Rays today.

Sale left trailing 5-1 in the sixth after Kiermaier blooped an RBI single to center.

“You want to see some consistency that he’s had”, manager Robin Ventura told ESPN Chicago. “It felt kind of good to redeem myself after those first two at-bats”.

Robertson looked as if he might get out of a jam in the ninth despite having runners on the corners and one out. Abreu followed the effort with a two-run, game-tying homer to center that just got over the glove of a leaping Kevin Kiermaier at the fence. One team will fall and one team I expect to continue to ascend but you can read about that shortly. The Rays have scored 16 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last eight games.

“I got the ball and I peeked up at him”, Kiermaier said. “Just trying to use more of my hands, recognize the pitches because I have been swinging at a lot of bad pitches because my body is in front”. Pitchers are making an adjustment on you and this game is full of it. And it happens all the time. “Just a insane game to be a part of”.

Cubs 5, Pirates 0: Jake Arrieta pitched seven strong innings, Anthony Rizzo tied a career high with four hits and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pirates in Pittsburgh for their sixth straight win. In 368 career minor league games in the Rays’ organization from 2012-15, he has 57 homers and 222 RBIs. “It did not seem like he was over-amped whatsoever”.

“Melky, I don’t know how he didn’t win”, reported by Scott Merkin of MLB.com, “I don’t know how there couldn’t be three, because Melky’s been on fire here lately as well”. He’s going to connect soon and when he does.

When the club was hitting the cover off the ball during the most recent road trip, Garcia was still scuffling at the plate. Smyly is on the 15-day disabled list recovering from a torn labrum in his left shoulder….

White Sox: The White Sox are not sure if OF J.B. Shuck (strained left hamstring) will go on a rehab assignment before he returns.

Ventura and Ryan provided one of the more memorable images. And Sox hitters who had carved up the Indians and Red Sox were silenced by Archer (10-8, 2.54 ERA after allowing two runs over seven innings). Right-handed reliever Daniel Webb allowed each of those home runs and gave up three runs on six hits in just 1 1/3 innings of relief.