Slumping White Sox lose 3-1 to Yordano Ventura and Royals

Blue Jays 11, Orioles 6: Edwin Encarnacion hit two homers and drove in five runs for Toronto.

After the game, Ventura said he refused to allow his pending suspension to be a distraction.

“That’s something that happened”, Ventura said through a team translator. “The DH spot’s going to rotate somewhat of who you’ve got in there and who needs a day”. Whit Merrifield led the game off with a double, and advanced to third on Alcides Escobar’s sacrifice bunt. Salvador Perez added a solo home run as Kansas City (32-30) won its second consecutive game. Kansas City is also 4-1 in Ventura’s last five starts in game three of a series and 19-9 in Ventura’s last 28 starts overall. “But these are the guys we’ve got and we’ve got to figure out something”. “(Yordano) is nasty. He’s got unbelievable stuff, and when he’s putting it where he wants to, like he was today, it’s tough on anybody”. Before their game last night, the White Sox were sporting a 30-30 record. “He did seem to be in control. We’re just going through a rough patch”. He required just 91 pitches to navigate through seven innings.

Garcia’s two-out single off Wade Davis scored Fraizer in the ninth and avoided the shutout, but it was too late to help Quintana.

The Royals are 16-22 when they allow at least one home run. Rodon allowed baserunners in each of his first four innings, but he settled down to retire the final seven batters he faced.

Roark (5-4) gave up six hits and one walk with seven strikeouts before Sammy Solis took over in the eighth.

“There’s no worry”, Rodon said.

After Sunday’s loss, the White Sox fell to 10-14 against American League Central opponents, but six of those wins (and none of the losses) have come against the lowly Minnesota Twins.

“I’ve got to put the ball in play, bottom line, ” Frazier said.

GIANTS 5, DODGERS 4 (10) Joe Panik hit a game-tying single off Los Angeles closer Kenley Jansen with one out in the 10th inning and scored on Buster Posey’s RBI single, and host San Francisco beat Los Angeles.

Nationals 8, Phillies 0: Tanner Roark pitched seven sharp innings, and Stephen Drew and Anthony Rendon had two RBIs apiece for Washington.

All of that said, the word of the day is “patience”, and if the proper time is given to Anderson, he has the potential to become a very quality player for the White Sox, a player they groomed from the ground up the past three seasons to finally reach this point of his professional career. White Sox CF Austin Jackson will undergo surgery to fix a meniscus tear and is expected to be sidelined a minimum of six weeks.2. Abreu ripped a belt-high fastball an estimated 418 feet for his eighth home run of the season. It’s good to see him, ” Yost said. “You just keep looking at the positives”.

The Kansas City Royals tweaked their starting rotation. White Sox LHP Carlos Rodon started on nine days’ rest after skipping his previous outing with discomfort in his neck…. He was out of the starting lineup for the Storm Chasers’ game at New Orleans on Sunday.

Michael Saunders followed Encarnacion’s second blast of the game with his 11th homer of the season.

Kendrys Morales also homered for Kansas City.