White Sox beat Rangers 11-7 as deGrom implodes
Chicago chased Jacob deGrom with a six-run first inning in an 11-7 win over Texas, moving to 69-63 and 2.5 games clear in the AL Central.
Six runs in the first end deGrom's night
Rangers2-11Rangers11-7The White Sox are 3-2 in their last five games after beating the Rangers 11-7 on Tuesday, chasing Jacob deGrom before he made it through the fourth. TalkinBaseball_ noted deGrom allowed eight earned runs over 3.2 innings, walking five and striking out two on 87 pitches — his first outing of eight or more earned runs since 2017 — and per FoulTerritoryTV, the first time in his career he'd allowed six runs in the opening frame alone. Tristan Peters went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and three RBIs, and Chase Meidroth added a 3-for-5 night with an RBI. Anthony Kay started for Chicago and worked 4.2 innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts and two walks.
That comeback followed a lopsided loss the day before, when Texas hung an 11-2 final on the White Sox on August 24. At 69-63, Chicago sits 2.5 games ahead of Cleveland atop the AL Central, with the Guardians' elimination number down to 28.
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Chris Murphy began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday, pitching around two hits in a scoreless inning as he works back from his forearm injury. The White Sox also added to the bullpen Monday, acquiring Huascar Brazoban from the Mets in exchange for right-handers Zach Franklin and Gabe Davis, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic — though Brazoban lands on the 15-day IL to start his time in Chicago.
Andrew Benintendi was placed on the bereavement/family medical emergency list Tuesday. Elsewhere in the rehab pipeline, Drew Thorpe is scheduled for a rehab start with Triple-A Charlotte, per James Fegan of the Chicago Sun-Times, and Kyle Teel is headed to Charlotte to begin his own rehab assignment, per Scott Merkin of MLB.com.
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Sean Burke (7-6, 3.27 ERA) gets the ball as the White Sox host the Rangers tonight, coming off six innings of four-run ball against the Mets in his last start. He faces MacKenzie Gore (7-9, 4.26 ERA), who threw six shutout innings with seven strikeouts against the Angels his last time out.
Chicago is favored at home, and the market's total points to a low-scoring game — a reasonable read given Burke's recent form and Gore's shutout turn last time out, unless Tuesday's six-run outburst against Texas's other starter carries into a second straight night against a very different arm.