Outfield miscommunication and throwing errors costs the Chicago White Sox in a 9-2 loss to the Miami Marlins
MIAMI — Chicago White Sox center fielder Luisangel Acuña and right fielder Tristan Peters were both in the area of Agustín Ramírez’s fourth-inning liner to right-center. But neither outfielder gave way until the final seconds and the Sox couldn’t make the play, resulting in a double that gave Miami momentum and runners on second and third with no outs. “It was a difficult play,” Acuña said through an interpreter.
“I called for the ball, but he couldn’t hear me. ” The Marlins quickly capitalized with a game-tying two-run double by Liam Hicks. The Marlins scored two more runs in the inning, which featured two throwing errors by Acuña, and defeated the Sox 9-2 in front of 6,667 on Tuesday at loanDepot park.
It’s the second time in five games that some defense sequences in the outfield came back to bite the Sox (1-4). A rough first inning on Saturday contributed to a 6-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. “Overall it’s been OK, there’s been some isolated plays here that we’ve got to clean up and we understand that and guys have to get better,” manager Will Venable said when asked about the outfield defense as a whole through five games.
“We’ve got to continue to work, and these guys are putting in the work. Focused on the right things, just have to make some more plays. ” The Sox entered the fourth with a 2-0 lead thanks to back-to-back RBI singles in the third inning by Munetaka Murakami and Andrew Benintendi.
Xavier Edwards began the Marlins’ fourth with an infield single, their first hit of the game against Sox starter Erick Fedde. And then came Ramírez’s double on the playable ball, followed by Hicks’ two-run double. “Tough play there where (Acuña) called it, Tristan didn’t hear him,” Venable said.
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