3 takeaways as the White Sox lose in 10 innings and drop 2 of 3 in Nationals series
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox dropped their second straight extra-inning game, falling 2-1 to the Washington Nationals in 10 innings on Sunday in front of 24,259 at Rate Field. The Sox went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position on Sunday as they lost two of three in the series. “I think really the story (of) the whole series is just runners in scoring position, just weren’t able to create runs,” manager Will Venable said.
Here are three takeaways from the three games: The 10th innings are unkind to the Sox Hits were hard to come by for both teams most of Sunday afternoon. And neither team pushed across a run for the first nine innings. The Nationals executed well in the 10th.
Automatic runner Daylen Lile advanced to third on a grounder to first and then scored the game’s first run on a sacrifice fly to left by CJ Abrams. Tanner Murray made a diving catch to rob Abrams of a hit and departed the game with a left shoulder injury. “Tanner is still being evaluated,” Venable said.
“Obviously, he was in a lot of pain there. ” Pinch hitter José Tena followed with a home run against closer Seranthony Domínguez, giving the Nationals a 2-0 lead. The Sox cut the deficit to 2-1 with a one-out RBI single by Tristan Peters in the bottom of the 10th.
But Nationals reliever Paxton Schultz struck out Chase Meidroth and Miguel Vargas to end the game. Four Nationals pitchers combined to limit the Sox to four hits — singles by Meidroth, Murray, Everson Pereira and Peters. The Sox left eight runners on base.
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