Palms 5, White Sox 2

James Shields and Blake Johnston have had high expectations, but have instead mostly been beleaguered this year. On Saturday afternoon, they were each very good, going 7 and 8 innings respectively, each allowing only 2 runs and striking out 10 and 9 respectively. The Palms scored both runs off the bat of Frank Sohn, with a home run and an RBI double 2 innings later, while the White Sox enjoyed a Dioner Navarro homer and an RBI single from Jose Abreu in the 6th to tie it. The Palms pulled in front in the 9th, though, batting around on Matt Purke. Frank Sohn scored what would ultimately be the game winning run, when Nick Markakis drove him in. Francisco Rodriguez made it interesting, loading the bases before earning his 13th save.
 Miami Palms 5, Chicago White Sox 2
 Saturday, June 18, 2016


 Miami Palms (35-32)                                      Chicago White Sox (1-4)                                
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 J Jaso dh       5  1  1  0  0  2  0  0  0  0   .327      T Anderson ss   5  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .188
 N Markakis rf   5  0  2  1  0  1  2  0  0  2   .304      A Eaton rf      5  1  1  0  0  2  1  0  0  3   .095
 T Abreu ss      5  1  3  2  0  1  1  1  0  1   .318      J Abreu 1b      4  0  1  1  0  0  4  3  0  2   .100
 E Encarnacion 1b4  0  0  0  1  1  2  2  0  1   .258      M Cabrera lf    4  0  3  0  0  1  1  0  0  0   .421
 C Korb 3b       5  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  3   .268      T Frazier 3b    4  0  0  0  0  1  1  2  0  1   .200
 F Sohn lf       4  2  3  2  0  1  2  0  0  0   .279      D Navarro c     4  1  1  1  0  1  12 0  0  0   .250
 J Giavotella 2b 4  0  1  0  0  2  1  0  0  0   .276      B Lawrie 2b     4  0  0  0  0  2  1  0  0  3   .055
 C Crisp cf      3  1  1  0  1  1  6  0  0  2   .256      A Garcia dh     4  0  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .333
 B Hayes c       4  0  1  0  0  1  10 0  0  0   .266      J Shuck cf      3  0  1  0  1  1  4  0  0  0   .286

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          39 5  12 5  2  12 27 4  0  9             Totals          37 2  10 2  1  10 27 6  0  9 


                           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E
                           -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms               0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  3         5  12 0 
 Chicago White Sox         0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0         2  10 0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 9, Chicago White Sox 9; 2B- N Markakis(21), F Sohn(19), A Eaton(1),
 M Cabrera(3); HR- F Sohn(10), D Navarro(1); RBI- N Markakis(31), F Sohn 2(36),
 T Abreu 2(47), J Abreu(2), D Navarro(1); RLSP- C Crisp, N Markakis, C Korb 2, T Abreu,
 J Abreu, A Eaton 2, T Frazier, B Lawrie 2; 

 
 


 Miami Palms                  IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 B Johnston(W 8-4)            8.0  7  2  2  1  9    4.40 
 F Rodriguez(S, 13)           1.0  3  0  0  0  1    3.86 

 Chicago White Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 J Shields                    7.0  8  2  2  0  10   2.57 
 M Purke(L 0-1)               2.0  4  3  3  2  2    6.75 

 Pitches-strikes- B Johnston 103-73, F Rodriguez 18-12, J Shields 95-62, M Purke 40-21;
 Batters faced- B Johnston 32, F Rodriguez 6, J Shields 29, M Purke 12;

 

 
 Player of hte Game: Frank Sohn.

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