White Sox 9, Palms 2

 Friday, June 19, 2020 – Guaranteed Rate Field

By Vin Castillo

The Miami Palms finally put runs on the board Friday night.

Unfortunately, so did Chicago. In bunches.

After being shut out in back-to-back games in Toronto, the Palms broke through in the fifth and sixth innings — but the White Sox answered with a relentless middle-inning surge, handing Miami a 9–2 loss to open the weekend series.

For a brief stretch, it felt competitive.

Frank Sohn provided the spark with his sixth home run of the season, a solo shot that trimmed the deficit and injected some life into the dugout. Chris Korb, newly returned to the lineup, looked sharp in his first game back, collecting three hits and driving in a run. Edwin Encarnación added a double as the Palms showed more offensive pulse than they had all week.

But the game turned quickly — and decisively.

After Chicago scratched across a run in the third, they broke things open between the fifth and seventh innings, plating eight runs over that span. Tim Anderson delivered the biggest blow with a three-run homer, while Danny Mendick and James McCann added home runs of their own. By the time the seventh inning closed, the White Sox had built a 9–2 cushion and drained the tension from the ballpark.

Manny Parra absorbed the damage, allowing 12 hits and nine runs over seven innings. He attacked the zone early, as the Palms’ pitching philosophy encourages, but Chicago made him pay for pitches that caught too much plate. The White Sox rarely missed their mistakes.

Offensively, Miami struck out 12 times and stranded seven runners, continuing a frustrating pattern of traffic without escalation. The bats are no longer silent — but they’re still not explosive.

The Palms fall to 39–38, and what began as a manageable skid is now feeling heavier. The good news: Chris Korb looks comfortable and productive immediately. The challenge: the pitching cushion that carried Miami through much of June cracked under pressure.

With two games remaining in Chicago, the Palms need more than just signs of life.

They need traction.

 Chicago White Sox 9, Miami Palms 2

 Friday, June 19, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (39-38)                                      Chicago White Sox (2-2)                                 

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Munoz ss        3  0  0  0  1  1  1  3  0  0   .288      Moncada 3b      5  1  2  0  0  0  1  2  0  0   .444

 Koch 2b         4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .258      Mazara rf       4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1   .278

 Grant rf        3  0  0  0  1  1  3  0  0  0   .291      Grandal dh      4  2  2  1  0  1  0  0  0  0   .353

 Encarnacion dh  4  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  2   .259      Jimenez lf      4  1  3  0  0  0  2  0  0  0   .385

 Korb 3b         4  0  3  1  0  0  0  3  0  0   .276      Robert, Jr. cf  4  0  1  1  0  1  2  0  0  1   .333

 Wieters c       4  0  1  0  0  2  9  1  0  1   .249      Abreu 1b        3  0  0  1  0  2  8  0  0  0   .250

 Holt lf         4  0  0  0  0  2  1  0  0  0   .240      Anderson ss     4  2  2  3  0  1  0  3  0  2   .389

 Garcia 1b       3  0  0  0  1  2  8  0  0  2   .211      Mendick 2b      4  1  1  2  0  0  1  2  0  0   .412

 Sohn cf         4  1  1  1  0  2  2  0  0  2   .271      McCann c        3  2  1  1  1  1  12 0  0  0   .333

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          33 2  6  2  3  12 24 7  0  7             Totals          35 9  12 9  1  7  27 8  0  4  

 

 

                           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E

                           -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Miami Palms               0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0      2  6  0  

 Chicago White Sox         0  0  1  0  2  3  3  0         9  12 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 7, Chicago White Sox 4; 2B- Encarnacion(14), Moncada(2); HR- Sohn(6),

 Anderson(2), Mendick(2), McCann(1); RBI- Sohn(24), Korb(40), Abreu(3), Robert,

 Jr.(4), Grandal(3), Anderson 3(8), Mendick 2(6), McCann(1); SF- Abreu(1); RLSP- Encarnacion,

 Sohn, Mazara, Anderson;  

 

  

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                  IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Parra(L 6-7)                 7.0  12 9  9  1  6    5.22  

 Peralta                      1.0  0  0  0  0  1    4.05  

 

 Chicago White Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Lopez(W 1-1)                 6.0  5  2  2  3  8    9.00  

 Friedrich                    2.0  1  0  0  0  2    0.00  

 Cishek                       1.0  0  0  0  0  2    0.00  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Parra 102-68, Peralta 13-8, Lopez 99-52, Friedrich 21-14, Cishek 16-9;

 Batters faced- Parra 34, Peralta 3, Lopez 26, Friedrich 7, Cishek 3; 


  

 

  

 Temp - 91, Sky - Partly Cloudy, Wind - SW 8 MPH  

 

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