White Sox 3, Palms 2

 Sunday, June 21, 2020 – Guaranteed Rate Field

By Vin Castillo

The Miami Palms had one last chance Sunday afternoon to salvage something from a difficult weekend in Chicago.

Instead, they left with a sweep and a lot to think about.

The White Sox edged Miami 3–2 to complete the three-game sweep, sending the Palms into an off day at 39–40 after a series defined by missed chances and quiet bats.

For a moment, it looked like Miami might flip the script.

Trailing 1–0 in the fourth inning, the Palms strung together a small rally. Edwin Encarnación opened the frame with a single, Matt Wieters and Brock Holt followed with two their own, and Greg Garcia delivered a two-run single to put Miami ahead 2–1.

It was the kind of situational hitting the lineup had been searching for all weekend.

But the lead didn’t last long.

Chicago answered in the fifth when Eloy Jiménez tied the game with an RBI single before Yasmani Grandal launched a solo homer later in the inning, putting the White Sox back in front for good.

From there, Michael Kopech took control.

The Chicago right-hander worked seven solid innings, striking out seven while scattering seven hits. Miami managed nine hits on the day and drew four walks but stranded ten runners, continuing a theme that haunted them throughout the series.

Starter Javy Blanco battled through six innings in his outing, allowing three runs on eight hits while keeping the game within reach. The bullpen did its part again, with Wandy Peralta tossing two scoreless innings to keep the deficit at one.

The offense, however, never found the equalizer.

Brock Holt and Frank Sohn each reached base late, but Chicago’s bullpen closed the door, with Aaron Bummer recording the save in the ninth.

By the time the final out settled into a glove, the Palms had dropped four straight overall and watched a competitive road trip dissolve into frustration.

Still, the timing of the off day may arrive at the perfect moment.

Miami returns home to begin a long homestand — and with it, a wave of reinforcements. Center fielder Brett Gardner and starters Dylan Bundy and Erick Fedde are all expected back from the injured list during the upcoming stretch, giving a lineup and rotation that have looked stretched lately some much-needed depth and energy.

The Palms don’t look like a team falling apart.

They do, however, look like one that could use a reset.

An off day — and a few familiar faces returning to the clubhouse — might be exactly that.

 Chicago White Sox 3, Miami Palms 2

 Sunday, June 21, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (39-40)                                      Chicago White Sox (4-2)                                 

 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        4  0  1  0  1  0  0  1  0  2   .291      Moncada 3b      3  0  0  0  1  1  2  1  0  3   .321

 Koch 2b         5  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0   .254      Mazara rf       4  0  0  0  0  1  5  0  0  0   .250

 Grant rf        5  0  1  0  0  2  1  0  0  3   .293      Jimenez lf      4  0  2  1  0  1  2  0  0  0   .375

 Encarnacion dh  4  1  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  1   .263      Robert, Jr. cf  4  0  1  0  0  1  3  0  0  3   .345

 Korb 3b         4  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0   .273      Grandal c       3  1  1  1  1  0  9  0  0  0   .308

 Wieters c       2  1  1  0  2  1  6  0  0  0   .251      Garcia dh       4  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   .316

 Holt lf         4  0  1  0  0  2  6  0  0  0   .243      Abreu 1b        4  1  1  0  0  1  4  1  0  0   .269

 Garcia 1b       3  0  1  2  1  1  4  0  0  1   .214      Anderson ss     4  1  2  1  0  0  0  1  0  1   .423

 Sohn cf         4  0  2  0  0  1  5  0  0  3   .268      Mendick 2b      3  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0   .320

 

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 Totals          35 2  9  2  4  9  24 3  0  10            Totals          33 3  9  3  2  6  27 4  0  8  

 

 

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

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

 Miami Palms               0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0      2  9  0  

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

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 10, Chicago White Sox 8; 2B- Abreu(2), Robert, Jr.(3), Anderson(3),

 Garcia(2); 3B- Encarnacion(5), Grant(5); HR- Grandal(2); RBI- Garcia 2(14), Jimenez(1),

 Grandal(5), Anderson(10); RLSP- Encarnacion, Sohn 2, Munoz, Grant 2, Moncada 2,

 Robert, Jr., Anderson, Garcia;  

 

 DP- Chicago White Sox 1; 

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                  IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Blanco(L 0-1)                6.0  8  3  3  2  5    5.73  

 Peralta                      2.0  1  0  0  0  1    3.72  

 

 Chicago White Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Kopech(W 1-0)                7.0  7  2  2  2  7    2.57  

 Hamilton(H,1)                1.0  1  0  0  2  2    0.00  

 Bummer(S,1)                  1.0  1  0  0  0  0    0.00  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Blanco 74-48, Peralta 18-13, Kopech 101-58, Hamilton 20-10, Bummer 8-7;

 Batters faced- Blanco 28, Peralta 7, Kopech 30, Hamilton 6, Bummer 3; 

 Temp - 81, Sky - Mostly cloudy, Wind - E 9mph