White Sox 4, Palms 3 (14 innings)

 Saturday, June 20, 2020 – Guaranteed Rate Field

By Vin Castillo

For thirteen innings Saturday night, the Miami Palms kept finding ways to extend the game.

They just couldn’t find the hit that would end it.

Chicago finally did.

Luis Robert's RBI double in the bottom of the 14th inning sent the White Sox to a 4–3 walk-off win, handing the Palms their third straight loss in a marathon that lasted deep into the humid Chicago night.

It was the kind of game that leaves both dugouts exhausted — and one of them empty-handed.

Miami struck first when opened the scoring with a Chris Korb RBI single in the first. Chicago answered immediately with Yoan Moncada’s solo homer and then nudged ahead in the second and third innings, briefly building a 3–2 lead.

The Palms tied it in the sixth when Yairo Muñoz  drove in a run, setting the stage for eight innings of tense, scoreless baseball.

And there were chances.

Miami piled up 15 hits — three from Pat Grant, three from Muñoz, and two each from Brock Holt and Jason Roeder — but repeatedly stranded runners in key moments. Emilio Miranda alone left four men aboard, and the Palms finished the night with ten runners left on base.

The White Sox had their share of missed opportunities as well, stranding twelve and grinding through Miami’s bullpen inning after inning.

Tony Rico’s relief corps nearly pulled off the escape act. Jeremy Jeffress, Cody Allen, and Adam Conley combined for six scoreless innings, keeping the Palms alive well into the extras.

But in the 14th, the margin finally gave way.

Brian Matusz allowed a pair of hits to open the inning, and with two outs Robert lined a double that slipped down the line, sending Chicago pouring out of the dugout and ending a game that had stretched nearly five hours.

The loss drops Miami to 39–39, their third straight defeat and another missed opportunity in a stretch where the offense has shown flashes but struggled to deliver the decisive blow.

If there was a silver lining, it was the fight. The Palms refused to fade, matching Chicago hit for hit and inning for inning.

But after fourteen frames, effort doesn’t show up in the standings.

Only the walk-off does.

With one game left in Chicago before heading home, Miami will try to avoid a sweep — and finally rediscover the timely swing that has been just out of reach all week.

 Chicago White Sox 4, Miami Palms 3

 Saturday, June 20, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (39-39)                                      Chicago White Sox (3-2)                                 

 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        7  1  3  1  0  2  1  3  0  2   .291      Moncada 3b      7  1  1  1  0  0  1  2  0  2   .360

 Koch 2b         6  1  2  1  0  3  1  3  0  0   .261      Mazara rf       6  1  2  0  1  1  4  0  0  0   .292

 Grant 1b        6  0  3  0  0  0  11 0  0  2   .295      Jimenez lf      7  1  2  0  0  2  2  0  0  0   .350

 Korb dh         6  0  2  1  0  2  0  0  0  0   .277      Robert, Jr. cf  7  0  3  1  0  0  3  0  0  1   .360

 Sohn rf         6  0  0  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .265      Grandal c       6  0  1  1  0  1  11 0  0  3   .304

 Miranda lf      6  0  0  0  0  1  3  0  0  6   .333      Mendick dh      5  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  2   .364

 Castillo c      6  1  1  0  0  2  10 0  0  0   .217      Abreu 1b        6  0  2  0  0  0  15 0  0  0   .273

 Holt 3b         6  0  2  0  0  1  2  2  0  0   .243      Anderson ss     4  0  2  1  1  0  4  6  0  0   .409

 Roeder cf       6  0  2  0  0  0  9  0  0  0   .250      Garcia 2b       6  0  1  0  0  3  1  5  0  4   .267

 

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

 Totals          55 3  15 3  0  11 41 9  0  10            Totals          54 4  15 4  3  7  42 14 0  12 

 

 

                           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12 13 14     R  H  E

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

 Miami Palms               1  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0      3  15 0  

 Chicago White Sox         1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1      4  15 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 10, Chicago White Sox 12; 2B- Castillo(6), Holt(9), Grant(15), Abreu(1),

 Jimenez(1), Robert, Jr.(2), Anderson(2); HR- Koch(9), Moncada(1); RBI- Koch(26),

 Korb(41), Munoz(21), Moncada(2), Robert, Jr.(5), Grandal(4), Anderson(9); SF- Anderson(1);

 GIDP- Munoz(5), Garcia(1); RLSP- Munoz, Grant, Miranda 4, Moncada, Grandal, Garcia 3,

 Mendick;  

 

 DP- Miami Palms 1, Chicago White Sox 2; 

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                  IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Kragh                        5.0  7  3  3  2  3    3.89  

 Peralta                      1.0  1  0  0  1  0    3.93  

 Jeffress                     2.0  2  0  0  0  0    2.63  

 Allen                        2.0  0  0  0  0  1    3.99  

 Conley                       2.0  1  0  0  0  1    5.40  

 Matusz(L 2-1)                1.2  4  1  1  0  2    4.65  

 

 Chicago White Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Cease                        5.0  9  2  2  0  5    2.45  

 Herrera(BS 1)                1.0  4  1  1  0  0    9.00  

 Cishek                       3.0  0  0  0  0  2    0.00  

 Cingrani                     3.0  1  0  0  0  4    4.50  

 Bummer(W 1-0)                2.0  1  0  0  0  0    0.00  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Kragh 71-45, Peralta 23-10, Jeffress 31-19, Allen 20-13, Conley 19-12,

 Matusz 29-19, Cease 69-50, Herrera 23-12, Cishek 26-20, Cingrani 24-20, Bummer 19-13;

 Batters faced- Kragh 23, Peralta 5, Jeffress 8, Allen 6, Conley 7, Matusz 9, Cease 24,

 Herrera 6, Cishek 9, Cingrani 10, Bummer 6; 


  

 

  

 Temp - 89, Sky - Mostly cloudy, Wind - S 16mph 

 

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