Chicago White Sox beat Los Angeles Angels, 6-4: MLB Update
The batters and relieving pitchers of the Chicago White Sox played beautifully as their club defeated the Los Angeles Angels with 6-4 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in California on May 11.
The White Sox' Manager, Ozzie Guillen, was pleased with his team performance. Speaking to reporters, he said, "We needed that. Early in the game, we left a lot of people on base. We got a few opportunities that we didn't take advantage of, but late in the
game, we got some big hits. The energy in the dugout was great, especially the last three innings.”
The Angels initiated their runs in the first inning when Maicer Izturis singled off the left-field area to give the Angels a 1-0 lead. Izturis went 1-for-5 with his bat. The second inning passed away without any run from both sides. On the other side, the
White Sox got off the mark in the third inning by a solo homer of Adam Dunn. Torii Hunter drove a shot for triple and completed two runs easily to extend their lead to 3-1 at the end of third inning.
No score was added in the fourth and fifth inning from either side. The Angels were on top as they scored with continuous interval and led off the team with 4-1 when Eric Aybar reached at the third base for one run. The pitchers from both sides threw pretty
well in the seventh inning as they restricted the batters to score no run.
The White Sox’ batters bounced back strongly in the last three innings. Omar Vizquel hit an RBI single during eighth inning to cut-off their deficit to 4-2. In the very next inning, Vizquel singled towards the left-centre field spot on contribution with
Carlos Quentin, who went 1-for-4 and walked on the loaded bases to tie the game with 4-4.
The game was tied so an additional tenth inning was given to both the sides. The White Sox got full benefit of it by adding two runs. Alexei Ramirez posted a tie-breaking run to reach at the third base, while Alex Rios walked to post one run for the White
Sox to end the game with 6-4.
Dunn expressed his excitement as, “We just couldn't get that big hit to open it up. When we got to the eighth down 4-1, we could have just packed it up, but we kept coming after it, and finally got it. Today was just one of those days when there was a lot
of weird stuff going on.”
The White Sox’ starter, Jake Peavy, was a bit expensive as he permitted four runs on seven hits with four earned runs in six inning pitches. He did not give a walk to any batter and struck-out four hitters. The relievers were impressive as they went score-less
throughout the game.
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