{"id":45017,"date":"2017-09-28T05:21:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T05:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=45017"},"modified":"2017-09-28T05:21:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T05:21:48","slug":"delmonicos-homer-in-10th-lifts-white-sox-over-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/mlb\/delmonicos-homer-in-10th-lifts-white-sox-over-angels.html","title":{"rendered":"Delmonico’s homer in 10th lifts White Sox over Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delmonico’s homer in 10th lifts White Sox over Angels<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Delmonico’s homer in 10th lifts White Sox over Angels :- CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Nicky Delmonico hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 6-4 victory Wednesday night that eliminated the Los Angeles Angels from playoff contention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Delmonico, who had three hits and three RBIs, lifted his ninth homer to right field on a 2-1 pitch from Blake Parker (3-3), the fifth Angels reliever, after Avisail Garcia had led off the inning with a double.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minnesota, which lost 4-2 at Cleveland, got the second AL wild card berth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jose Abreu continued his hot late-season hitting with two hits, and Tim Anderson and Willy Garcia both had an RBI.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kole Calhoun crushed his 18th homer, a three-run shot that tied the game 3-all in the fifth. Andrelton Simmons had two hits and an RBI.<\/span><\/p>\n

Danny Farquhar (4-2) the fourth White Sox reliever pitched 2\/3 innings for the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

Angels slugger Mike Trout struck out four times and walked in five plate appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n

White Sox rookie Reynaldo Lopez started strong, striking out the side in the first and retiring 14 of the first 16 hitters. But the 23-year-old righty couldn’t hold a 3-0 lead and got a no-decision as he allowed four runs in six innings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Angels starter Garrett Richards lasted only 3 2\/3 innings, allowing three runs in his fifth start since returning from the disabled list on Sept. 5. The right-hander had been sidelined since suffering a right biceps strain in his first start this season, at Oakland on April 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

Richards retired nine of the first 11 batters, but didn’t survive the fourth when Chicago jumped ahead 3-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Delmonico’s double to the warning track in right center drove in Abreu with Chicago’s first run. After the White Sox loaded the bases with one out, Willy Garcia’s groundout drove in a second run, then Tyler Saladino raced home from third on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Los Angeles touched Lopez for three runs with two outs in the fifth when Lopez hit C.J. Cron with a pitch, Martin Maldonado singled and Calhoun lined his 18th homer to straightaway center tie it at 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

The teams each scored a run in the sixth to make it 4-4.<\/span><\/p>\n

COMEBACK ATTEMPT<\/span><\/p>\n

Richards’ start was just his 12th over the past two seasons, as he missed the final five months of 2016 with a right elbow injury. In 2014 and 2015, the righty was a combined 28-16 with a 3.18 ERA in 376 innings with 340 strikeouts.<\/span><\/p>\n

ROTATION ROULETTE<\/span><\/p>\n

Chicago manager Rick Renteria wasn’t ready to announce a starter for Friday’s game at Cleveland. It would have been rookie Lucas Giolito’s turn, but the 6-foot-6 right-hander was shut down after tossing a combined 174 innings for the White Sox and Triple-A Charlotte, reaching “what the organization . thought was a good pitch limit for him,” Renteria said.<\/span><\/p>\n

TRAINER’S ROOM<\/span><\/p>\n

Angels: 3B Yunel Escobar (strained right oblique) didn’t play in a game on Wednesday in Arizona as expected because “he has not made enough progress,” manager Mike Scioscia said. Escobar took live batting practice instead.<\/span><\/p>\n

White Sox: OF Garcia left the game in the eighth with a left hamstring strain. . INF Matt Davidson didn’t play due to chest congestion and “a little bit of wheezing” according to Renteria.<\/span><\/p>\n

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