Chi. White Sox 7, Seattle 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, July 4, 2014
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
69°
Umpires:
Home -
Dana DeMuth, 1B -
Ed Hickox, 2B -
Lance Barrett, 3B -
Ron Kulpa
Attendance:
30297
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White Sox 7, Mariners 1: Chris Sale pitched a six-hitter and struck out a season-high 12 while rookie Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to 18 games with his major league-leading 27th home run as host Chicago continued its mastery of Seattle.
Dayan Viciedo tied a career high with four hits - including a solo shot - and Paul Konerko belted his 439th career home run as the White Sox defeated the Mariners for the 15th time in the last 19 meetings. Sale (8-1) extended his unbeaten string to four starts with his seventh career complete game and second this season.
Rookie Roenis Elias (7-7) yielded five runs and seven hits over five innings in dropping his second straight start as Seattle had its four-game winning streak snapped while losing for only the third time in its last 13 contests. Elias yielded only a pair of singles before Viciedo ripped a 2-1 changeup out to left to lead off the fourth.
Chicago broke it open with four runs in the fifth as Moises Sierra singled and Tyler Flowers was hit by a pitch to begin the frame before Adam Eaton stroked an RBI double to right. After Gordon Beckham delivered a sacrifice fly, Abreu crushed the next offering - a fastball - on a line over the wall in right-center to make it 5-0.
The Mariners threatened with two on and one out in the sixth before Sale struck out James Jones and, after a wild pitch, ended the threat by fanning Robinson Cano. Konerko moved past Andre Dawson and into sole possession of 42nd place on the all-time home run list with a two-run shot in the eighth to make it 7-0.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Chicago is 28-7 against Seattle since the start of 2010, including 17-3 at home. ... Mariners DH Corey Hart returned after missing 42 games with a strained left hamstring and went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice fly in the ninth. To make room, OF Cole Gillespie was designated for assignment. ... SS Willie Bloomquist had two hits for Seattle.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle |
|
Chi. White Sox |
Roenis Elias
|
Player |
Chris Sale
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
5.0 |
IP |
9.0 |
6 |
Strikeouts |
12 |
7 |
Hits |
6 |
9.00 |
ERA |
1.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Seattle
|
6 |
0 |
7 |
.194 |
10 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Chi. White Sox
|
9 |
3 |
19 |
.281 |
11 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |