Tampa Bay 5, Chi. White Sox 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, June 14, 2021
Where: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
74°
Umpires:
Home -
Ryan Blakney, 1B -
James Hoye, 2B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 3B -
Jeremy Riggs
Attendance:
18024
By Field Level Media
Austin Meadows, Brandon Lowe and Randy Arozarena homered and four pitchers combined on five innings of two-hit, shutout relief to boost the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in a meeting of first-place clubs.
Tyler Glasnow pitched four innings of two-run ball before giving way to the Rays' relief corps, which entered the series with an American League-best 3.05 ERA.
Tampa Bay's bullpen relay took it from there, paced by J.P. Feyereisen, who contributed two innings of scoreless relief with a pair of strikeouts to earn the victory, improving to 3-2.
Pete Fairbanks pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his third save as the Rays won for the seventh time in eight games.
Despite turning in a quality start, White Sox right-hander Lance Lynn took the loss, spacing three runs and six hits in six innings. Lynn (7-2) walked three and struck out eight as his ERA rose to 1.51.
Tim Anderson had two of Chicago's five hits. The White Sox went 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position while stranding four men on base.
Tampa Bay jumped out to a 2-0 lead four batters into the game, as Meadows smacked his 15th home run of the season to score Arozarena, who reached on a one-out double, one of his two hits.
The Rays added to their advantage in the third on Lowe's solo shot to right field.
Chicago responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning. The White Sox got on the board when Leury Garcia scored from third on a Glasnow wild pitch with Anderson at bat. Following an Anderson double, Brian Goodwin delivered an RBI single to left to bring Chicago within 3-2.
Arozarena hit a solo homer in the eighth before the Rays added an insurance run in the ninth. A Brett Phillips single led to an error from White Sox reliever Jose Ruiz that scored Taylor Walls on a play.
Joey Wendle also had two hits for the Rays.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay |
|
Chi. White Sox |
Tyler Glasnow
|
Player |
Lance Lynn
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Loss |
4.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
6 |
Strikeouts |
8 |
3 |
Hits |
6 |
4.50 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Tampa Bay
|
9 |
3 |
20 |
.265 |
12 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
Chi. White Sox
|
5 |
0 |
8 |
.161 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |