Astros defeat White Sox for 5th straight time this season
Field Level Media
17 Jul 2021, 13:55 GMT+10
Yuli Gurriel went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, Lance McCullers Jr. struck out 10 in seven strong innings, and the Houston Astros cruised to a 7-1 win over the host Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
Myles Straw added three RBIs for Houston, which improved to 5-0 over the White Sox this season. Kyle Tucker finished 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Michael Brantley belted a solo home run.
Yoan Moncada drove in the lone run for the White Sox, who lost for the first time since July 5 against the Minnesota Twins.
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CHICAGO As Lance McCullers Jr. walked off the mound at the end of the seventh inning Friday, he let out a display of emotion not often seen by opposing pitchers at Guaranteed Rate Field this season.
He’d just gotten done striking out the side against White Sox hitters Brian Goodwin, Andrew Vaughn and Leury García, and with his night over, McCullers let it be known how fired up he was.
“I had seven [strikeouts] after six [innings]. I saw that on the iPad, and I said, Man, I m going to go for [10]. I m really going to go for it here,’” McCullers said. “Striking guys out isn t something that s as important to me as it used to be, but when I was close and I felt like my stuff was still really just crisp, I really wanted to go for it.”
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Christian Arroyo (center) and Rafael Devers (left) of the Boston Red Sox celebrate after Arroyo’s two-run home run during Boston’s 4-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night. A day after the series opener was postponed for testing and contact tracing, New York played without outfielder Aaron Judge, third baseman Gio Urshela and catcher Kyle Higashioka, who were added to the covid-19 injured list. They joined Yankees pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga, Nestor Cortes Jr. and Wandy Peralta, who also tested positive over the past week.
Just ask the Chicago White Sox.
McCullers pitched seven crisp innings, and the Astros beat the White Sox 7-1 on Friday night in the opener of a weekend series between AL division leaders.
Michael Brantley homered and Myles Straw drove in three runs as the Astros improved to a big league-best 43-22 against teams with a .500 or better record â including a 5-0 mark against the White Sox. Yuli Gurriel added three hits and two RBIs.
âIt seems like they rise to the occasion,â Houston manager Dusty Baker said. âThey know that we re facing good teams, and they love the competition, especially the good pitchers.â
MLB roundup: Jake Cronenworth hits for cycle in Padres 24-8 rout
Field Level Media
17 Jul 2021, 16:19 GMT+10
Wil Myers hit two homers and drove in seven runs, and Jake Cronenworth hit for the third cycle in franchise history Friday night as the visiting San Diego Padres scored a franchise-record 24 runs in a 24-8 rout of the Washington Nationals.
Nine different Padres drove in runs, with six having at least two RBIs.
Myers fourth career grand slam capped a seven-run Padres second after the score was tied 3-3 after one inning. The Padres scored in eight of the nine innings, including six runs in the sixth and four in the eighth, and finished with 22 hits.