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3 innings to power the White Sox to a 10-4 victory over the Mariners Tuesday night in Seattle.
Abreu’s homer, his second grand slam of the season, was the 200th of his career. It came in the eighth inning, extending the Sox lead from three runs to seven. Abreu also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly as the Sox (3-3) won for the second night in a row in Seattle and beat a left-handed starting pitcher for the 17th time in a row, one shy of the record.
“First and foremost I want to thank the White Sox and Jerry [Reinsdorf] of course because without him I wouldn’t be here,” Abreu said through translator Billy Russo. “And my teammates. I want to celebreate this accolade with them.”
Abreu trails Frank Thomas (448), Paul Konerko (432), Harold Baines (221) and Carlton Fisk (214) on the Sox all-time home run list.
“That’s all you need to do is describe that company, that explains the greatness of the accomplishment,” manager Tony La Russa said.
Sox pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts for the second consecutive night against the Mariners, who tied the game at 3 in the third when Giolito had to labor through a 39-pitch, three-run frame thrust upon him by shaky defense. Giolito bounced back and pitched into the sixth without allowing a run, and tied Sox great Billy Pierce for sixth on the franchise list with his 11th double-digit strikeout performance.