CHICAGO — The Texas Rangers determined to tweak their lineup and transfer Josh Jung up two spots to No. 3 within the order dealing with a left-handed beginning pitcher. The rookie slugger gave them simply the form of jolt they needed.
Jung hit his fifteenth residence run, Jonah Heim had a late two-run single and Texas beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 on Monday night time.
A day after wiping out six-run deficit in a win over Toronto, the Rangers held on after Jung helped them seize a 3-0 lead. Heim broke open a 3-2 recreation with a two-run single within the seventh.
Andrew Heaney (5-4) pitched neatly into the sixth after struggling in three earlier begins. Josh Sborz pitched out of a bases-loaded jam within the eighth, and the Rangers opened the three-game sequence on a profitable observe after taking two of three from the Blue Jays.
“It’s a good way to start the road trip,” Rangers supervisor Bruce Bochy stated.
Chicago misplaced for the seventh time in 9 video games.
PHOTOS: Jung hits fifteenth homer, Rangers dangle on to beat White Sox 5-2
Jung had three hits after Bochy determined to have him bat third and left-handed hitter Nathaniel Lowe drop to the fifth spot, with the White Sox beginning southpaw Tanner Banks. He singled and scored within the first and hit a solo homer within the third.
“He’s a winning-type player,” Bochy stated. “He’s good at big situations. He has that poise, that calmness about him, yet he’s very amped up when he’s playing the game. He plays with a lot of energy, and that’s what you love about him. But he’s able to control that.”
Lowe singled and scored within the fourth towards Tanner Banks (0-2) to make it 3-0.
Chicago closed to to 3-2 within the sixth when Andrew Vaughn and Luis Robert Jr. hit consecutive homers towards Andrew Heaney, the third time this season the White Sox went deep again to again. Robert is third within the AL with 18 homers, trailing Shohei Ohtani (24) and Aaron Judge (19).
Texas prolonged its result in 5-2 within the seventh on Heim’s two-run, two-out single towards Aaron Bummer.
DODGING JAMS
Chicago loaded the bases with one out within the eighth, solely to come back away empty-handed when Sborz struck out Yasmani Grandal and Jake Burger.
Will Smith labored the ninth for his thirteenth save in 14 possibilities. He walked Clint Frazier main off and gave up a single to Elvis Andrus earlier than retiring the following three batters
Heaney gave up two runs and 5 hits in 5 2/3 innings. The left-hander had six strikeouts and no walks after posting a 5.40 ERA in his earlier three outings.
MAINTAINING HOPE
The White Sox, in the meantime, proceed to carry out hope they’ll flip round their season.
“I was talking to Pedro before the game and I was like ‘man we keep losing, but we’re not losing ground.’ We got 97 games left I think. So, there’s time to do it, but it’s gotta start sooner rather than later.”
Banks allowed three runs and 5 hits in 3 2/3 innings in his first massive league begin because the White Sox used him because the opener in a bullpen recreation. It ended a streak of 191 consecutive begins for Chicago by right-handers since Dallas Keuchel towards Boston on May 26, 2022.
LYNN BEREAVEMENT
RHP Lance Lynn was positioned on the bereavement checklist, in the future after he tied a franchise report with 16 strikeouts in a loss at Seattle. Chicago additionally positioned INF Romy Gonzalez (proper shoulder irritation) on the 10-day injured checklist, and recalled RHP Nick Padilla from Triple-A Charlotte and INF José Rodríguez from Double-A Birmingham.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: SS Tim Anderson (sore proper shoulder) was out of the lineup for the second straight recreation. GM Rick Hahn stated he was examined by docs on Monday and will return throughout this sequence. … Hahn stated the White Sox hope to get nearer Liam Hendriks (proper elbow irritation) throwing “in the next week or so.” Hendriks not too long ago acquired a cortisone shot and was to have a PRP injection, remedies that had been cleared by his oncologist since he’s in remission from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
UP NEXT
RHP Nathan Eovaldi (9-3, 2.59 ERA) seems to be to bounce again from a uncommon loss for Texas, whereas RHP Dylan Cease (3-3, 4.31) will get the ball for the White Sox.
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