Colson Montgomery and Kyle Teel drove in two runs every to again 5 2/3 scoreless innings from fellow rookie Shane Smith, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 within the rubber recreation of the sequence on Thursday.
Chase Meidroth led off the primary with a single off Ian Seymour and Curtis Mead’s double moved him to 3rd. Montgomery drove in each with a one-out single. Teel had a two-run pinch hit single within the sixth for a 5-0 lead, extending his on-base streak to twenty video games.
Smith (6-7) allowed 4 hits and a stroll in his twenty sixth begin. Tyler Alexander surrendered Junior Caminero’s RBI groundout within the eighth for the Rays’ solely run. Jordan Leasure pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his eighth save.
Michael A. Taylor had an RBI single earlier than Teel’s base hit within the three-run sixth.
Seymour (3-2) gave up three runs on 5 hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. Joey Gerber struck out two in two good innings in his first look in 1,811 days. Gerber final pitched on Sept. 27, 2020, when he made 17 appearances for the Mariners in his solely season.
The Rays (72-74) have misplaced 5 of six following a seven-game win streak.
The White Sox (57-90) must win six of their ultimate 15 video games to keep away from a 3rd straight 100-loss season.
Key second
Leasure’s save provides Chicago a 9-2 report in September — tops in baseball.
Key stat
Teel is tied with the Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette for the longest energetic on-base streak.
Up subsequent
RHP Shane Baz (11th of September, 4.94) begins Friday when the Rays go to the Cubs, who will counter with LHP Matthew Boyd (12-8, 2.92).
White Sox LHP Martín Pérez (1-4, 3.15) begins Friday in Cleveland reverse Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (11th of September, 4.69).
