Streaking Rangers Chase Sweep of Woeful White Sox
The Texas Rangers plan to match their season-high series of wins of five games on Thursday evening when they bid to record a four-game compass of the spiraling Chicago White Sox in Arlington, Texas.
Hostile Flood Leads Rangers
The Rangers followed up a threesome of one-run triumphs by touching off their offense in a 10-2 cavort over the White Sox on Wednesday night.
Corey Seager homered among his four hits, and Nathaniel Lowe drove in four races to impel Texas to its eleventh success in its last 15 games. The rising Rangers have moved inside three rounds of the American League West-driving Houston Astros and 5 1/2 rounds of the Kansas City Royals for the final AL wild-card spot.
“We’re warming up brilliantly,” Lowe told Bally Games Southwest. “We’re playing some very great ball. We made a pleasant showing of taking care of that group this evening.”
Central participants Moving forward
Texas’ Adolis Garcia gave indications of waking up from his articulated downturn, during which he went 2-for-26 in his past seven games. Garcia tore a RBI twofold in the fifth inning as a feature of his three-hit execution on Wednesday. He added a run-scoring groundout during a six-run eighth inning.
“It was good to see us break out. Some guys had a great night tonight,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy said. “You look at (Adolis), and of course Corey, and really throughout the lineup. A lot of good things happened out there offensively.”
Previous Winning Streaks
The Rangers’ only five-game winning streak this season occurred July 5-9.
White Sox’s Struggles Continue
The woeful White Sox, in turn, have lost 10 in a row — marking their second double-digit skid of the season. Chicago, which is 50 games below .500, is four setbacks shy of matching its 14-game losing streak from May 22-June 6.
General Manager’s Perspective
“We’re not proud of our record, we’re not going to be proud of our record at the end of the season,” White Sox general manager Chris Getz said, per the Chicago Sun-Times. “But we knew there were going to be struggles and challenges along the way.”
Offensive Woes for the White Sox
The White Sox mustered just four hits and struck out 13 times on Wednesday.
Pitching Matchup: Scherzer vs. Cannon
They will hope to light their faltering offense against right-hander Max Scherzer (1-3, 3.99 ERA) on Thursday. Scherzer, who turns 40 on Saturday, tumbled to 0-3 in his beyond five outings to the hill in the wake of allowing four sudden spikes in demand for five hits in two innings of a 8-4 mishap to the Baltimore Orioles last Saturday. The three-time Cy Young Award winner was dealing with arm weakness while making his 6th beginning in the wake of missing the initial 2 1/2 months of the time recuperating from back a medical procedure. Scherzer is 14-6 with a 2.50 ERA in 25 career begins against the White Sox.
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Chicago will counter with new kid on the block right-hander Jonathan Cannon (1-4, 4.58 ERA). Cannon, 24, tumbled to 0-3 in his beyond five trips in the wake of allowing four sudden spikes in demand for eight hits in six innings of a 6-1 mishap to the Royals on Saturday. He still can’t seem to confront the Rangers in his young career.
Conclusion
The Rangers are in a great situation to proceed with their triumphant ways and complete a breadth of the striving White Sox. With central members finding their structure and the pitching matchup inclining in support of themselves, Texas hopes to capitalize on their energy as they pursue season finisher dispute. In the mean time, the White Sox should find a flash to break out of their drawn out downturn and salvage some pride in the end phases of the time.