Sunday’s sport was solely the second this month that Romy Gonzalez has had an at-bat.
The Chicago White Sox infielder made the lots of the choice with three hits — along with a go-ahead, two-run triple — in a 5-2 victory in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Royals.
“It’s robust while you’re not taking part in day by day,” Gonzalez talked about. “However you’ve acquired to stay as ready as doable. I’ve achieved quite a few work inside the cages with (assistant hitting coach Chris Johnson) and I put collectively like I’m participating in day-to-day.
“Baseball is certainly a protracted season. We play 162. You’ll be able to’t dwell on what’s occurred up to now. You simply preserve your head up and preserve working. It’s all you are able to do. Maintain grinding. It was undoubtedly a superb day and big to get that sweep.”
Lance Lynn continued a string of strong starting pitching as a result of the Sox completed their first three-game sweep of the season in entrance of 23,556 at Assured Charge Discipline.
Gonzalez went on the injured itemizing Could 1 with correct shoulder irritation. He returned Could 13 and his first at-bats of the month obtained right here Friday, when he went 0-for-2 with a sacrifice fly in a 2-0 win in opposition to the Royals.
He started at second base in that sport. He shifted to shortstop Sunday, giving Tim Anderson a breather.
“One factor Romy does is he prepares like he’s taking part in day by day,” Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol talked about. “When he doesn’t play, he doesn’t play, nevertheless he’s able to play.
“Alternative meets preparation sooner or later, and (Sunday) was a superb alternative for Romy to start out at shortstop.”
Gonzalez singled inside the third, his first hit since April 27 in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays, and stole second.
A solo home run inside the fourth by Luis Robert Jr. — his thirteenth of the season — acquired the Sox inside 2-1.
Clint Frazier, who joined the crew from Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday, and Gavin Sheets began the fifth with singles. Hanser Alberto moved them over with a bunt nevertheless was harm whereas attempting to supply the protected signal and left the game with left shoulder soreness.
“It was a weird damage,” Grifol talked about. “He laid down an ideal bunt, he’s working down the road and he simply waved his arms secure and he felt his shoulder type of out and in, however he’s good. He’s everyday and his power was good. It was really actually excellent news.”
Gonzalez adopted with a liner to the right-center gap for the two-run triple that gave the Sox a 3-2 lead.
“I used to be simply in search of one thing to drive,” Gonzalez talked about. “Had an outstanding pitch and put an outstanding swing on it. Completely satisfied I acquired that gap for sure.
“I type of stumbled a bit bit. It’s been some time since I ran that far. However, yeah, man, I used to be considering three proper out of the field for certain.”
He scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Andrew Benintendi.
Anderson, who entered at shortstop after Alberto’s hurt with Gonzalez shifting to second, singled to start out a two-out rally inside the seventh. Gonzalez singled as soon as extra and Benintendi collected his second RBI with a single, making it 5-2.
The Sox have acquired 5 of six, with the start pitching essential the best way wherein.
Lynn provided six steady innings Sunday, allowing two runs — a homer by Michael Massey inside the second — on 4 hits with six strikeouts and two walks.
“The starters as an entire are doing what we’re able to,” Lynn talked about. “That’s what we’re attempting to do day in and trip. We’ve acquired six straight top quality begins, so if we do what we’re alleged to do, it locations the bullpen in a terrific spot and likewise you’ve seen them really take off too.
“Everytime you win two collection in a row (and) you get a sweep on the again finish of a homestand, it’s good. We’re taking part in good baseball and hoping we are able to preserve it happening the highway right here.”
The Sox ought to do some maneuvering with their rotation after placing Mike Clevinger on the 15-day IL with correct wrist irritation. The switch, launched sooner than the game, is retroactive to Thursday.
Clevinger is 3-3 with a 4.56 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 9 begins. The Sox will announce the corresponding switch sooner than Monday’s assortment opener in Cleveland. Grifol talked about the soreness started all through Clevinger’s ultimate outing in opposition to the Guardians on Wednesday.
“That’s a blow, and we’ve obtained to determine learn how to get by means of that,” Lynn talked about. “We’ve acquired any particular person arising they normally’ve acquired to be the next man up. That’s the mentality it’s necessary to have by way of the prolonged season.
“Not all people’s going to be right here always — it’s just about not possible. You’ve obtained to have depth and also you’ve obtained to have guys which can be developing and we’ve obtained to verify, once they do come as much as assist, that we give them every little thing they have to be profitable.”
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Originally posted 2023-05-21 22:57:34.