Final
Garcia powers White Sox past Rays
Sep 21, 2014 - 11:18 PM St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Avisail Garcia homered twice, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 10-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in the rubber match of a three-game set on Sunday.Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer and Alexei Ramirez drove in two runs for the White Sox, who used a six-run sixth inning to put the game out of reach.
John Danks (10-11) picked up the win after keeping the Rays hitless through 5 1/3 innings. He finished allowing two runs on two hits and three walks with five strikeouts over six frames.
"He had guys swinging through his changeup, spotting his fastball. He was good," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said of Danks.
Brandon Guyer supplied two hits, two RBI and one run scored, while Kevin Kiermaier and Wil Myers each brought in a run for Tampa Bay, which played its last home game of the season.
"Effort is the word," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "The effort has been there the whole time."
Nathan Karns (1-1) gave up six runs on five hits and two walks over five-plus innings.
Chicago opened the scoring with a four-run second inning. Garcia led off the frame with a blast to left-center field. Dayan Viciedo was hit by a pitch, Jordan Danks followed with a grounder up the middle and Semien brought them in with a three-run shot into the seats in left.
Garcia started the sixth with his second homer of the day, a solo shot to left-center field. Viciedo, Jordan Danks and Semien all followed with singles to load the bases, and Alex Colome walked Andy Wilkins to usher in a run. Danks then came home on Josh Phegley's groundout and Ramirez's two-run double gave Chicago a 10-run advantage.
Meanwhile, Danks did not give up a hit until Guyer doubled to left with one out in the sixth. Curt Casali, who walked to start the frame, scored on Kiermaier's groundout. Myers then hit an RBI single for a 10-2 game.
Casali doubled in James Loney in the seventh off Matt Lindstrom and Guyer's liner to right dropped for a two-run single in the ninth to cap the scoring.
Game Notes
Danks was 0-5 over his previous nine starts ... Chicago picked up its first road series win since capturing two of three games at Detroit from July 29-31 ... Chicago was homerless in its previous five games ... The White Sox won the season series, 5-2.
- CHICAGO: 10
TAMPA BAY: 5
Final
Sep 21 5:10 PM - Brandon Guyer single to right scored Curt Casali and Nick Franklin with one out. Runner on first and Kevin Kiermaier due up.
White Sox 10, Rays 5 Bot 9, 1 OutSep 21 5:00 PM - Curt Casali double to left scored James Loney with two out. Runner on second and Nick Franklin due up.
White Sox 10, Rays 3 Bot 7, 2 OutsSep 21 4:10 PM - Wil Myers single to short scored Brandon Guyer with two out. Runner on first and Logan Forsythe due up.
White Sox 10, Rays 2 Bot 6, 2 OutsSep 21 3:46 PM - Pinch-hitter Kevin Kiermaier grounded out second to first scoring Curt Casali with two out. On the play, Brandon Guyer advances to third. Runner on third and Wil Myers due up.
White Sox 10, Rays 1 Bot 6, 2 OutsSep 21 3:41 PM - Jose Abreu single to left scored Alexei Ramirez with two out. Runner on first and Avisail Garcia due up.
White Sox 10, Rays 0 Top 6, 2 OutsSep 21 3:30 PM - Alexei Ramirez double to center scored Marcus Semien and Andy Wilkins with one out. Runner on second and Carlos Sanchez due up.
White Sox 9, Rays 0 Top 6, 1 OutSep 21 3:26 PM - Josh Phegley grounded out third to first scoring Jordan Danks with one out. On the play, Andy Wilkins advances to second and Marcus Semien advances to third. Runners on second and third and Alexei Ramirez due up.
White Sox 7, Rays 0 Top 6, 1 OutSep 21 3:24 PM - Andy Wilkins walk scored Dayan Viciedo with none out. Bases loaded and Josh Phegley due up.
White Sox 6, Rays 0 Top 6, 0 OutsSep 21 3:23 PM - Avisail Garcia lead off Home Run 2 (7) to left-center. Dayan Viciedo due up.
White Sox 5, Rays 0 Top 6, 0 OutsSep 21 3:10 PM - Marcus Semien none-out, three-run Home Run (5) to left scored Dayan Viciedo and Jordan Danks. Andy Wilkins due up.
White Sox 4, Rays 0 Top 2, 0 OutsSep 21 2:01 PM - Avisail Garcia lead-off Home Run (6) to left. Dayan Viciedo due up.
White Sox 1, Rays 0 Top 2, 0 OutsSep 21 1:58 PM - CHICAGO: 0
TAMPA BAY: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Sep 21 1:42 PM
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