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Josh Rojas' RBI double
Josh Rojas makes it a one-run game with a double down the right field line to score Lenyn Sosa in the top of the 5th
Al Arabiya
21-06-2025
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- Al Arabiya
White Sox beat the Blue Jays 7-1 to end an 8-game losing streak
Luis Robert Jr. hit a two-run homer in Chicago's four-run third inning, and the White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7–1 on Friday night to end an eight-game losing streak. Josh Rojas had a two-run double in the third for Chicago. Andrew Benintendi had a solo home run in the first and added an RBI single in the second. It was a double-bullpen game, with both teams trotting out a handful of relief pitchers with no starters available. Grant Taylor pitched a scoreless inning for the White Sox before giving way to long reliever Tyler Alexander (4–7), who worked four without giving up a run. Dan Altavilla, Wikelman Gonzalez, and Tyler Gilbert also came out of the bullpen, with Gonzalez allowing a run. Spencer Turnbull (1–1) gave up four runs on five hits and two walks over two innings of work. Mason Fluharty gave up three runs on two hits and two walks before Braydon Fisher, Nick Sandlin, Chad Green, Brendon Little, and Jeff Hoffman combined for six scoreless innings. Bo Bichette had an RBI single in the eighth for the Blue Jays. Key moment: Fluharty had two outs in the third inning and got two strikes against Austin Slater for an 0–2 count. But then the Blue Jays reliever threw four consecutive balls to walk the Chicago right fielder. Rojas doubled in the next at-bat to tack on two more runs. Key stat: Chicago improved to 7–32 on the road.
Associated Press
21-06-2025
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White Sox beat the Blue Jays 7-1 to end an 8-game losing streak
TORONTO (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. hit a two-run homer in Chicago's four-run third inning and the White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Friday night to end an eight-game losing streak. Josh Rohas had a two-run double in the third for Chicago. Andrew Benintendi had a solo home run in the first and added an RBI single in the second. It was a double-bullpen game, with both teams trotting out a handful of relief pitchers with no starters available. Grant Taylor pitched a scoreless inning for the White Sox before giving way to long reliever Tyler Alexander (4-7), who worked four without giving up a run. Dan Altavilla, Wikelman Gonzalez and Tyler Gilbert also came out of the bullpen, with Gonzalez allowing a run. Spencer Turnbull (1-1) gave up four runs on five hits and two walks over two innings of work. Mason Fluharty gave up three runs on two hits and two walks, before Braydon Fisher, Nick Sandlin, Chad Green, Brendon Little and Jeff Hoffman combined for six scoreless innings. Bo Bichette had an RBI single in the eighth for the Blue Jays. Key momentFluharty had two outs in the third inning and got two strikes against Austin Slater for an 0-2 count. But then the Blue Jays reliever threw four consecutive balls to walk the Chicago right-fielder. Rojas doubled in the next at-bat to tack on two more runs. Key stat Chicago improved to 7-32 on the road. Up next Aaron Civale (1-3) was set to start for Chicago on Saturday against Jose Berrios (2-3). ___ AP MLB:
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14-06-2025
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Josh Smith homers and scores all 3 runs for the Texas Rangers in a 3-1 win over the White Sox
Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien looks at the ball as a play is being reviewed during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Chicago White Sox's Josh Rojas heads to the dugout after striking out during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas Rangers' Corey Seager hits a sacrifice fly in front of Chicago White Sox catcher Kyle Teel to score teammate Josh Smith during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas Rangers' Josh Smith runs the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas Rangers starting pitcher Shawn Armstrong throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas Rangers starting pitcher Shawn Armstrong throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien looks at the ball as a play is being reviewed during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Chicago White Sox's Josh Rojas heads to the dugout after striking out during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas Rangers' Corey Seager hits a sacrifice fly in front of Chicago White Sox catcher Kyle Teel to score teammate Josh Smith during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas Rangers' Josh Smith runs the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas Rangers starting pitcher Shawn Armstrong throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Smith homered and scored all three Texas runs in his fifth consecutive two-hit game to help the Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday night. The leadoff hitter had a single in the first and scored on Corey Seager's sacrifice fly. Smith's seventh homer was a 396-foot drive to right-center in the third, then he walked ahead of Marcus Semien's RBI double that made it 3-0 in the fifth. Advertisement Smith was 2 for 3 with a walk and is hitting .435 (10 for 23) during a career-best streak of five multihit games. Jacob Webb (4-3), the second of seven pitchers in a bullpen game for the Rangers, worked two innings for the victory as they won for the fifth time in six games. Robert Garcia loaded the bases in the ninth before closing out his fifth save in seven chances. White Sox starter Adrian Houser (2-2) allowed three runs and six hits over five innings. He struck out two and walked four. Shawn Armstrong started for Texas and struck out five while retiring all nine batters the first three innings. His season highs before Friday were seven batters faced and three strikeouts. Advertisement Luis Robert was the first White Sox hitter to reach base, on an infield single with two outs in the fifth when he was initially called out before a replay challenge. He also had an RBI double in the seventh. Key moment The White Sox had a run in and two on in the seventh when Texas reliever Chris Martin retired the only two batters he faced. Key stat Seager is 4 for 45 (.089) with 15 strikeouts in 13 games since returning from the injured list May 28. But he has drawn a walk in a career-best eight games in a row after two more free passes. Up next Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom (6-2, 2.12 ERA) has allowed two runs over fewer in each of his last 10 starts The White Sox hadn't announced who will start for them Saturday. ___ AP MLB:
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01-06-2025
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Orioles rookie Coby Mayo sparks bench clearing with shove after first MLB RBI
Baltimore Orioles rookie Coby Mayo's first MLB RBI turned into an adventure of his own making on Saturday. In his 22nd career game, the top-100 prospect finally plated a run with an RBI single to score Ryan O'Hearn from second base in the fourth inning. However, the play went sour when Chicago White Sox third baseman Josh Rojas cut off a throw from left fielder Joshua Palacios and caught Mayo trying to sneak into second base. Advertisement The play turned into a rundown between first and second. Mayo was caught quickly, and responded by giving Lenyn Sosa a hard shove before first baseman Miguel Vargas tagged him out. Both Sosa and Vargas took exception to the shove, confronting Mayo as he laid on the ground. Mayo didn't appreciate the treatment, pushing Sosa as he walked away. Cue the benches clearing. Viewed charitably, the 23-year-old Mayo's shove could be seen as him attempting to draw an interference call on Sosa while running out of the baseline to avoid the tag. However, that tactic doesn't work so well when you instigate the contact with your outstretched arms, with a fielder who has run out of the basepath. Advertisement Mayo confirmed that's what he was doing after the game, via MASN's Roch Kubatko: 'Yeah, obviously, just trying to get to second base and trying to get into scoring position for Heston (Kjerstad)," Mayo said. "Cuts it off and got into a rundown. Obviously, just being told in the minor leagues to try to stay in a rundown, and I thought he was in the base line and trying to get some contact. Didn't mean for it to escalate. I wasn't trying to do that. It just did. 'The guys always have your back. I think everyone in here will fight for one another - not literally, but, you know, everyone has each other's back. I think that's just what happened. Looking out for teammates, and we'll do the same thing for them.' Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino provided a little more detail behind the play, but ultimately agreed with the umps for not buying Mayo's attempt: "Now he's an infielder, right? So when we're in spring training talking about rundowns, one of the things that we constantly talk about with our infielders is not crossing the line because if there's contact with the infielder then it's a, I think they call it a Type 2 obstruction, and then you automatically get second base. "So, I think instinctually Coby kind of sought out the contact right there with the infielder, which, visually, it probably didn't look the best but I think most coaches will probably go, 'Not a bad baseball play.' Just didn't work (in) our favor. Umpire made a good call.' This... is not how you draw an interference call in the big leagues. Coby Mayo gave it a try. (Photo by) (Mitchell Layton via Getty Images) Ultimately, it was a rookie moment for a player whose career hasn't started off on the best foot. Mayo is one of the shinier prospects in the Orioles' youth movement — MLB Pipeline ranked him as the No. 14 prospect in baseball entering the season — but he entered Saturday hitting .094/.186/.094 in 59 plate appearances between 2024 and 2025. Mayo, whose power is graded as plus-plus by Pipeline, is still waiting for his first extra-base hit in the big leagues. He has every opportunity to become an everyday player in the Orioles' infield, as soon he starts hitting like he has in the minors. Unfortunately, even his first RBI showed he still has some learning to do.
