Bethancourt, Lowe homer in three-run 9th, Rays walk-off White Sox
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, (AP) — Christian Bethancourt hit a leadoff homer within the ninth and Brandon Lowe adopted with a walkoff two-run shot off Reynaldo López to steer the Tampa Bay Rays over the Chicago White Sox 8-7 on Friday evening.
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“It’s pretty great,” Lowe mentioned. “It’s an awesome feeling. I think this might be my first walkoff homer of my life, honestly.”
Harold Ramírez had a two-run homer off Michael Kopech throughout a four-run first for the Rays, who matched the 2019 Seattle Mariners as the one groups since 1901 to homer in every of their first 20 video games.
Chicago was forward 7-4 within the fourth after Eloy Jiménez hit his first residence run this yr, however Chicago couldn’t maintain the lead and misplaced for the seventh time in 9 video games.
“I don’t know if we could say we saw that one coming.” Rays supervisor Kevin Cash mentioned.
Yandy Díaz hit and RBI single within the fourth and Tampa Bay got here from behind in a three-run ninth off López (0-2), who’s filling in whereas nearer Liam Hendriks is handled for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is remission.
Bethancourt led off by driving a fastball to the alternative subject in proper. The ball dropped out of a fan’s palms and again onto the sector, decided to be a house run throughout a video assessment.
“I feel for Lopey right there,” Kopech mentioned. “He’s been electrical for us this yr. To see that occur, it’s fairly powerful for him.”
López is 3 for five in save probabilities.
Diaz singled and Lowe pulled a slider for the profitable residence run.
Kevin Kelly (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings for Tampa Bay, which is 4-3 since beginning the season with a 13-game profitable streak.
Elvis Andrus and Lenyn Sosa drew run-scoring bases-loaded walks throughout a go-ahead three-run third-inning during which the Chicago White Sox didn’t put the ball in play.
The White Sox took a 6-4 lead as Jalen Beeks and Cooper Criswell mixed to stroll six and strikeout three. Beeks walked Andrus and Sosa, whereas the opposite run got here residence on a Criswell wild pitch.
Kopech rebounded to final 5 innings, permitting 5 runs, six hits, 4 walks with 9 strikeouts throughout a career-high 104 pitch outing.
“I had a rough first, and then kind of felt like it changed and we carried that for a while,”Kopech mentioned. “Credit to them. When you’re hot, you’re hot.”
Rays are 11-0 at residence. It’s the longest streak to start out a yr because the 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers went 13-0.
NUMBERS
The Rays led the majors with 45 homers, The 2000 St. Louis Cardinals maintain the massive league file with 47 homers by means of 20 video games. … Tampa Bay has outscored opponents 141-57. … The groups mixed for 25 strikeouts and 11 walks in the course of the 2:51 recreation.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: Manager Pedro Grifol mentioned 3B Yoán Moncada (decrease again) might want to play in minor league video games earlier than returning. “He’s making strides but it’s going a little slower than what we anticipated,” Grifo mentioned. … RHP Joe Kelly (proper groin) threw batting observe. … RHP Matt Foster had season-ending Tommy John surgical procedure on Wednesday.
Rays: CF Jose Siri (proper hamstring) went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts because the DH for Triple-A Durham … RHP Tyler Glasnow (left indirect) is ready to throw to hitters early subsequent week.
UP NEXT
Rays LHP Shane McClanahan (4-0) and White Sox RHP Dylan Cease (2-0) are Saturday’s starters.
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