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Monday 21 May 2018

White Sox VS Rangers

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Reynaldo Lopez throws against the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 20, 2018, in Chicago.
Associated Press
Lopez goes 8 innings as White Sox blank Rangers 3-0

By JAY COHEN hits, struck out eight and with three runs and six hits. pounded his chest after he Minor has permitted six
Associated Press walked two in his first victory Choo singled in the first struck out Choo swinging to homers in his last four starts.
CHICAGO (AP) — Rey- since Sept. 22 against Kan- and Carlos Perez led off the end the inning. He is 1-2 with a 7.17 ERA in
naldo Lopez hid the ball sas City. The right-hander third with a double for the The 24-year-old Lopez May. “I made quality pitch-
in his glove as White Sox has been Chicago’s best Rangers’ only hits. Jace Fry struggled in his previous es all day, I felt like,” he
manager Rick Renteria ap- starter this year, but has pitched a perfect ninth for start, yielding six runs in two- said. “The three runs, I felt
proached the mound. Ren- been hurt by poor run sup- his first career save. plus innings during a 7-0 loss like I was unlucky.”
teria asked if Lopez had port. Leury Garcia had two “The effort’s there. How- at Pittsburgh on Tuesday TRAINER’S ROOM
enough left to retire Shin- hits and two RBIs, and We- ever, we’ve got to reas- night. “I just changed my at- Rangers: RHP Chris Martin
Soo Choo, and Lopez said lington Castillo homered sess what our identity is and titude in the game,” Lopez was activated from the 10-
it was his batter. as the major league-worst who we are,” Texas man- said through a translator. day disabled list and right-
Lopez finished a career- White Sox (13-30) took three ager Jeff Banister said. “I “I was more positive today hander Ariel Jurado was
high eight innings by striking of four against last-place know we’re a better ball- than I was in my last outing, optioned to Double-A Fris-
out Choo with a runner on Texas. They won consecu- club than this. I know our and I think that was one of co. Martin, who had been
first, and Chicago beat the tive games for the first time hitters should be able to the biggest differences.” sidelined by right forearm ir-
Texas Rangers 3-0 on Sun- since winning three in a row pose a better attack than Castillo put the White Sox ritation, pitched a scoreless
day for its first home series at Kansas City from April 26- we did today.” in front with a one-out drive inning. ... LHP Matt Moore
win this season. 28. “This was one of the best Lopez retired 17 of 18 bat- deep into the seats in left in said his sore right knee has
“The way he went out to- games for us,” Garcia said. ters before Delino DeShields the second. Garcia added been bothering him since
day, there was a lot of con- Texas (18-30) lost for the walked with two outs in the an opposite-field, two-run spring training. He was
viction and intensity and fo- sixth time in eight games. eighth, prompting the visit single in the third, with Tim placed on the DL on Sat-
cus in his outing today, from Mike Minor (3-3) struck out from Renteria. The crowd Anderson sliding in ahead urday. “At this point, it just
pitch one,” Renteria said. a season-high nine in five cheered when Renteria left of Perez’s tag. makes sense to let it cool
Lopez (1-3) allowed two innings, but was charged Lopez in, and the pitcher UP AND DOWN off,” he said.q