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SPORTS Monday 25 June 2018

Moncada powers White

Sox past Athletics 10-3

By MATT SCHOCH of the fifth, extending the by the Orioles in 1996.
Associated Press A’s streak to 25 straight TRAINER’S ROOM
CHICAGO (AP) — White road games with a homer. Athletics: RHP Daniel Meng-
Sox manager Rick Renteria Canha also opened the den (sprained right foot)
has been talking with Yoan scoring with a sacrifice fly in returned to the Bay Area
Moncada about his focus the second. to consult with team physi-
lately. A’s right-hander Paul Black- cians. The injury is not be-
The talented second base- burn (1-2) allowed six runs lieved to be related to his
man sure looked locked in and eight hits in five-plus previous right foot injuries.
on Sunday. innings. He permitted only “We’ll probably know a lit-
Moncada broke out of one baserunner through tle bit more in the next cou-
a slump with a three-run the first four, but got into ple of days,” Melvin said. ...
homer and six RBIs, and the trouble with two out in the INF Matt Chapman (right
White Sox beat the Oak- fifth. hand contusion) could
land Athletics 10-3 for a split The rally started with back- have a cortisone shot in
of their four-game series. to-back singles by Omar the wrist area on Monday
“Anytime you’re going Narvaez and Leury Gar- and will sit out the Tigers se-
through a rough moment, cia, and then Blackburn ries. He had an injection in
you have doubts, you hit ninth hitter Adam Engel his thumb last Monday. The
have questions,” Moncada with a pitch. Rodon al- hope is the trouble spot Chicago White Sox’s Yoan Moncada points after hitting a three-
said through an interpreter. lowed two runs and sev- has been localized and run double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against
“But when you keep work- en hits. The eight innings he’ll be available on the the Oakland Athletics, Sunday, June 24, 2018, in Chicago.
ing hard, you can answer matched his career high. next homestand.q Associated Press
those questions. “It was good to go eight
“I keep grinding and just and just be ahead of guys,”
working hard.” Rodon said.
Daniel Palka and Yolmer “There’s up and down
Sanchez also connected days when you go through
for the White Sox, who shoulder surgery or any
had lost nine of 10. Carlos kind of surgery for a play-
Rodon (1-2) pitched a sea- er. You just have to work
son-high eight innings in his through it, try to make your
fourth start after missing the way back.”
beginning of the year while ANOTHER STOP
recovering from shoulder Well-traveled right-hander
surgery last September. Edwin Jackson will be ac-
Moncada, who hit .183 tivated on Monday and
over the previous 35 start for Oakland at Detroit.
games, gave the White Sox The A’s will become his 13th
a 3-2 lead with a three-run major league team, which
double in the fifth. Monca- ties retired right-hander
da then scored on Avisail Octavio Dotel for the ma-
Garcia’s single, and Jose jor league record. The
Abreu added another RBI 34-year-old went 0-1 with
single. a 4.02 ERA in three starts for
Palka, Sanchez and Triple-A Nashville. He owns
Moncada all went deep in a 98-120 major league re-
the sixth. Moncada belted cord and 4.67 ERA in 15
a three-run drive for his 10th seasons.
homer, making it 10-2 Chi- “I’m probably the only guy
cago. in the clubhouse that has
“I think he’s probably giv- never met him, but I did
ing a little bit of a wakeup earlier today,” A’s manag-
call to himself in terms of er Bob Melvin said.
where he sees himself,” Outfielder Nick Martini will
Renteria said. “I think he’s be sent to Triple-A Nashville
also learned that truly you to open a spot for Jackson
have to take every single on the roster.
pitch of a game into con- HISTORIC HOMER
sideration because they all Melvin said the team cel-
matter. ebrated Canha’s record-
“I think he’s starting to re- setting home run in the
alize that maybe I have to dugout.
have a little bit more focus “It’s nice to hang your hat
and intensity.” on, but it certainly would
Oakland set a modern ma- have been a little better if
jor league record when we had won the game,”
Mark Canha hit a drive to Melvin said.
left on Rodon’s first pitch The previous record was set