D-BACKS THROTTLE CHISOX WITH 23-RUN EFFORT
11-Run 4th Inning Seals Contest
CHICAGO, May 9 (AP) - The Arizona Diamondbacks erupted for a major league season
high 23 runs--ably assisted by a major league season best 11 runs in a single
inning--en route to a 23-7 pounding of the Chicago White Sox that saw position
player Leury Garcia absorb a seven-run outburst in the ninth inning at U.S.
Cellular Field. Chris Owings led the Diamondbacks with five hits--also
tying a major league season high--and Gerardo Parra drove in six runs.
Trevor Cahill tossed five innings of shutout relief to earn the victory for
Arizona.
The Diamondbacks set the tone for the game in the top of the first when Paul
Goldschmidt doubled with two outs and scored on Miguel Montero's home run off
starter Andre Rienzo for a 2-0 lead. The White Sox countered with a run in
the bottom of the inning when Gordon Beckham doubled with one out and scored on
Connor Gillespie's base hit.
But Arizona scored twice more in the second inning when Eric Chavez drew a
lead-off walk, scored on Martin Prado's triple who then scored himself on Cody
Ross' sacrifice fly. And the Diamondbacks increased their lead to 5-1 in
the third when Montero doubled home Owings, who led off the frame with a single.
The White Sox briefly appeared to make it a game in the bottom of the third when
Gillespie singled with two outs and trotted home on Jose Abreu's seventh home
run of the season, cutting the deficit to 5-3.
But the Diamondbacks broke the game open once and for all in the fourth when
they sent 15 batters to the plate and scored 11 times. It all started when
Ross reached on first baseman Adam Dunn's error. A.J. Pollock singled Ross
to third and Parra belted a three-run home run off reliever Maikel Cleto into
the Bullpen Sports Bar down the right field line for an 8-3 Arizona
advantage. Owings followed with a base hit and advanced to second on a
wild pitch before Goldschmidt fanned for the first out of the inning.
Montero walked and another wild pitch moved the runners to second and
third. Aaron Hill's base hit scored Owings and moved Montero to
third. Jake Petricka replaced Cleto but the hit parade continued when Eric
Chavez doubled home both runners. Prado grounded to second for out number
two but Ross singled home Chavez and Pollock walked. Parra, Owings and
Goldschmidt all singled, accounting for three more runs before Zach Putnam
replaced Petricka and uncorked yet another wild pitch--the third of the
inning--which scored another run. Montero then grounded out to finally end
the inning.
The White Sox scored two runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth, which
ended the day for Arizona starter Brandon McCarthy and brought Cahill into the
game, who squashed any further thoughts of a Chicago comeback.
The Diamondbacks took a 16-7 lead into the ninth inning, when the White Sox
brought utility man Leury Garcia into the game to try to mop up, in an effort to
avoid using any more relievers. Unfortunately for Garcia, the Diamondbacks
nicked him for seven more runs, six earned, on six hits and a walk. Garcia
did have the satisfaction, however, of striking out Ender Inciarte, before the
inning finally came to end. Small consolation for an epic beat down.
5/9/2014, Ari14-ChA14, U.S. Cellular Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Diamondbacks 2 2 1 11 0 0 0 0 7 23 24 1 7 1 2014 White Sox 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 14 4 9 1 Diamondbacks AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG Parra,G rf 7 2 3 6 .221 De Aza cf 5 0 0 0 .276 Owings ss 7 4 5 2 .296 Beckham 2b 5 1 2 0 .258 Goldschmidt 1b 7 2 3 0 .341 Gillaspie 3b 5 1 4 1 .203 Montero,M c 5 3 2 4 .285 Abreu,J dh 4 1 2 2 .342 Hill,A 2b 5 1 2 1 .215 Konerko ph 1 0 0 0 .229 Pennington 2b 0 1 0 0 .270 Dunn,A 1b 3 1 1 0 .231 Chavez,Er dh 5 3 3 3 .213 Viciedo lf 5 1 2 2 .214 Prado 3b 6 2 2 3 .287 Ramirez,Al ss 5 1 2 0 .285 Ross,C lf 4 2 2 2 .255 Sierra rf 4 0 0 0 .255 Inciarte cf 1 0 0 0 .105 Flowers c 4 1 1 2 .206 Pollock cf 4 3 2 1 .333 41 7 14 7 Marte,Al lf 0 0 0 0 .100 51 23 24 22 Diamondbacks INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA McCarthy 4.0 11 7 7 1 5 79 56 4.14 Cahill W 1-3 5.0 3 0 0 1 4 75 42 6.27 9.0 14 7 7 2 9 154 98 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Rienzo L 1-2 2.1 6 5 5 1 3 63 42 9.98 Cleto 1.0 4 6 5 1 2 28 17 5.79 Petricka 0.1 5 5 4 1 0 29 17 4.80 Putnam 2.1 2 0 0 1 1 35 23 0.59 Belisario 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 23 14 0.84 Garcia,Le 1.0 6 7 6 1 1 32 20 54.00 9.0 24 23 20 5 7 210 133 Ari: Pennington inserted at 2b in the 8th Inciarte inserted at cf in the 8th Pollock moved to lf in the 8th Marte,Al inserted at lf in the 9th ChA: Konerko batted for Abreu,J in the 8th E-Montero,M, De Aza, Dunn,A 2, Viciedo. 2B-Parra,G(7), Owings(4), Goldschmidt(16), Montero,M(6), Chavez,Er 2(5), Ross,C(4), Pollock(8), Beckham(4), Abreu,J(9), Ramirez,Al(7). 3B-Prado(2). HR-Parra,G(5), Montero,M(2), Abreu,J(7), Viciedo(4), Flowers(3). RBI-Parra,G 6(21), Owings 2(16), Montero,M 4(18), Hill,A(20), Chavez,Er 3(11), Prado 3(13), Ross,C 2(10), Pollock(14), Gillaspie(8), Abreu,J 2(25), Viciedo 2(15), Flowers 2(9). SB-Owings(2). K-Parra,G, Goldschmidt 2, Hill,A, Prado 2, Inciarte, De Aza 2, Abreu,J 2, Dunn,A, Viciedo, Ramirez,Al, Sierra, Konerko. BB-Montero,M, Chavez,Er, Pollock 2, Pennington, Dunn,A 2. SF-Ross,C. WP-Cleto 2, Putnam. GWRBI: Montero,M Jose Abreu was ejected from this game Temperature: 55, Sky: cloudy, Wind: in from right at 11 MPH. Attendance: 23,814 Game Time: 3:33