SEMIEN, ABREU, VICIEDO GO BACK-TO-BACK IN CHISOX 'W'
Sox Rebound 1 Day After Epic 'L' at Hands of D-Backs
CHICAGO, May 10 (AP) - Marcus Semien, Jose Abreu and Dayan Viciedo hit
consecutive home runs in the fifth inning and the Chicago White Sox went on to
defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 at U.S. Cellular Field. The White Sox
bounced back the day after being bludgeoned by the Diamondbacks to the tune of
23-7. Abreu's homer, coming in the middle of three straight, was the first
of two he hit in the game, part of a five-longball onslaught for the White
Sox. Jose Quintana turned in another solid outing for Chicago, allowing
one run in 6-2/3 innings, to secure the victory.
Arizona scored first, in the opening frame when A.J. Pollock led off the game
with a blast into the bleachers in left-center for a 1-0 lead.
The White Sox evened the score in the second on Alexei Ramirez's eighth home run
of the season off Diamondbacks starter Wade Miley.
The game remained knotted at a run apiece until the bottom of the fifth when
Chicago broke the contest open, with all the damage coming with two outs.
After Miley set down Tyler Flowers and Alejandro de Aza, Gordon Beckham doubled
to the right-center field gap and Semien gave the White Sox a lead they would
never relinquish with his fourth home run of the season, making the score
3-1. Abreu followed with his eighth home run of the season and before the
smoke from the fireworks had cleared, Viciedo cracked his fifth of the year, to
put Chicago on top 5-1. Evan Marshall replaced Miley and Ramirez on a
grounder to second to end the inning but the damage was done.
The White Sox added some unneeded insurance in the seventh. Facing
reliever Randall Delgado, Semien drew a lead-off walk and Abreu launched his
second home run of the game into the same section of bleachers in left-center
that captured his first. Viciedo then rolled a single to left and advanced
to third when Ramirez doubled down the left field line. Paul Konerko
popped up for the first out and Moises Sierra grounded to third with Viciedo
thrown out at the plate attempting to score for the second out. But Tyler
Flowers dropped a base hit into left, scoring Ramirez to give Chicago an 8-2
lead.
Arizona scored a consolation run in the eighth, but it was far too little too
late.
5/10/2014, Ari14-ChA14, U.S. Cellular Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Diamondbacks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 1 9 1 2014 White Sox 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 x 8 12 0 8 1 Diamondbacks AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG Pollock cf 5 2 2 1 .337 Beckham 2b 5 1 1 0 .254 Prado 3b 5 0 2 0 .290 Semien 3b 4 2 1 2 .203 Goldschmidt 1b 2 0 1 0 .343 Abreu,J dh 4 2 3 3 .353 Montero,M c 4 0 0 0 .276 Viciedo lf 5 1 2 1 .221 Hill,A 2b 4 0 1 0 .216 Ramirez,Al ss 4 2 3 1 .297 Ross,C lf 3 0 1 1 .260 Konerko 1b 3 0 0 0 .211 Parra,G rf 4 0 0 0 .215 Sierra rf 4 0 1 0 .255 Marte,Al dh 3 0 1 0 .154 Flowers c 4 0 1 1 .208 Inciarte ph 1 0 1 0 .150 De Aza cf 3 0 0 0 .270 Owings ss 4 0 0 0 .286 36 8 12 8 35 2 9 2 Diamondbacks INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Miley L 3-5 4.2 7 5 5 1 4 59 38 4.50 Marshall,E 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 29 15 0.00 Delgado 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 37 19 7.66 8.0 12 8 8 4 5 125 72 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Quintana W 3-1 6.2 6 1 1 1 6 93 64 2.56 Francisco,F 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 11 4 27.00 Downs,S 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 16 10 2.08 Lindstrom 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17 11 3.71 9.0 9 2 2 3 8 137 89 Ari: Inciarte batted for Marte,Al in the 9th E-Parra,G. 2B-Beckham(5), Abreu,J(10), Ramirez,Al(8). HR-Pollock(2), Semien(4), Abreu,J 2(9), Viciedo(5), Ramirez,Al(5). RBI-Pollock(15), Ross,C(11), Semien 2(21), Abreu,J 3(28), Viciedo(16), Ramirez,Al(19), Flowers(10). K-Goldschmidt, Montero,M, Hill,A 2, Ross,C, Parra,G 2, Owings, Viciedo, Sierra, Flowers 3. BB-Goldschmidt 2, Ross,C, Semien, Abreu,J, Konerko, De Aza. GWRBI: Semien Temperature: 71, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 13 MPH. Attendance: 28,359 Game Time: 2:51