White Sox 7, Mariners 1: Chris Sale pitched a six-hitter and struck out a season-high 12 while rookie Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to 18 games with his major league-leading 27th home run as host Chicago continued its mastery of Seattle.
Dayan Viciedo tied a career high with four hits - including a solo shot - and Paul Konerko belted his 439th career home run as the White Sox defeated the Mariners for the 15th time in the last 19 meetings. Sale (8-1) extended his unbeaten string to four starts with his seventh career complete game and second this season.
Rookie Roenis Elias (7-7) yielded five runs and seven hits over five innings in dropping his second straight start as Seattle had its four-game winning streak snapped while losing for only the third time in its last 13 contests. Elias yielded only a pair of singles before Viciedo ripped a 2-1 changeup out to left to lead off the fourth.
Chicago broke it open with four runs in the fifth as Moises Sierra singled and Tyler Flowers was hit by a pitch to begin the frame before Adam Eaton stroked an RBI double to right. After Gordon Beckham delivered a sacrifice fly, Abreu crushed the next offering - a fastball - on a line over the wall in right-center to make it 5-0.
The Mariners threatened with two on and one out in the sixth before Sale struck out James Jones and, after a wild pitch, ended the threat by fanning Robinson Cano. Konerko moved past Andre Dawson and into sole possession of 42nd place on the all-time home run list with a two-run shot in the eighth to make it 7-0.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Chicago is 28-7 against Seattle since the start of 2010, including 17-3 at home. ... Mariners DH Corey Hart returned after missing 42 games with a strained left hamstring and went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice fly in the ninth. To make room, OF Cole Gillespie was designated for assignment. ... SS Willie Bloomquist had two hits for Seattle.
Seattle | Chi. White Sox | |
Roenis Elias | Player | Chris Sale |
Loss | W/L | Win |
5.0 | IP | 9.0 |
6 | Strikeouts | 12 |
7 | Hits | 6 |
9.00 | ERA | 1.00 |
Seattle | Chi. White Sox | |
Willie Bloomquist | Player | Dayan Viciedo |
2 | Hits | 4 |
0 | RBI | 1 |
0 | HR | 1 |
2 | TB | 7 |
.500 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Seattle | 6 | 0 | 7 | .194 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chi. White Sox | 9 | 3 | 19 | .281 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |