Chi. White Sox 7
Texas 17
Saturday, August 19, 2017 08:05 PM
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Rangers' huge comeback sinks White Sox 17-7
The Sports Xchange
Aug 20, 2017
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas second baseman Rougned Odor homered twice and Mike Napoli homered and had four RBIs as the Rangers rallied for a 17-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.
Chicago led 5-0 in the first inning before Texas mounted its biggest comeback of the year to get back to .500 after its highest-scoring night of the season.
The White Sox have now dropped six of their last seven games. The 17 runs allowed was a season high.
The Texas comeback was fueled by back-to-back six-run innings in the third and fourth. It marked the first time the Rangers have scored at least six runs in two innings since they beat Baltimore 30-3 on Aug. 22, 2007.
Down 5-1, Texas sent nine batters to the plate against former Chicago starter Derek Holland (6-13) in the third and scored six times.
Napoli's two-run double cut the Chicago lead to 5-4 and two batters later Odor put the Rangers on top with a three-run homer to right. That ended the night for Holland, who was charged with seven runs and six hits in 2 2/3 innings.
The Rangers sent nine more batters to the plate in the fourth, scoring six runs against reliever Dylan Covey. The Napoli-Odor duo led the charge again.
Napoli hit a three-run homer, his 26th home run of the season, to push the Texas advantage to 12-5. Two batters later, Odor hit his 26th homer of the season to make 13-5.
Odor also added an RBI walk in the seventh to match his career high with five RBIs.
The offensive charge made an unlikely winner of Texas left-hander Martin Perez (8-10), who threw 40 pitches in the first inning and allowed five runs. But he ended up pitching six innings, giving up six runs and seven hits while striking out four.
Texas finished with a season high 20 hits. Shin-Soo Choo had four, including a three-run homer in the sixth inning. All nine Texas starters scored at least once.
Every Texas starter but Joey Gallo had at least two hits and Gallo walked three times.
Jose Abreu matched his career high with four hits for Chicago, including a solo homer in the seventh inning.
Chicago jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning. A two-run double from Kevan Smith and RBI singles from Leury Garcia and yolmer Sanchez gave Holland some runs to work with.
That didn't last, though as the Rangers scored the next 13 runs.
Holland, who spent his first eight seasons with Texas, allowed seven runs, six hits and four walks in 2 2/3 innings.
NOTES: The Rangers put OF Carlos Gomez on the 15-day disabled list for the excision of a cyst behind his right shoulder. Texas recalled INF Phil Gosselin to take his spot. ... Chicago RHP Reynaldo Lopez was put on the disabled list with a strained back. The White Sox purchased the contract of RHP Danny Farquhar to take the roster spot. ... INF Yoan Moncada was scratched from the White Sox lineup with shin splints.
Aug 20, 2017
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas second baseman Rougned Odor homered twice and Mike Napoli homered and had four RBIs as the Rangers rallied for a 17-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.
Chicago led 5-0 in the first inning before Texas mounted its biggest comeback of the year to get back to .500 after its highest-scoring night of the season.
The White Sox have now dropped six of their last seven games. The 17 runs allowed was a season high.
The Texas comeback was fueled by back-to-back six-run innings in the third and fourth. It marked the first time the Rangers have scored at least six runs in two innings since they beat Baltimore 30-3 on Aug. 22, 2007.
Down 5-1, Texas sent nine batters to the plate against former Chicago starter Derek Holland (6-13) in the third and scored six times.
Napoli's two-run double cut the Chicago lead to 5-4 and two batters later Odor put the Rangers on top with a three-run homer to right. That ended the night for Holland, who was charged with seven runs and six hits in 2 2/3 innings.
The Rangers sent nine more batters to the plate in the fourth, scoring six runs against reliever Dylan Covey. The Napoli-Odor duo led the charge again.
Napoli hit a three-run homer, his 26th home run of the season, to push the Texas advantage to 12-5. Two batters later, Odor hit his 26th homer of the season to make 13-5.
Odor also added an RBI walk in the seventh to match his career high with five RBIs.
The offensive charge made an unlikely winner of Texas left-hander Martin Perez (8-10), who threw 40 pitches in the first inning and allowed five runs. But he ended up pitching six innings, giving up six runs and seven hits while striking out four.
Texas finished with a season high 20 hits. Shin-Soo Choo had four, including a three-run homer in the sixth inning. All nine Texas starters scored at least once.
Every Texas starter but Joey Gallo had at least two hits and Gallo walked three times.
Jose Abreu matched his career high with four hits for Chicago, including a solo homer in the seventh inning.
Chicago jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning. A two-run double from Kevan Smith and RBI singles from Leury Garcia and yolmer Sanchez gave Holland some runs to work with.
That didn't last, though as the Rangers scored the next 13 runs.
Holland, who spent his first eight seasons with Texas, allowed seven runs, six hits and four walks in 2 2/3 innings.
NOTES: The Rangers put OF Carlos Gomez on the 15-day disabled list for the excision of a cyst behind his right shoulder. Texas recalled INF Phil Gosselin to take his spot. ... Chicago RHP Reynaldo Lopez was put on the disabled list with a strained back. The White Sox purchased the contract of RHP Danny Farquhar to take the roster spot. ... INF Yoan Moncada was scratched from the White Sox lineup with shin splints.
