The summary
A late White Sox rally fell flat Saturday night in a 3-1 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.
At the plate
After a Jose Abreu walk, Marcus Semien’s pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth gave the Sox their only run. they had only three hits overall.
On the mound
Hector Noesi gave up three runs on six hits in six innings, including Nick Franklin’s two-run homer in the second. Rays right-hander Chris Archer gave up two hits with four walks and three strikeouts over 61/3 innings.
On the bases
Avisail Garcia, who had a hit and two walks, was doubled off first base to end the fourth after Dayan Viciedo flied out to center field.
The number
28: League-leading home runs against Noesi this season.
The quote
Robin Ventura on Archer: “(He) was just so good that we couldn’t get anything going, even him walking two guys. He spotted us two guys on base and we couldn’t do anything with it. You throw that hard and you have a breaker, which he was using effectively, you don’t really have a chance.”
The quote II
Noesi: “Every pitcher makes mistakes. I made one that cost us the game. To Franklin, I was trying to go outside, and the ball just came in to him. … I lost. I’m not happy. I should be better than that.”
Up next
White Sox (Danks 9-11, 4.88) at Rays (Karns 1-0, 0.00), 12:40 p.m. Sunday, WGN-9.
