White Sox vs. Cubs – Game summary – August 6, 2021

The CHICAGO-Chicago White Sox had rewarded easer Craig Kimbrel on the hill with three strokes and the victory they needed.

They managed to rise to the top. But only after things got one wild turn.

Brian Goodwin led the tenth day of play with a two-stage homer, and the White Sox regrouped after Kimbrel blew up a three-round lead against his former team to win the rebuilt Crosstown Cubs 8-6 on Friday at Wrigley Field.

Fans understand that the heart of this club is really, really strong and beats all the time, manager Tony La Russa said. Very difficult. It is a pity that we have to prove it this way today, but it was a difference. “

Goodwin, who came in sixth for Eloy Jimnez, broke a 4-all draw on his opposing field drive left against Manuel Rodrguez (0-2). Pinch hitter Gavin Sheets and Tim Anderson added RBI singles, and the situation was 8-4.

The Cubs cut it 8-6 at the bottom with a two-stage run by Frank Schwindel against Garrett Crochet. But the left-hander withdrew from the next three strokes.

Liam Hendriks (6-2) received four installments of relief. He shouted Ian Happ swinging 2-2 with a fast ball to runner up second and eventually ninth, and the White Sox won the victory after losing nine out of 14.

AL Central executives sailed for the 4-1 lead when Lance Lynn rose to seventh and Cesar Hernandez got home.

The game turned around when Kimbrel came in eighth. The eight-time All-Star was split south of the Cubs as part of the sale, where Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Bez were also traded before July 30th.

Kimbrel came up with numbers that La Russa describes as strangers, “including 0.47 ERA, which was the lowest among the major relievers of the league. But he gave up singles to Matt Duffy and Schwindel before Andrew Romine leveled it. shot of three runs on the right 3-2 fast ball, which is his first home game since he hit four in Detroit in 2017.

It happens to everyone, Hendriks said.

Romine pumped his fists as he spun the bases, while fans who haven’t had a lot of cheering lately gave a fierce storm. However, the puppies lost for the eighth time in 10 games.

I’m not a doll, Romine said. I know who’s on the hill when I get into the situation. I was just trying to find a hole somewhere, trying to get a field where I could do something. … These short fences helped a little.

EARLY MANAGEMENT

Andrew Vaughn and Seby Zavala led the White Sox to a 2-0 lead in fourth with RBI singles against Kyle Hendricks.

Hernandez, acquired from Cleveland on July 29, scored 4-1 in the eighth when he greeted Kyle Ryan two drives to the left. The home run was his first with the White Sox when he hit 18 Indians.

FIXED START

Lynn gave up running and four hits, hit eight and walked two. La Russa let him hit the bases loaded and two out in the sixth, just to see how Kyle Hendricks hit him on three pitches.

Lynn left for a 2-0 lead after Romine led seventh on the bunt single. The All-Star right-handed threw 100 throws. Michael Kopech gave up the victim fly to squeeze striker David Bote before Aaron Bummer retired on Patrick Wisdom’s flight to the right to end the threat.

Hendricks gave up high in the league with 13 wins and gave up two runs and seven hits. The right-hander struck seven and walked three.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Puppies: Jason Heyward’s five-fold gold glove (left index finger inflammation) was placed on the 10-day injured list. Director David Ross said the finger has bothered Heyward pretty well, and he made it worse by taking punching drills this week in Colorado. Heyward beats .198 against six homers and 22 RBIs. The Cubs also resembled OF Greg Deichmann of Triple-A Iowa. He was acquired on July 26 from Oakland in a store that sent a relief to Andrew Chafin for athletics.

White Sox: White Sox returned INF / OF Jake Lambin (stretched right four-headed) from 10 days IL and had RHP Matt Foster Triple-A Charlotte as an accessory.

NEXT

White Sox All-Star LHP Carlos Rodn (8-5, 2.49 ERA) and Cubs RHP Adbert Alzolay (4-11, 4.85) want to stop the skates. Rodn took just four innings each to lose in Milwaukee and Kansas City. Alzolay is 0-7 in their last nine starts.

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