Anderson flirts with cycle as Sale wins 17th

CHICAGO — Chris Sale matched his single-season career-high by picking up victory No. 17 Tuesday night during a 13-6 White Sox win over the Rays at U.S. Cellular Field. It marked the White Sox fourth straight win and kept that outside hope of reaching .500 alive at 76-81.

But even with Sale turning in his typical strong outing, he certainly didn’t accomplish this feat on his own. The White Sox offense knocked out 14 hits, including eight for extra bases, as they guaranteed at least a split in this four-game set with Tampa Bay.

Tim Anderson finished a triple short of the cycle, adding his eighth home run with two outs in the eighth and finishing with three RBIs. Adam Eaton, Melky Cabrera and Leury Garcia each made it halfway to the cycle. Garcia tripled in the second and then launched his first home run of the season in the third, a three-run blast off of starting and losing pitcher Alex Cobb. Eaton doubled and singled and scored two runs, and Cabrera homered and singled.

Cobb allowed eight runs on eight hits over three innings, striking two and walking two. The White Sox scored three in the first, two in the second and three more in the third.

Sale fanned seven over seven innings, giving him 227 strikeouts overall. In a season where Sale de-emphasized the strikeout, he has posted his second-highest single-season total. Sale allowed two runs on four straight hits in the second and Curt Casali’s eighth homer leading off the …

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