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Gonzalez twirls gem, White Sox down Rays
- Updated: September 29, 2016
CHICAGO — Neither rain nor more rain again could keep Miguel Gonzalez from his appointed rounds during a 1-0 White Sox victory over the Rays on Wednesday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
Gonzalez endured a 21-minute rain delay before the first pitch was thrown and then sat through a 1-hour, 16-minute delay with two outs in the bottom of the third but still came back to hurl a season-best 8 1/3 scoreless innings. The White Sox right-hander struck out five, didn’t issue a walk and yielded three hits, improving to 5-8 overall and delivering his fourth quality start in five September efforts.
The only run of the game on this rainy night came in the seventh, when Todd Frazier launched a 1-2 pitch deep to left off of knuckleballer Eddie Gamboa for his 40th home run of the season. The blast extended Frazier’s hitting streak to 12, but more importantly it made him the seventh player in franchise history to reach 40 home runs in a season and marked the 12th such occurrence. He joined Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Jermaine Dye, Albert Belle and Adam Dunn as White Sox players to hit 40.
Chicago has won five straight and taken the first three of this four-game set, including their second 1-0 decision over Tampa Bay this season, while the Rays have lost six straight. …
