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Abreu walks White Sox off on RBI single in 11th
- Updated: April 23, 2016
CHICAGO — Jose Abreu hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning Saturday to cap a wild 4-3 White Sox win against the Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field.
What started as a pitchers’ duel between Carlos Rodon and Colby Lewis turned into an extra-innings thriller. Lewis surrendered only one run in six innings, and Rodon gave up two over 6 2/3. After that, things got wacky before the White Sox won it against Rangers pitcher Nick Martinez, who loaded the bases to set up Abreu’s grounder that sneaked through three Rangers on the left side of the infield. Abreu had only four hits in his past 45 at-bats entering the 11th.
“Put the ball in play, magic will happen,” White Sox third baseman Todd Frazier said. “I’m happy for him. Hopefully he can ride that train now and just keep on going.”
It seemed as if the White Sox won the game in the ninth when Frazier launched a deep fly to right field, but Nomar Mazara jumped to rob what might have been a home run and sent the game to extras. The Rangers, too, had chances to win with runners on base in both the 10th and 11th, but the White Sox got a timely double play and big stops from Brett Lawrie to hold on.
The Rangers scored first Saturday on an Ian Desmond home run in the top of the second, but Melky Cabrera answered with a blast of his own in the bottom half of the inning. Elvis Andrus broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI triple in the seventh, but the White Sox rallied in the eighth, scoring on a Frazier homer and an RBI single from Dioner Navarro. Not to be outdone, the Rangers scored again in the top of the ninth when Andrus hit a sacrifice fly to score Desmond.
Matt Albers got credit for the victory as the White Sox won for the fourth time in five games and clinched a victory in this three-game series against the Rangers.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDWhere’s the action?: The White Sox loaded the bases in the fourth after a Cabrera base hit, a Lawrie walk and an Alex Avila single. With two outs and a chance to break the game open, Austin Jackson popped up to …
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