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- Updated: May 25, 2016
CHICAGO — Chris Sale stepped up and took the blame following the White Sox loss to the Indians on Tuesday night in a rare non-quality start for the staff ace.
On Wednesday following Cleveland’s 4-3 victory that completed a disappointing 3-7 homestand for the South Siders, it was Adam Eaton who put the onus of defeat on his shoulders following a rare ball he didn’t get to in right that scored two runs. It’s admirable for two of the team’s featured players to accept responsibility, but in reality, there’s plenty of blame to go around during the White Sox 4-11 run over the past 15 games.
“We just lost three,” third baseman Todd Frazier said. “Nothing you can really say. Sometimes you make the plays, sometimes you don’t. We’re not putting up runs. That’s the bottom line. When your pitchers are busting their tail, we have to find a way to stop the burning and get some runs.”
“It has definitely been peaks and valleys, for sure,” Eaton said. “Offensively, we definitely need to step it up. It has been five, six, seven games — whatever — where we haven’t done it, myself included. The whole team top to …
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