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Shields turns in another solid start
- Updated: July 22, 2016
CHICAGO — It wasn’t the outcome they needed, but there was another glimmer of good news on Thursday night for the White Sox, despite their rain-shortened 2-1 loss to the Tigers at U.S. Cellular Field.
James Shields took the loss, allowing two runs in six innings on a pair of solo home runs, but the veteran right-hander tossed another solid outing. Shields is now 2-3 with a 2.09 ERA in his past five starts, holding opponents to a .220 batting average. After struggling mightily following the June trade that brought him to Chicago, Shields now looks like the innings-eater the White Sox sought when they acquired him from the Padres.
“He seems over the hump,” manager Robin Ventura said. “When you talk to him, you know, those first games were tough. I think he came here, [had] a lot of expectations and got beat around a little bit, and it was tough to get your …
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