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Ranaudo the first AL pitcher to homer in 2016
- Updated: July 28, 2016
CHICAGO — Eight runs scored by the Cubs over the last three innings Wednesday night at Wrigley Field gave the North Siders their first victory in three games against the White Sox this season.
But in the 8-1 defeat, Anthony Ranaudo’s White Sox debut stood as one of night’s main stories.
Ranaudo hurled 5 1/3 no-hit innings before Kris Bryant broke up the gem with a long home run to left in the sixth. That blast tied the game at 1, a lead the White Sox grabbed when the right-handed-hitting Ranaudo homered to right-center leading off the fifth.
That’s right, the pitcher who previously was 0-for-7 with five strikeouts as a Major League hitter connected on an 0-1 pitch for the lone White Sox run scored off Jason Hammel. Ranaudo became the first White Sox pitcher to homer against the Cubs in Interleague Play and became the first American League hurler to homer in 2016.
Mark Buehrle was the last White Sox pitcher to go deep on June 14, 2009, in Milwaukee. It was an amazing moment tempered a bit by the Cubs rallying to hand Ranaudo a loss.
“Yeah, that was definitely cool, …
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