Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati Reds

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Chicago White Sox

11-23, 5-13 Away

Final
3 - 5

Cincinnati Reds

14-19, 10-7 Home

TJ Friedl's 3-run homer lifts Reds past White Sox 5-3

Friedl's third homer — a drive to right-center against Mike Clevinger in the fifth inning — lifted Cincinnati to a 4-3 lead. He drove in Jonathan India with a two-out triple in the seventh.

India went 3 for 3 and scored three times. He walked ahead of Friedl's homer.

“We really push other's energy,” Friedl said of his connection to India. “Seems like when we rally it's a different guy every night. The opportunity presented itself for me tonight."

Derek Law (2-4) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Nick Lodolo, and Alexis Díaz got three outs for his sixth save.

Hanser Alberto and Seby Zavala homered for Chicago. Clevinger (2-3) was charged with four runs and six hits in six innings.

The White Sox, who came in hitting .180 with runners in scoring position over the past 13 games, went 1 for 8 in those situations on Saturday.

“We have to string together good at-bats,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “Just need to keep grinding. We hit the ball hard.”

Reds third baseman Nick Senzel stranded a pair of runners in the first when he retired Andrew Benintendi with a diving stop. The White Sox left the bases loaded in the third.

Alberto tied it at 1 with his second homer in the second. Benintendi doubled home Luis Robert Jr. in the third, and Zavala’s leadoff drive in the fourth made it 3-1 White Sox.

Lodolo allowed three runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He hit three batters, struck out three and walked one.

“Nick Lodolo is tough to hit,” Reds manager David Bell said. “The home runs are going to happen. The bullpen really picked us up tonight.”

Friedl's homer was the sixth allowed by Clevinger in the pitcher's last four starts. Clevinger has allowed 15 earned runs over his last four starts.

“I thought Clevinger threw the ball well,” Grifol said. “But he got himself into trouble in the fifth.”

The White Sox have won four of six since losing a season-high 10 straight. They dropped to 5-13 on the road.

OUCH

It was the fourth time that Lodolo hit three or more batters. Only six pitchers since 1901 have had more such games in their career. This was Lodolo’s 26th career game.

TRAINERS ROOM

White Sox: DH Eloy Jiménez was hospitalized early Saturday with abdominal pain and was diagnosed with acute appendicitis. He underwent an appendectomy and is expected to miss four to six weeks. ... 3B Yoán Moncada (back) played five innings at third base for Triple-A Charlotte and went 1 for 2 with an RBI and a walk. Moncada will play more innings on Sunday then be re-evaluated after Monday's off day.

Reds: OF Jake Fraley was scratched with lower back stiffness. Henry Ramos started in left in his place. ... OF Wil Myers was reinstated from the IL after recovering from COVID-19.

Reds RHP Graham Ashcraft (2-0, 2.00 ERA) will oppose White Sox RHP Michael Kopech (0-3, 5.97 ERA) in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vaughn grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Anderson out at second.
	9th Inning	Anderson singled to right.
	9th Inning	Haseley grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Díaz relieved Gibaut
	9th Inning	Newman as designated hitter.
	8th Inning	Myers grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

CHW		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	15
38	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	4
5.3	Runs Created	5.0
.242	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.515	Slugging Percentage	.484
.333	Secondary Average	.387
.342	On Base Percentage	.324
.857	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.807
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
32.0	Batter Rating	39.5
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.39	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.09
.273	Isolated Power	.226
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.129
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
83.5	MLB Rating	85.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0