Chicago White Sox vs Seattle Mariners Match Player Stats On May 20, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 21, 2017

SEATTLE -- Avisail Garcia hit two home runs and two doubles, and drove in a career-high six runs to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 16-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night at Safeco Field.

Garcia (4-for-5) posted a career high for hits. He became the first White Sox player with four extra-base hits in a game since Jermaine Dye on Aug. 2, 2007 against the New York Yankees.

It got so bad for the Mariners that manager Scott Servais sent utility infielder Mike Freeman to the mound to pitch the ninth inning.

Freeman allowed three consecutive singles to open the ninth, but allowed just one run on a sacrifice fly by Willy Garcia.

Mike Pelfrey (1-4) pitched six innings, allowing one run on four hits. He didn't walk a batter and struck out three.

It was Pelfrey's first win since July 13, 2016, when he beat Houston as a member of the Detroit Tigers.

Seattle's Yovani Gallardo (2-4) struggled from the start.

The White Sox scored four runs in the first before Gallardo could record an out, although that wasn't entirely his fault.

After Yolmer Sanchez led off with a walk, Melky Cabrera grounded a ball to Seattle utility infielder Mike Freeman, who was getting a start at second base with Robinson Cano on the disabled list. Freeman bobbled the ball, then stumbled while trying to tag out Sanchez between the bases. The error resulted in runners at first and second.

Jose Abreu smashed a run-scoring double down the left-field line to open the scoring. Avisail Garcia followed by hitting the first pitch he saw for a three-run homer to left field, making it 4-0.

He homered again in the third to make it 5-0.

The White Sox knocked out Gallardo in the fourth. They loaded the bases with no outs before a sacrifice fly from Willy Garcia. Yolmer Sanchez's single down the left-field line loaded the bases again and Cabrera hit a two-run double to left field to make it 8-0.

Abreu flew out to the deepest part of center field, bringing Servais to the mound to relieve Gallardo before he had to face Avisail Garcia a third time.

But the White Sox right fielder greeted left-hander Dillon Overton with a two-run double into the gap in left-center field to give Chicago a 10-run lead.

Pelfrey allowed three singles over the first five scoreless innings but faced only one batter over the minimum of 15 as he induced inning-ending groundouts in the first and second.

Seattle catcher Carlos Ruiz led off the sixth with a double into right-center field and scored on a pair of groundouts.

Chicago scored five more in the seventh off Overton to make it 15-1.

NOTES: White Sox starting pitchers were 0-8 with a 5.75 ERA over the previous 13 games before RHP Mike Pelfrey snapped the streak Saturday. ... Chicago 2B Yolmer Sanchez extended his hitting streak to 11 games with single in the fourth inning. ... The White Sox reportedly reached an agreement with prized Cuban OF prospect Luis Robert, 19, on a deal worth more than $25 million.