Chicago White Sox vs Los Angeles Dodgers Match Player Stats On Aug 16, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 17, 2017

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers did it again.

Down by two runs in the bottom of the ninth, they got to the Chicago White Sox bullpen. Facing Jake Petricka with one out, Yasiel Puig hit a two-run, walk-off double as the Dodgers scored a 5-4 comeback win in front of a sellout crowd Wednesday.

Chicago led 4-2 entering the ninth. Reliever Gregory Infante recorded the first out, then was replaced by Aaron Bummer. Pinch hitter Cody Bellinger singled, and the White Sox changed pitchers again, bringing in Petricka (1-1).

Logan Forsythe's double to left scored Bellinger, cutting the deficit to 4-3. Austin Barnes' single put runners at the corners for Puig, who hit a 3-2 pitch to center field, ending the game.

The White Sox hit four solo home runs, including two from Nicky Delmonico, but it wouldn't be enough. The bullpen failed again. One day earlier, Petricka hit Joc Pederson with the bases loaded and that brought in the winning run.

White Sox starter Carlos Rodon pitched well in holding a tough Dodgers lineup to just five hits in 7 1/3 innings. He allowed two runs and four walks while striking out four. The 24-year-old outdueled Darvish, who was celebrating his 31st birthday.

The much-anticipated Darvish debut as a Dodger at Dodger Stadium was unspectacular.

Darvish gave up three runs, all on solo home runs, in six innings. He allowed eight hits and one walk while striking out just two. Two of the home runs were leadoff shots.

Leury Garcia homered on the first pitch of the game from Darvish for his first leadoff home run. His homer to right field gave the White Sox a quick lead, just like one day earlier when Tim Anderson hit an Alex Wood first pitch for a home run.

It was the first time in franchise history the White Sox homered in consecutive games on the first pitch.

In the bottom of the first, Forsythe tied the game when he scored on a wild pitch by Rodon.

Darvish gave up his second home run when Delmonico, batting cleanup, went deep to right in the fourth. Delmonico extended his hit streak to 11 games and has reached base safely in all 13 games in his young White Sox career. He added another home run in the eighth on a first-pitch offering from reliever Tony Watson.

Enrique Hernandez led off the fourth inning with a home run off Rodon to left-center field, which tied the game at 2. Hernandez earned himself a spot in the lineup based on his power against Rodon. He was 2-for-2 with two home runs against the White Sox in Chicago earlier this season. He made it three home runs in his first four at-bats against Rodon.

Jose Abreu homered in the sixth inning for a 3-2 lead, the third time a White Sox player hit a solo home run off Darvish. The lead wouldn't last.

Dodgers reliever Ross Stripling (2-4) pitched one scoreless inning for the win.

NOTES: LHP Clayton Kershaw (back) threw a 38-pitch, two-inning simulated game on Wednesday. He next is scheduled to throw a three-inning simulated game in five days or go on a rehab assignment ... White Sox manager Rick Renteria confirmed he was given a World Series ring by the Chicago Cubs. Owner Jerry Reinsdorf gave it to Renteria in July at Wrigley. Renteria managed the Cubs in 2014 but the team went 73-89, and he was fired. ... Chicago INF Tim Anderson has three leadoff home runs this year, including one on Tuesday, but he was moved to eighth in the order because of matchups, according to Renteria. Anderson has five home runs and 11 RBIs in his oast 12 games ... INF/OF Rob Segedin (toe, wrist surgery) was back in the lineup at first base and for the first time since April 18 ... 1B Cody Bellinger was not in the Dodgers' lineup as he was given the day off to watch a game, according to Dave Roberts. He came up with a key pinch hit.