White Sox scores tie on apparent deliberate balk, beat Diamondbacks 9-2 for rare road win originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
PHOENIX (AP) — Chicago scored the first run on what appeared to be an intentional balk, Lenyn Sosa hit a three-run homer and the White Sox picked up a rare road victory Saturday with a 9-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks night.
Erick Fedde (5-1) was sharp and allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings with six strikeouts.
Chicago had a lot of pop on the night after allowing one run in the series opener and finishing with four home runs and 12 hits.
Andrew Vaughn homered and had three RBIs, Korey Lee hit a two-run shot and Paul DeJong had a solo home run in the White Sox’ seventh win in 31 road games.
The Diamondbacks gave them a boost in the third with a possible intentional balk by Thyago Vieira (0-1).
With MartÃn Maldonado at second, the Arizona right-hander threw several pitches in the mud, prompting manager Torey Lovullo to make a mound visit. Lovullo appeared to tell Vieira to drop the ball and he did so for the next pitch, moving the slow-walking Maldonado to third base on a balk. Vaughn followed with a single to easily score Maldonado.
DeJong gave the White Sox a home run into the center-center pool deck the next inning and Vaughn made it 4-1 with a two-run homer in the fifth. Sosa hit his second homer of the season in the seventh inning and Lee hit his sixth in the ninth.
Plate umpire Nick Mahrley ejected Lovullo in the eighth inning for arguing several borderline strike calls against the Diamondbacks.
Fedde started with the lead in his previous four starts, but was given a no-decision in each start.
The Diamondbacks jumped the right-handed Chicago out of the gate when Ketel Marte followed Corbin Carroll’s leadoff double with a runscoring single. Fedde worked his way out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the second inning and gave up a sacrifice fly to Joc Pederson in the fifth.
TRAINER’S TABLE
Diamondbacks: OF Alek Thomas is expected to join Triple-A Reno on a rehab assignment next week as he works his way back from a hamstring injury.
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White Sox RHP Drew Thorpe (0-0, 1.80 ERA) will face Diamondbacks LHP Jordan Montgomery (4-4, 6.58) in Sunday’s series finale.
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