

Chicago White Sox’ Eloy Jimenez (74) and Luis Robert Jr. He had been 0-4 with a 3.66 ERA over seven starts, a stretch that included a brief injured list stint due to right shoulder inflammation. Michael Kopech (4-8) allowed two hits in 5 2/3 innings, both to Omar Narváez, and got his first win since May 24. “I think I executed the ball well,” Quintana said “A couple of weak contacts nothing you can do about but all in all it feels great.” He allowed two runs and six hits in five innings, struck out three and walked none, retiring eight of his final nine hitters. Quintana, a 34-year-old left-hander who pitched for the White Sox from 2012-17, signed a $26 million, two-year contract with the Mets as a free agent, then fractured a rib during spring training. Jiménez hit an RBI single four batters in against Quintana (0-1) and Andrus lifted a sacrifice fly in the second. 18, 2021, a fly ball that soared over McNeil. “Grandal did a really job behind the plate and it was a big time double,” Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said.įollowing Oscar Colás’ sacrifice fly, Elvis Andrus hit his first triple since Aug. Chicago White Sox’s Yasmani Grandal hits a two-run double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in New York. It was Grandal’s first RBI in nine games and the catcher’s first extra-base hit in 15 games. Grandal lined a double that fell in front of the right-field fence. “I did neither and it ate me up and that’s what caused the error.”Īfter Alonso’s fifth error of the season, Eloy Jiménez singled and Jake Burger walked. “I didn’t know whether to charge or not charge it and then eventually as an infielder you either have to make a decision to retreat or go get the ball,” Alonso said.

The first baseman expressed his frustration by putting his head in his hands. The inning started when Alonso backed up on a grounder by Luis Robert Jr. Grandal doubled to the warning track in right after the White Sox loaded the bases against Drew Smith. NEW YORK - Yasmani Grandal started a four-run sixth inning with a two-run double that followed Pete Alonso’s error and the Chicago White Sox beat New York 6-2 on Thursday in José Quintana’s Mets debut.
