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Pittsburgh used eight pitchers to hand the White Sox a second
straight loss and their seventh in their last 10. AL
Central-leading Chicago (75-70) maintained a two-game lead over
Cleveland, which lost at Baltimore.
The benches and bullpens emptied in the seventh, but order was
quickly restored.
Yohan Ramirez, Pittsburgh's sixth pitcher, entered and got
Miguel Vargas to ground into an inning-ending double play with
the bases loaded and the Pirates head 4-1. Sam Antonacci elbowed
Brandon Lowe at second as he came up from his slide to set off
the fracas.
Antonacci’s RBI infield single had driven in Chicago's first
run.
White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami hit his 31st homer in the
eighth to cut it to 4-2, but struck out in his first two times
at the plate, running his streak of strikeouts to eight straight
plate appearances. Murakami was hit by a pitch from Gregory Soto
in his third time up.
The White Sox loaded the bases off Luke Weaver with one out in
the eighth, but Chase Meidroth lined to third for an
inning-ending double-play.
Pirates opener Lake Bachar got the first five outs. Brandon
Eisert (3-2) followed with 2 1/3 innings of hitless ball,
striking out five, for the win. Carmen Mlodzinski, Soto, Camilo
Doval, Ramirez and Weaver followed before Mason Montgomery
pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 11th save
White Sox starter Davis Martin (9-7) allowed one run, on
Valdez’s 17th homer in the fifth, and four hits in five innings
in his second start since coming off the injured list from a
tight middle finger blister.
Up next
Pirates RHP Jared Jones (3-6, 4.46 ERA) was set to start against
White Sox LHP Hagen Smith (3-1, 0.56) on Thursday in the series
finale.
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