Chi. White Sox 15, Colorado 3
When: 8:40 PM ET, Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Where: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Alan Porter, 1B -
Joe West, 2B -
Marty Foster, 3B -
Rob Drake
Attendance:
25393
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White Sox 15, Rockies 3: Rookie Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia each homered twice and Jose Quintana threw seven strong innings as visiting Chicago bounced back after losing the opener of three-game series.
Alexei Ramirez and Tyler Flowers also went deep in support of Quintana (1-0), who allowed two runs and five hits. Garcia finished with a career-high four hits, Abreu drove in a season-best five and Adam Eaton and Marcus Semien combined to go 6-for-9 with five runs scored in the top two spots in Chicago’s batting order.
Michael Cuddyer, the defending NL batting champion, had two hits, including a solo home run, to raise his average to .432 and Troy Tulowitzki drove in the other two runs with a double and sacrifice fly for Colorado. Rockies starter Franklin Morales (0-1) worked into the seventh inning for the first time since 2012, allowing six runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Garcia leaned on Morales' 0-2 pitch with two outs in the second and drilled it over the wall in left field for a 1-0 lead. Ramirez followed with a single to left and Flowers stepped up and hit one even deeper over the left-field fence for a 3-0 lead.
The Rockies sliced into the deficit with single runs in the fourth and sixth innings to make it 4-2, but Abreu slammed his first major league homer on the 12th pitch with two aboard for a 7-2 advantage in the seventh inning and the White Sox tacked on six more runs in the eighth for a double-digit lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The six home runs for White Sox are their most in a game since June 24, 2009, a 10-7 win against the Dodgers that also included a homer from Ramirez. … The White Sox didn't score more than 12 runs in a game last season. … Rockies 1B Justin Morneau also had two hits, the only other player for the Rockies with a multi-hit game, and has hit safely in all seven games he has appeared this season.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. White Sox
|
19 |
6 |
38 |
.442 |
17 |
6 |
15 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| Colorado
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.226 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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