Cal Raleigh homered and knocked in three runs as the visiting Seattle Mariners completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 6-3 win on Sunday.
Bryce Miller (8-7) picked up the win after allowing three runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings. Miller walked none and fanned six. Three relievers took care of the final eight outs, with Andres Munoz pitching the ninth for his 18th save in 21 chances.
Garrett Crochet (6-8) struggled in what might be his final start for Chicago before Tuesday’s trade deadline. Rumored to be on the market, Crochet lasted only three innings and 64 pitches, allowing six hits and five runs, three of them earned. He walked one and struck out three.
Raleigh got to him right away, putting Seattle in charge with a two-run blast in the first inning. Raleigh’s 22nd homer of the year came off a fastball and traveled an estimated 379 feet into the seats in left center.
The Mariners made it 3-0 in the second when Leo Rivas notched his first major league RBI on a fielder’s choice grounder to short that scored Dylan Moore. He led off with a ground-rule double and stole third while Mitch Haniger drew a walk.
Seattle upped the advantage to 5-0 in the third as the White Sox played defense like the 27-81 team that they are, making a pair of errors. Third baseman Paul DeJong committed both, booting Haniger’s grounder that allowed Jorge Polanco and Moore to score.
Tommy Pham got Chicago on the board in its half of the third by punching a two-out RBI single to right that plated Korey Lee. But the Mariners answered in the fourth via Raleigh’s run-scoring single to left-center field that scored Victor Robles.
DeJong made up for his third-inning defensive woes in the seventh by chasing Miller with his 18th homer, a two-run blast to center that flew an estimated 430 feet and scored Andrew Benintendi.
Robles, Raleigh and new acquisition Randy Arozarena each bagged two of Seattle’s eight hits.
The White Sox lost their 14th straight game for the second time this year.
–Field Level Media
