AJ Pollock, Elvis Andrus homer as Sox win for fifth time in last six games
Lance Lynn pitched a seven-inning masterpiece, AJ Pollock and Andrus homered, and the White Sox cooled off the red-hot Mariners with a 3-2 victory Monday to stay on the heels of the first-place Guardians in the American League Central.
Opening a seven-game road trip and winning for the fifth time in six games, the Sox (68-67) improved to 23-5 with they hit multiple homers and let Lynn do the rest. Kendall Graveman pitched a scoreless eighth and Liam Hendriks survived a perilous ninth, allowing a run and leaving the tying and winning runs in scoring position when he struck out pinch hitter Adam Frazier to end the game and halt Seattle’s seven-game winning streak.
Lynn retired the last 17 batters he faced and finished with seven innings of three-hit ball, allowing one unearned run while walking one and striking out 11. He lowered his ERA to 4.34, throwing 89 pitches and getting 25 swinging strikes.
Lynn owns a 2.28 ERA over his last nine starts, and boasts a 73-5 strikeouts to walks ratio in his last 10.
