CUBS 11, SOX 9
Jonesing for trouble
With most of the regulars gone, the Sox knotted this one up, with prospects Laz Rivera (RBI double) and Luis Robert (two-run double) producing three runs in the seventh and No. 4 overall pick
Nick Madrigal sliding home with the tying run. But veteran right-hander Nate Jones gave up three runs the next inning, two on an oppositefield homer by 28-year-old minor-leaguer Wynton
Bernard. Jones faced four Cubs and didn’t record an out. He now owns a troubling 12.46 ERA. The Sox are 0-2 against their crosstown rival this spring.
Stage was set
Madrigal singled in a run to bring Robert to the plate as the winning run in the ninth, but Robert grounded into a game-ending 6-4-3 double play. The sellout crowd of 13,166 was the largest for a Sox home game this spring.
Lots of traffic for Giolito
Right-hander Lucas Giolito
(6.91 ERA) struck out seven but walked two and allowed five runs and six hits, including two homers, over five innings. Giolito struck out four (there was a dropped third strike) in the first after Albert Almora
Jr.’s leadoff homer. Giolito, who threw 85 pitches, 57 for strikes, says he has a good feel for his curveball, but “I would like to execute some pitches better. There were some pitches, especially fastballs, a little up in the zone.”
Moncada goes deep
Yoan Moncada belted a three-run homer against left-hander Cole Hamels and walked in four plate appearances. Moncada is hitting .379 with a 1.210 OPS this spring. Jose Abreu (.343 average, .933 OPS), James
McCann (.407, 1.040), Brandon Guyer, Danny Mendick
and Rivera each had two hits for the Sox (7-11-2).
On deck
Dodgers at Sox, Glendale, 3:05 p.m. Saturday, NBCSCH,
Tony Goslin vs. Ivan Nova.