‘Fire Tony!’ chants break out; White Sox fall to Rangers
CHICAGO » Loud chants of “Fire Tony!” broke out at Guaranteed Rate Field as manager Tony La Russa and the Chicago White Sox blew a five-run lead and lost to the Texas Rangers 11-9 in 10 innings on Saturday.
La Russa has been under increased scrutiny this week since ordering an unconventional intentional walk in a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The White Sox won the AL Central last season, but now are just 27-30 under their 77-year-old Hall of Fame manager.
Chicago has lost three of four. Texas won for just the fourth time in its last 11 games.
Jake Burger hit a three-run homer off AL ERA leader Martín Pérez, helping Chicago take a 5-0 lead into the fifth.
BRAVES 10, PIRATES 4 » Dansby Swanson blooped a three-run single and Ozzie Albies added a grand slam in an eight-run seventh inning as Atlanta extending its winning streak to 10 games.
Ronald Acuña Jr. and Austin Riley also homered for the Braves, on their longest winning streak
since 14 in a row from July 26 to Aug. 9, 2013.
ATHLETICS 10, GUARDIANS 5 » Seth Brown’s grand slam capped a fiverun seventh inning, and Oakland stopped a 10-game skid — its longest in 11 years — by beating Cleveland.
CARDINALS 5, REDS 4 » Tommy Edman hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning for the first walkoff RBI of his major league career as St. Louis rallied past Cincinnati.
Cincinnati led 4-1 in the eighth but blew a save for the seventh time in 17 chances despite outhitting the Cards 12-7.
TIGERS 3, BLUE JAYS 1 » Rookie Beau Brieske pitched into the sixth inning and earned his first major league victory, Víctor Reyes came off the injured list and had three hits and Detroit beat Toronto.
TWINS 6, RAYS 5 » MLB batting leader Luis Arraez hit his first career grand slam and Minnesota spoiled Shane Baz’s season debut, beating Tampa Bay.
NATIONALS 6, BREWERS 6 » Juan Soto, Nelson Cruz and Josh Bell hit consecutive homers and Washington sent Milwaukee to its eighth consecutive loss.
ORIOLES 6, ROYALS 4 » Tyler Nevin hit a three-run home run and Cedric Mullins and Austin Hays each added an RBI, leading Baltimore over Kansas City.
PADRES 2, ROCKIES 1 » Automatic runner Manny Machado hustled home when a two-out wild pitch in the 10th inning led to a throwing error by catcher Elias Díaz, lifting San Diego to the win in the opener of a doubleheader with Colorado.