![]() ![]() “Looking to stay in that same area, in the high 90s, low 100s, right up until playoffs.”Īs the postseason nears, Giolito said his body “feels really good.” “It felt good to get the pitch count a little bit higher (97),” he said. Giolito described Sunday’s outing as “kind of a grinder battle.” The Sox saw plenty of good from Giolito, who allowed three runs and struck out eight in four innings in his first start back from the IL on Sept. “I always feel like you put it in play and good things are going to happen,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said. The Sox were limited to three hits Saturday in a 2-1 loss. White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson during the game against the Rangers on Sept. “We went out and we brought it and the bats were working today and we were able to get some runs and we were able to win the game.” “We wanted to win the series,” Anderson said. García drove in two with a double in the seventh. Yasmani Grandal homered and César Hernández and José Abreu had two-run singles in the inning.Ībreu, Anderson and Leury García each had two hits and scored once. The Sox took control with a five-run fourth. Today was a really good example of everybody being in the game.” That carries over and keeps momentum on our side. Even though we didn’t score any runs (in the first), I could feel that energy, that rhythm, that tempo. “I could feel that energy from the first inning. We were chirping, we were completely in the game pitch to pitch. Every single guy in the dugout was in it. “I feel like day games for me this year have not been the best, and for our team as a whole sometimes we come out a little bit flat on day games,” Giolito said. The team’s magic number for clinching the American League Central is four. Just continue to get more and more comfortable coming back off the IL.” “It was a good step forward from the last one. “If I can go into the sixth inning - I didn’t really have a good fastball, and so we’re relying on that off-speed stuff, using the fastball when we needed to. ![]() I was throwing a lot more strikes,” Giolito said. “I didn’t have as good stuff (Sunday), but I felt like the mix we had going was really solid. White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal celebrates his fourth-inning home run as he round the bases against the Rangers on Sept. ![]()
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