Six Pack of Stats: White Sox 9, Mariners 6

Despite a downright brutal showing yesterday — and an equally alarming start to this one — the White Sox bounced back in fine fashion to take two of three from the Mariners and secure their third consecutive series win since an embarrassing home sweep to the Diamondbacks. Aided by poor Seattle defense, the Sox lineup dropped six unanswered runs on their hosts after trailing 4-0 through three innings, then rallied for three more after Seattle stuck an additional two runs on the team’s most recent bullpen additions, Jake Diekman and Joe Kelly. Eloy Jiménez carried the offense with three hits and three driven in, and Liam Hendriks shut the door for his 32nd save of the season. With Minnesota’s loss to the Yankees in the first leg of their doubleheader and Cleveland set to take on Kansas City shortly, the Sox are a half-game back of the former and 2.5 games back of the latter in the AL Central.

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