Blue Sox Game #7 - Chicago 7, Blue Sox 6
Blue Sox Game #7 - Chicago 7, Blue Sox 6 Blue Sox Game #7 - Chicago 7, Blue Sox 6 (13 minutes). Blue Sox starter Chase Anderson was hit hard and early, giving up 5 runs in the first inning and leaving after 3 innings with Chicago leading 6-0. Chicago starter John Lester pitched 7-1/3 innings, allowing 6 runs on 12 hits and striking out 8 batters, but it was good enough for the win. Despite 16 hits, a comeback effort by the Blue Sox fell short. The teams combined for 23 men left on base. The Blue Sox narrowed the gap to 6-3 in the top of the 5th on Trey Mancini's 2-run homer and an rbi single by Tim Beckham. Chicago got their 7th run in the bottom of the 6th when a 2-out wild pitch by reliever Andrew Cashner allowed Lester, who had singled earlier in the inning, to score from thirdbase. With 1 out in the top of the 8th, Blue Sox pinch-hitter Nick Ahmed doubled, Welington Castillo tripled to make the score 7-4, and Jose Perza tripled to make the score 7-5. That was all ...