Major League Baseball: White Sox end 7-game losing streak
TAMPA BAY: Juan Pierre played out of his skin to lead Chicago White Sox to a comfortable victory over Tampa Bay Rays by 9-2 at Tropicana Field on Thursday which ended a seven games losing streak for the visitors.
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Juan Pierre, lead-off hitter for Chicago White Sox, showed his skills with great speed, as he bunted safely on a couple of occasions, and scored three runs banking on his pace.
It was his pace which forced the third baseman Felipe Lopez to throw a wild one thus allowing him to surge to third base.
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In the third innings, Pierre was once again speeding as he safely bunted resulting in a nine-batter, four-run innings taking Chicago White Sox to 5-0 lead.
Pierre told reporters after the game, “There was a big guy on the mound, so I was like: ‘I’ll try to get some bunts down and try to create things’. If I’m struggling personally and don’t get any bunt attempts, that doesn’t work in my favor. I tried to make it a point today to go out there and get some bunt attempts, but to get some hits also. It worked out well for us.”
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Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon was not happy with his team’s performance as he told media, “Eventually those add-on runs in the fifth and sixth hurt us, and that takes a little steam out of our momentum. I thought we did a lot of things well tonight. They just beat us.”
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