Miguel Cairo hopes to succeed Tony La Russa as White Sox manager
Despite not completing a comeback to the postseason this year, the White Sox are 17-15 since Cairo took over following La Russa's medical leave.
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Despite not completing a comeback to the postseason this year, the White Sox are 17-15 since Cairo took over following La Russa's medical leave.
Josh Harrison hit a two-run homer in the White Sox' fourth win in five games.
La Russa, who turns 78 on Tuesday, stepped away from the team at the end of August on the advice of his doctors and underwent a procedure to repair his pacemaker.
Liam Hendriks pitched a perfect ninth for his 34th save for the White Sox, who moved one game ahead of the Twins for second place in the AL Central.
The Guardians have an 11-game lead on the Twins and White Sox, who have been two of baseball's most disappointing teams this season.
The Sox struck out 14 times in the game.
The White Sox came out still reeling from the sweep by the Guardians that all-but dashed their hopes of making the postseason a third straight year.
The White Sox (76-74) have dropped three straight and four of six overall.
The White Sox (76-73) lost for the third time in their last five games.
Cleveland has now won the season series against the White Sox, holding a tiebreaker in the event the teams finish the season tied for first place.
Former Cub Javy Báez finished 3-for-3 with a triple, a double, a single, a walk, a stolen base and two errors for the Tigers.
Elvis Andrus hit one of the White Sox' five home runs off rookie Hunter Gaddis — and backed up a pregame swipe at the Guardians.
The White Sox fell four games behind AL Central-leading Cleveland with 19 games remaining.
Eloy Jiménez hit a three-run homer and Miguel Cairo directed the Chicago White Sox to another victory, topping the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.
A.J. Pollack and Andrew Vaughn each had four hits, helping Lance Lynn (6-5) and the surging White Sox win for the ninth time in 11 games.
