Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Conor Gillaspie's grand slam powered the
Chicago Solid navy;background-color:yellow"> White Sox to a 7-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the rubber
match of a three-game set on Sunday.
Jordan Danks hit a two-run homer and finished with three RBI, while Alejandro
De Aza had two hits and a run scored for the Solid navy;background-color:yellow"> White Sox, who have won five of
their last six games against the Blue Jays.
Scott Carroll (5-7) earned the win despite giving up five runs on eight hits
and three walks with two strikeouts across 5 2/3 innings.
Jose Reyes went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and Edwin Encarnacion stroked a
two-run shot for Toronto, which has dropped five of its last six.
Starter Drew Hutchison (8-11) allowed seven runs on eight hits and three walks
over seven frames in defeat.
The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the first. Reyes led off the frame with a
double to right and moved to third on Melky Cabrera's sacrifice bunt.
Jose Bautista's grounder was fielded by first baseman Jose Abreu, whose throw
home reached catcher Adrian Nieto in time. Reyes jumped over Nieto and was
tagged out after failing to touch the plate. After an umpire's review, the out
call was overturned with the ruling being that Nieto blocked the plate.
In the home half, De Aza hit a leadoff single and Adam Dunn and Avisail Garcia
both worked two-out walks to load the bases. Gillaspie then crushed a fastball
over the wall in right center field for a grand slam.
Gordon Beckham kept the rally going with a single to left and Danks homered to
left-center field made it a 6-1 game.
Josh Thole's walk led off the fifth for Toronto ,and Reyes and Cabrera both
singled to load the bases with no outs. Thole scored when Bautista grounded
into a double play and Encarnacion followed with a two-run blast to left,
getting the Blue Jays within two runs.
Colby Rasmus opened the sixth with a single to left and Juan Francisco doubled
to right. Dioner Navarro then greeted Daniel Webb with an RBI single to right,
making it a 6-5 ball game.
Danks' sac fly to deep left plated Gillaspie for a 7-5 score in the home half.
Zach Putnam tossed a scoreless eighth for Chicago and Jake Petricka worked
around a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to secure his ninth save of the season.
Pinch-hitter Nolan Reimold grounded out to second to end the game.