The Chicago White Sox, the team with baseball's worst record, hammered the New York Yankees, the team tied for the best record, 12-2, on Monday night, giving interim manager Grady Sizemore his first victory since taking over the club late last week.
The White Sox set season highs for runs and with 18 hits after dropping their first two games under Sizemore, who took over when the White Sox fired Pedro Grifol on Thursday. They had lost three straight since beating Oakland to stop a 21-game skid that matched an American League record.
The White Sox entered the day with the worst record in MLB, and the Yankees entered the day with a share of the best record. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the first time since Sept. 27, 1934 that a team with the worst record in MLB defeated the team with the best record by 10-plus runs in July or later. The winning team that day was the White Sox, who blanked the"It was amazing, so much fun," Sizemore said in his postgame media availability.
"I'm glad they've just been showing up," Sizemore said."They're coming to play, they're playing hard and they're battling. It was just a great team effort.". He came a few feet short of his 300th home run and a grand slam when he hit a fly to the warning track in the second. Bush allowed two runs and six hits over 4⅔ innings in his second major league start. The 24-year-old left-hander walked seven and threw 97 pitches after losing at Oakland last week in his debut.Gil threw 98 pitches in four innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. The 26-year-old right-hander walked two.
"Every time you lose, it's a missed opportunity," New York manager Aaron Boone said."We're playing for a lot every day, so it's sucks to lose. It's really good, exhilarating when you win, but either way, you turn the page."
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