CHICAGO -- Logan Morrison makes himself heard daily in the Tampa Bay Rays clubhouse. Lately, he's been doing the same thing on the field.
Morrison hit his 34th homer and drove in three runs, Blake Snell pitched into the seventh inning to win his third straight decision and the Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday night.
Morrison, who went 3 for 4, has five homers in his last five games. He's hitting .480 (12 for 25) with 11 RBI in that span.
"Yeah, he's loud," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. "Hopefully, his bat just continues to be as loud as his mouth."
Snell (3-6) allowed one unearned run and induced three double plays in 6 2/3 innings. He hasn't lost since July 24.
Alex Colome got the final three outs for his major league-leading 41st save in 46 opportunities.
The Rays have won two straight and are three games out of the second wildcard spot in the AL.
Kevan Smith went 2 for 4 with a run scored for Chicago, which has dropped four straight.
Reynaldo Lopez (0-2) allowed three runs and five hits with seven strikeouts in six innings. Lopez, who had been on the disabled list since Aug. 19 with a strained back, settled down after a shaky start and retired the last 11 batters he faced.
"Other than for a couple of pitches, I thought he did a nice job," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "You could kind of see him settling down, feeling a little more comfortable as the game progressed."
Morrison put the Rays on top with a two-run shot in the first. Lopez left a 2-2 changeup out over the plate and Morrison sent it six rows back in the right-center bleachers.
"I swung at one down out of the zone earlier in the at-bat," he said. "He went fastball away off the plate and came back to the changeup. It was just something I saw pretty well and was able to get the barrel to it and get enough on it to get it out."
Chicago got its only run in the second. Smith doubled with one out and scored when Leury Garcia hit an infield single and Morrison's throw to first sailed past Snell.
Morrison hit an RBI single in his next at-bat.
Snell was lifted with two outs and one on in the seventh despite having thrown just 85 pitches.
"I knew he had more pitches left in the tank, but our bullpen's been so good for us," Cash said. "He had done his job."
PITCHER'S BEST FRIEND
Shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria started all three double plays, including one in the fifth when he fielded a one-hop smash by Chicago's Tim Anderson with a backhand stab.
"He makes everything look easy and those are not easy plays," Cash said.
SEPTEMBER CALLUPS
With rosters expanding from 25 to 40 on Friday, the Rays called up C Curt Casali, RHP Ryne Stanek and LHP Adam Kolarek from Triple-A Durham. Casali hit .263 with five homers for Durham this season.
The White Sox recalled RHP Carson Fulmer and LHP David Holmberg from Triple-A Charlotte. Fulmer, Chicago's first-round draft pick in 2015, made one start in the majors this season, allowing six runs and four hits in 1 1/3 innings on Aug. 21 against Minnesota. He likely will be used as a reliever and spot starter this month.
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: 1B Jose Abreu missed a second straight game with a sore right elbow. Abreu wanted to play and lobbied to get in the lineup. "That's my decision to keep him out," Renteria said. ... INF/OF Garcia left after the fourth with a right hand contusion. He slid headfirst into first base on an infield hit in the second. ... 2B Yoan Moncada (bone contusion in right shin) has been cleared to resume baseball activities this weekend. He's eligible to come off the 10-day DL on Monday, but likely won't be ready then.
UP NEXT
Rays RHP Chris Archer (9-7, 3.66 ERA) faces LHP Carlos Rodon (2-5, 4.27) in the second game of the series Saturday night. Archer is 2-0 with a 5.40 ERA on the road against Chicago. Rodon allowed five runs and seven hits in his last start against Detroit last Saturday.
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Morrison hit his 34th homer and drove in three runs, Blake Snell pitched into the seventh inning to win his third straight decision and the Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday night.
Morrison, who went 3 for 4, has five homers in his last five games. He's hitting .480 (12 for 25) with 11 RBI in that span.
"Yeah, he's loud," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. "Hopefully, his bat just continues to be as loud as his mouth."
Snell (3-6) allowed one unearned run and induced three double plays in 6 2/3 innings. He hasn't lost since July 24.
Alex Colome got the final three outs for his major league-leading 41st save in 46 opportunities.
The Rays have won two straight and are three games out of the second wildcard spot in the AL.
Kevan Smith went 2 for 4 with a run scored for Chicago, which has dropped four straight.
Reynaldo Lopez (0-2) allowed three runs and five hits with seven strikeouts in six innings. Lopez, who had been on the disabled list since Aug. 19 with a strained back, settled down after a shaky start and retired the last 11 batters he faced.
"Other than for a couple of pitches, I thought he did a nice job," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "You could kind of see him settling down, feeling a little more comfortable as the game progressed."
Morrison put the Rays on top with a two-run shot in the first. Lopez left a 2-2 changeup out over the plate and Morrison sent it six rows back in the right-center bleachers.
"I swung at one down out of the zone earlier in the at-bat," he said. "He went fastball away off the plate and came back to the changeup. It was just something I saw pretty well and was able to get the barrel to it and get enough on it to get it out."
Chicago got its only run in the second. Smith doubled with one out and scored when Leury Garcia hit an infield single and Morrison's throw to first sailed past Snell.
Morrison hit an RBI single in his next at-bat.
Snell was lifted with two outs and one on in the seventh despite having thrown just 85 pitches.
"I knew he had more pitches left in the tank, but our bullpen's been so good for us," Cash said. "He had done his job."
PITCHER'S BEST FRIEND
Shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria started all three double plays, including one in the fifth when he fielded a one-hop smash by Chicago's Tim Anderson with a backhand stab.
"He makes everything look easy and those are not easy plays," Cash said.
SEPTEMBER CALLUPS
With rosters expanding from 25 to 40 on Friday, the Rays called up C Curt Casali, RHP Ryne Stanek and LHP Adam Kolarek from Triple-A Durham. Casali hit .263 with five homers for Durham this season.
The White Sox recalled RHP Carson Fulmer and LHP David Holmberg from Triple-A Charlotte. Fulmer, Chicago's first-round draft pick in 2015, made one start in the majors this season, allowing six runs and four hits in 1 1/3 innings on Aug. 21 against Minnesota. He likely will be used as a reliever and spot starter this month.
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: 1B Jose Abreu missed a second straight game with a sore right elbow. Abreu wanted to play and lobbied to get in the lineup. "That's my decision to keep him out," Renteria said. ... INF/OF Garcia left after the fourth with a right hand contusion. He slid headfirst into first base on an infield hit in the second. ... 2B Yoan Moncada (bone contusion in right shin) has been cleared to resume baseball activities this weekend. He's eligible to come off the 10-day DL on Monday, but likely won't be ready then.
UP NEXT
Rays RHP Chris Archer (9-7, 3.66 ERA) faces LHP Carlos Rodon (2-5, 4.27) in the second game of the series Saturday night. Archer is 2-0 with a 5.40 ERA on the road against Chicago. Rodon allowed five runs and seven hits in his last start against Detroit last Saturday.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Reynaldo Lopez pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Kiermaier singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Duda lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison homered to right center (407 feet), Kiermaier scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Anderson grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Saladino grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 0 |
| A. García grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Reynaldo Lopez pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Ramos grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Miller walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Hechavarria grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Davidson grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Smith doubled to deep right. | 2 | 0 |
| Hanson fouled out to catcher. | 2 | 0 |
| L. García reached on infield single to first, Smith scored on throwing error by first baseman Morrison. | 2 | 1 |
| Engel flied out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Reynaldo Lopez pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Kiermaier singled to left. | 2 | 1 |
| Duda fouled out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Longoria singled to left, Kiermaier to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Morrison singled to right, Kiermaier scored, Longoria to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Dickerson flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Anderson doubled to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Saladino flied out to right, Anderson to third. | 3 | 1 |
| A. García fouled out to first. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Reynaldo Lopez pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Ramos grounded out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Miller flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| Hechavarria struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Davidson lined out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Smith grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Hanson grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Reynaldo Lopez pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Davidson at third base. | 3 | 1 |
| Narváez at first base. | 3 | 1 |
| Sánchez at second base. | 3 | 1 |
| Kiermaier lined out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| Duda flied out to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Narváez safe at first on error by third baseman Longoria. | 3 | 1 |
| Engel fouled out to catcher. | 3 | 1 |
| Sánchez singled to shallow left, Narváez to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Anderson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Sánchez out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Reynaldo Lopez pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Morrison grounded out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 3 | 1 |
| Dickerson lined out to left. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Saladino flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| A. García singled to right center. | 3 | 1 |
| Davidson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, A. García out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake Petricka pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Petricka relieved López. | 3 | 1 |
| Ramos grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Hechavarria safe at first on error by first baseman Narváez. | 3 | 1 |
| Bummer relieved Petricka. | 3 | 1 |
| Kiermaier struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Smith singled to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Hanson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Smith out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| Narváez walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Cishek relieved Snell. | 3 | 1 |
| Narváez to second on wild pitch by Cishek. | 3 | 1 |
| Engel walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Sánchez singled to right, Narváez to third, Engel to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Anderson lined out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Aaron Bummer pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Duda grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 1 |
| Longoria grounded out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Morrison singled to left center, Morrison to second on error by left fielder Hanson. | 3 | 1 |
| Infante relieved Bummer. | 3 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tommy Hunter pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Hunter relieved Cishek. | 3 | 1 |
| Saladino flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| A. García struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Davidson struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Gregory Infante pitching for Chicago | TB | CHW |
| Dickerson lined out to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Ramos grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | CHW |
| Bourjos in left field. | 3 | 1 |
| Colomé relieved Hunter. | 3 | 1 |
| Smith grounded out to first. | 3 | 1 |
| Hanson grounded out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Narváez struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Kiermaier CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .275 | .342 | .446 |
| Duda DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .188 | .316 | .469 |
| Longoria 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .264 | .318 | .434 |
| Morrison 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .251 | .354 | .532 |
| Souza Jr. RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .249 | .355 | .488 |
| Dickerson LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .288 | .333 | .508 |
Bourjos LF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .283 | .399 |
| Ramos C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .230 | .267 | .375 |
| Miller 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .194 | .330 | .326 |
| Hechavarria SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .234 | .257 | .359 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 123 | |||
| BATTING HR: Morrison (34, 1st inning off López 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Morrison 3 (79) 2-out RBI: Morrison 2 Rays RISP: 1-4 (Dickerson 0-1, Souza Jr. 0-2, Morrison 1-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Morrison (4, throw); Longoria (9, ground ball) DP: 3 (Hechavarria-Miller-Morrison 3). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| 2B GARCÍA (RIGHT HAND CONTUSION) LEFT GAME TOP 5TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, IL |
| Attendance | 13,585 (33.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:34 |
| Weather | 67 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 13 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Laz Diaz, First Base - Cory Blaser, Second Base - Doug Eddings, Third Base - Jeff Nelson |
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