Cano's homer backs Paxton on South Side
CHICAGO -- Robinson Cano didn't leave his heroics in Miami, following up his All-Star Game Most Valuable Player performance with a three-run homer to help power the Mariners to a 4-2 win over the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday."I knew I hit it good," Cano said of
CHICAGO --
"I knew I hit it good," Cano said of his homer, which barely cleared the right-center-field fence. "Maybe I left my power at the All-Star Game. Nah, just kidding."
White Sox right-hander
"Obviously I didn't want to throw the ball down the middle to Cano," Shields said. "I wanted to get it inside, off the plate a bit. If I make my pitches right there, I think it's a whole different ballgame."
That was enough for Mariners left-hander
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"Really nice ballgame," said Mariners manager Scott Servais. "Really dominant pitching tonight. ... It was a good complete game, and we've got to continue to roll with this and keep building."
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That's wild: With the White Sox trailing 3-2 in the fifth, they needed a clean inning from Shields. He gave up a leadoff double to Segura, who moved over to third on a groundout. But with two outs, Shields' two-strike curveball scooted past catcher
"You can control those things," Shields said. "The wild pitch, we can control that. I'm not happy with the outing, but we're going to keep grinding it out and move forward."
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"Sally did a nice job in that at-bat," said White Sox manager Rick Renteria . "With two strikes, he worked it 3-2, fouled off a few pitches then the ground-rule double. It was nice to see that."
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"It's always tough to lose a teammate, especially Q. He's a professional baseball player, and he goes about his business every day, works hard every day. Great guy, great teammate. It's tough to lose guys, but we know as players it's part of the game. His name has been floated around quite a bit." -- Shields, following Thursday's trade of
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Haniger made a critical play in the ninth inning, ranging into the gap in right-center field to rob White Sox first baseman
"[The bullpen] did a great job today. Defense was great," Paxton said. "[Haniger] made a great play in the ninth there, catching that ball. Everyone looked good coming out of the break."
WHAT'S NEXT
Mariners:
White Sox:Mike Pelfrey (3-7, 4.83 ERA) will start for a reshuffled White Sox rotation in the second game of this weekend's three-game set at 6:10 p.m. CT. He last appeared out of the bullpen in Chicago's 10-0 loss to the Rockies on Sunday, his second relief outing of the season.
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Fabian Ardaya is a reporter for MLB.com based in Chicago who covered the White Sox on Friday.
Scott Chasen is a reporter for MLB.com based in Chicago who covered the Mariners on Friday.