Yoán Moncada hits 2 of the Chicago White Sox’s 5 residence runs in a 14-2 rout: ‘He’s been aggressive, he’s swinging it’

Elvis Andrus hit the second pitch of Thursday’s sport in opposition to the Oakland Athletics over the left-field wall for a leadoff homer.

Four pitches later, Yoán Moncada homered.

“It’s important when you go ahead early because that’s going to show you where to go,” Moncada stated by means of an interpreter. “But at same time, you know that you have to keep going. You can’t get comfortable with an early lead. You have to keep trying to add runs.”

The Sox did that, after which some, with Moncada main the way in which.

The third baseman tied a career-high with 5 hits, together with two of the group’s 5 homers because the Sox clobbered the A’s 14-2 in entrance of 4,591 at Oakland Coliseum.

Moncada hit the solo homer within the first and a three-run homer within the second. He singled twice, doubled and had 5 RBIs.

“Just being aggressive with the pitches in the strike zone,” Moncada stated of his method.

Andrus drove in two, Eloy Jiménez hit a two-run homer and Romy Gonzalez had a three-run residence run because the Sox opened the four-game sequence with an offensive outburst.

“It was nice to see those bats,” Sox performing supervisor Miguel Cairo stated. “And you know, Moncada, Gonzo, everyone had good at bats. And it was nice to put a crooked number in there (Thursday).”

The 14 runs are probably the most the Sox ever have scored in 309 video games on the Coliseum, in response to the group. The 5 residence runs matched probably the most by the Sox in a sport on the ballpark (first achieved on Sept. 27, 1981).

The Sox remained tied for second with the Minnesota Twins within the American League Central, 1½ video games behind the Cleveland Guardians.

The Sox led 6-0 after two innings, which was a lot for Dylan Cease.

The Cy Young Award candidate allowed three hits in six scoreless innings in his first begin since coming within one out of a no-hitter Saturday against the Twins.

Cease struck out 9 and walked two to enhance to 14-6. His third strikeout, Cristian Pache to finish the second, was Cease’s 2 hundredth of the season.

It’s his second straight season with not less than 200 strikeouts. He’s the seventh pitcher in franchise historical past with a number of 200-strikeout seasons, becoming a member of Ed Walsh (5), Chris Sale (4), Lucas Giolito (2), Javier Vázquez (2), Tom Bradley (2) and Gary Peters (2), in response to the Sox.

“(Thursday) was good,” Cease stated. “I wasted some pitches in the middle innings but other than that I was pretty solid, attacking all night and (catcher) Seby (Zavala) called a great game. The defensively played great and the offense showed up, so all around good one.”

The Sox scored 13 runs — 4 within the first — in assist of Cease’s one-hitter in opposition to the Twins.

The offense obtained going early once more Thursday with the back-to-back homers by Andrus and Moncada.

Andrus drove in Gonzalez with a single within the second. Moncada adopted with the three-run homer, making it 6-0.

“He’s kind of set a tone for the whole lineup,” Cairo stated of Andrus.

Cairo stated of Moncada, “He’s been aggressive, he’s swinging it and that’s what we’re looking for and I’m glad that it’s happening right now when it matters.”

Moncada singled and scored on Jiménez’s two-run homer within the fourth.

Gonzalez, who had 4 of the group’s 21 hits, doubled and scored on a single by Adam Engel within the fifth. Moncada added the RBI double later within the inning. Gonzalez hit his three-run homer in the course of the four-run sixth.

“He’s been getting good at-bats since he’s been playing and I told him he’s going to be playing,” Cairo stated. “I told him to have fun, go out there and just do the job and don’t worry about anything.”

Moncada’s fifth hit, a single, got here within the inning. He beforehand had five hits June 15 in Detroit.

The Sox scored 13 runs in that sport, one in all 3 times they’ve achieved the feat this season. They set a season excessive Thursday with the 14 runs whereas successful for the seventh time in 9 video games.

“It’s fun when you see everybody contributing and adding to the team,” Moncada stated. “This final stretch, coming in, everybody is trying their best, everybody’s having fun, everybody’s relaxed and with the results coming to our favor, that helps, too.”

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