One swing of the bat from Julio Rodriguez was all of the Seattle Mariners wanted to beat the Chicago White Sox on Monday night time. The Mariners gained, 5-1, as Rodriguez’s grand slam proved to be greater than sufficient to take down the worst workforce within the American League.
Holding a 1-0 lead by way of seven innings because of a third-inning two-out RBI single by Jorge Polanco, the Mariners have been struggling to get extra runs on the board. That was till Rodriguez entered the batter’s field with the bases loaded and just one out within the high of the eighth inning.
Then, Rodriguez, who has skilled an up and down season, clobbered a pitch over the left discipline fence. Rodriguez’s grand slam was his eighth house run of the yr and put the sport out of attain for a struggling Chicago workforce, who was coming off being swept by its crosstown-rival Cubs following a rare series win over Cincinnati per week in the past.
