Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays

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CWS	0	5	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	12	12	0
TOR	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	7	1

Anthony Kay (6-4, 4.24 ERA) got the ball for Chicago looking to bounce back from a rough outing against Boston, while Toronto turned to Rule 5 find Spencer Miles (4-1, 3.52 ERA) for the 7:15 PM ET first pitch.

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White Sox(50-45)

WWWLL

12

+1.5-170+122o8.5-104

Blue Jays(45-51)

LLWWW

4

-1.5+167-125u8.5+106

Best BetWhite Sox +112

Postgame

White Sox cruised to a 12-4 win, cashing the moneyline pick easily as the lineup's scoring-burst upside showed up in a big way.

Pregame

We took the White Sox at plus money and it paid off in a laugher. Chicago's lineup has had stretches of real thump this year, and Friday was one of them, jumping on Toronto early and never letting the Blue Jays' shaky offense claw back into it.

Miles has been the feel-good story of the Blue Jays' season, a former fourth-round Giants pick who barely pitched above rookie ball before Toronto plucked him in the Rule 5 draft — and he'd carried a sub-2.20 ERA over his first stretch in the rotation. None of that showed up Friday. He couldn't hold a lineup that had scored in bunches all series, and the Blue Jays' offense, already dragging with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. mired in one of the quietest power seasons of his career, had no answer once Chicago got rolling.

Anthony Kay

(7-5)·4.25 ERA

Jul 9 vs Red Sox

L

5.1IP

2ER

4K

2BB

92P

07/17 Lineup

Spencer Miles

(4-2)·3.26 ERA

Jul 7 @ Giants

ND

4.0IP

2ER

1K

0BB

55P

07/17 Lineup

This was the kind of laugher that swings on two innings. The White Sox put up 5 in the 2nd and added 4 more in the 7th, the kind of crooked-number stretches that turn a competitive game into a rout before the home crowd even gets settled in.

Chicago's offense has been feast-or-famine lately, and Friday was the feast — 12 hits, 12 runs, no errors, clean baseball from top to bottom. Toronto, by contrast, made it worse on itself with a fielding error to go with 7 hits, the kind of sloppy edges that turn a bad loss into a lopsided one.

Chicago White Sox

(50-45)

Jul 12Wvs Athletics9-1

Jul 11Wvs Athletics1-0

Jul 10Wvs Athletics14-1

Jul 9Lvs Red Sox1-2

Jul 8Lvs Red Sox0-5

Toronto Blue Jays

(45-51)

Jul 12L@ Padres4-5

Jul 12L@ Padres7-8

Jul 11W@ Padres5-3

Jul 8W@ Giants10-0

Jul 8W@ Giants9-3

The result fits a pattern for both clubs. The White Sox have quietly won 3 of their last 5 and are hanging around .500 despite a battered rotation, while the Blue Jays are stuck at 45-51, still waiting on Guerrero to find his stroke and now nursing a laundry list of injuries on the position-player side. A blowout like this doesn't fix Toronto's issues — it just puts them under a brighter light.

Chicago White Sox

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• 7-Day ILEverson Pereira (RF) — Pereira (concussion) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday, LaMond Pope of the Chicago Tribune reports.07/18
• 15-Day-ILTyler Gilbert (RP) — The White Sox placed Gilbert on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a left shoulder impingement.06/10
• 60-Day-ILDrew Thorpe (SP) — Thorpe (elbow) will begin a rehab assignment in the Arizona Complex League on Saturday, LaMond Pope of the Chicago Tribune reports.07/18
• 60-Day-ILAustin Hays (LF) — Hays (calf) is on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Friday, LaMond Pope of the Chicago Tribune reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILPrelander Berroa (RP) — The White Sox announced Saturday that Berroa (elbow) will start throwing again in 1-to-2 weeks, MLB.com reports.07/07
• 60-Day-ILKy Bush (SP) — Bush (elbow) has resumed participating in long toss, MLB.com reports.07/05
• 60-Day-ILJordan Leasure (RP) — Leasure (forearm) said Friday that he will be shut down from throwing for four weeks, James Fegan of SoxMachine.com reports.05/30
• 60-Day-ILMike Vasil (RP) — The White Sox transferred Vasil (elbow) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Tuesday.05/08
• 60-Day-ILTanner Murray (LF) — The White Sox transferred Murray (shoulder) to the 60-day injured list Monday.05/08
• 60-Day-ILBrooks Baldwin (LF) — The White Sox transferred Baldwin (elbow) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday.05/08

Toronto Blue Jays

(10)

• 10-Day-ILLenyn Sosa (2B) — Sosa (wrist) resumed hitting in batting cages earlier this week after experiencing a setback in his rehab program, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.07/17
• 10-Day-ILAddison Barger (RF) — Barger (back/elbow) remains shut down from baseball activities, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.07/17
• 10-Day-ILJesus Sanchez (RF) — The Blue Jays announced July 6 that Sanchez (ankle) has been running and hitting at the club's complex in Florida, MLB.com reports.07/14
• 15-Day-ILMax Scherzer (SP) — Scherzer's (back) rehab assignment has been paused after he received three cortisone injections in his right thumb Monday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILAnthony Santander (RF) — Santander is still dealing with discomfort in his surgically-repaired left shoulder and recently got another cortisone shot, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILYimi Garcia (RP) — Garcia (elbow/neck/biceps) was cleared to throw a bullpen session late last week, MLB.com reports.07/14
• 60-Day-ILJoe Mantiply (RP) — Mantiply will undergo arthroscopic surgery to repair some damage in his left knee, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.06/04
• 60-Day-ILJose Berrios (SP) — Blue Jays manager John Schneider said that Berrios underwent full Tommy John surgery Wednesday in addition to having a stress fracture repaired, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports.05/27
• 60-Day-ILCody Ponce (SP) — Ponce underwent surgery Friday to repair the ACL in his right knee, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILBowden Francis (SP) — The Blue Jays placed Francis (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Wednesday.05/08