Jerry Sands made the most of his 10th start of the season on Thursday night.
The White Sox designated hitter had a sense the curveball was coming in his first at-bat and then eliminated it from his gameplan the rest of the way. Sands’ approach resulted in two critical hits in support of Chris Sale in a 2-1 White Sox win over the Houston Astros at U.S. Cellular Field. Sands had his team’s only hits with runners in scoring position as Sale won for the ninth time in nine starts.
“It’s huge,” Sands said. “You think the one (run) is enough most of the time.