Davis Martin can't escape nightmare sixth inning in White Sox' loss to Astros
<p>Davis Martin was practically in cruise control Friday against the Astros, throwing five scoreless innings and taking a five-run lead into the sixth, having escaped his only two innings with multiple baserunners.</p><p>But he couldn’t escape that nightmare inning.</p><p>The Astros sent 14 batters to the plate and scored eight times, the big blows being Christian Walker’s three-run double and Cam Smith’s two-run home run, sending the White Sox to a 9-5 loss.</p><p>“Just couldn’t get any outs,” Sox manager Will Venable said. “They did a good job putting the ball in play.”</p><p>“It’s unacceptable,” Martin said.
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<p>Davis Martin was practically in cruise control Friday against the Astros, throwing five scoreless innings and taking a five-run lead into the sixth, having escaped his only two innings with multiple baserunners.</p><p>But he couldn’t escape that nightmare inning.</p><p>The Astros sent 14 batters to the plate and scored eight times, the big blows being Christian Walker’s three-run double and Cam Smith’s two-run home run, sending the White Sox to a 9-5 loss.</p><p>“Just couldn’t get any outs,” Sox manager Will Venable said. “They did a good job putting the ball in play.”</p><p>“It’s unacceptable,” Martin said. “The tone-setting in the sixth inning was really bad on my part, which leads to a bigger inning.”</p><p>That it did. After allowing three hits in five innings, Martin allowed singles to slugger Yordan Alvarez, Jose Altuve and LaMonte Wade and plunked Isaac Paredes.</p><p>“For me, Yordan single, you keep him in the yard, that’s great,” Davis said.
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- <p>Davis Martin was practically in cruise control Friday against the Astros, throwing five scoreless innings and taking a five-run lead into the sixth, having escaped his only two innings with multiple baserunners.</p><p>But he couldn’t escape that nightmare inning.</p><p>The Astros sent 14 batters to the plate and scored eight times, the big blows being Christian Walker’s three-run double and Cam Smith’s two-run home run, sending the White Sox to a 9-5 loss.</p><p>“Just couldn’t get any outs,” Sox manager Will Venable said. “They did a good job putting the ball in play.”</p><p>“It’s unacceptable,” Martin said.
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