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ST. PETERSBURG Michael Lorenzen Jersey , Fla. (AP) — Leury Garcia’s risky play in the ninth inning turned into a costly mistake by Matt Duffy. error on Garcia’s two-strike bunt, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Saturday night for their third straight win.Anderson led off the ninth with a double off Yonny Chirinos (0-4). Garcia then bunted a 0-2 pitch toward third, and Duffy threw wildly toward first.“He was looking at the defense, hoping to split them probably a little more,” White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. “But if you hustle, if you put more pressure on the defense, you give yourself a chance. It worked out. A pretty good defender threw wild to first.”Duffy said he air-mailed his throw a little bit.“Just a physical mistake,” he said.Xavier Cedeno (2-0) got the last out of the eighth for the win, and Thyago Vieira pitched the ninth for his first major league save.Jose Abreu hit his 19th homer in the fourth for Chicago, tying it at 1. It was Abreu’s third homer in three games, and his ninth in 29 games against Tampa Bay.Tampa Bay left-hander Blake Snell allowed three hits in four innings in his first start for the Rays since July 12. After pitching in the All-Star Game on July 17, the 12-game winner missed a start due to left shoulder fatigue.“Overall I’m happy with the way I felt,” he said. “It was more draining than I expected but I could have gone out again. It’s something to build on.”Snell became the first pitcher with 12 consecutive home starts of giving up one or fewer earned runs since Max Lanier of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1943-44. He has an earned run average of 0.97 in nine home starts this year.Carlos Rodon pitched six effective innings for the White Sox. He yielded an unearned run and three hits with four strikeouts and five walks.Carlos Gomez scored Tampa Bay’s only run after a double in in the second inning. Gomez moved up on a passed ball and scored on Willy Adames‘ infield single.It was the 25th one-run loss of the season for the Rays, who had only three hits.Renteria was ejected by umpire Jerry Meals during the fifth inning after a replay confirmed a disputed forceout of Yolmer Sanchez at second base.“You’re not allowed to expose yourself to conversation with the umpire once the replay is called http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey ,” said Renteria. “To their credit, they kept trying to stop me but I just wanted to make sure my sentiments were understood.”ACTING AWARDGomez went down to the ground following a step toward first base after getting hit for his AL-leading 17th time in the sixth. He then got back up smiling and pointing toward the Tampa Bay dugout.It turned out to be a staged comedy performance.“We were playing around the other day. I said as a joke to (manager Kevin) Cash and the training staff, ‘I’m the only one to get hit that you never come out to check on me,'” Gomez said. “So I said, ‘Hey next time I’m going to look like I’m going to die.'”Gomez and Rodon shared a laugh along the third-base line after the inning.“He thought like something happened,” Gomez said. “I apologized to him. Nothing happened. Just trying to make it fun.”10 YEARS AFTERTwenty members of the Rays’ 2008 AL championship team were honored in a pregame ceremony, along with three coaches and Soot Zimmer, widow of former Rays senior adviser Don Zimmer.TRAINER’S ROOMWhite Sox: Anderson has been playing with a tender left knee. He said he intends to play through it.Rays: INF Daniel Robertson was placed on the 10-day DL with a sprained left thumb and might miss the rest of the season. He is scheduled to see a hand specialist Sunday.UP NEXTRight-hander James Shields (4-13) is scheduled to start Sunday’s series finale for the White Sox, who are trying to win four straight for the first time this season. Tampa Bay’s career leader in wins (87), Shields is 3-0 in four careers starts against his former team. Hunter Wood or Ryne Stanek will start for the Rays. ATLANTA (AP) — Even with all their star power and deep pockets, all their booming hitters and ace pitchers, the Los Angeles Dodgers are approaching three decades since their last World Series championship.They’re making another run at that elusive title.Only this time, Manny Machado is along for the ride.The slugging shortstop hit a three-run homer that wrapped up a 6-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday, sending Los Angeles to the NL Championship Series for the third year in a row and fourth time in six seasons.This is what the Dodgers had in mind when they acquired the free agent-to-be from the lowly Baltimore Orioles back in July.They’re hoping Machado is the one who turns Tinseltown into Titletown for the first time since 1988.“Can’t say enough about him Scott Feldman Jersey ,” Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. “A player of his caliber, there are so many expectations put on him.”Machado had only three hits in a 3-1 division series victory over the Braves, but two of them were homers. He finished with six RBIs.“We prepared ourselves to get here,” Machado said. “We’re not going to stop till we get what we want.”Clearly, nothing less than a World Series title will do. While the Dodgers went through the customary celebration that follows any postseason victory — they doled out T-shirts and caps, posed for pictures in the middle of SunTrust Park, then doused themselves with beer in the clubhouse — the focus turned quickly to the next round.The Dodgers will face the Brewers in the NLCS. Game 1 is Friday night in Milwaukee.“We all know that there’s a lot more work to be done,” Roberts said. “We have eight more wins to go.”Los Angeles spent much of the season locked in a tight race with division rivals Colorado and Arizona, and required a one-game playoff with the Rockies to clinch its sixth straight NL West title.“We took a hard path to get to this point, but I do think it made us stronger and kind of galvanized our team,” Roberts said.It certainly helps to have a player of Machado’s caliber bolstering an already potent lineup. The Dodgers hit a franchise-record 235 homers during the regular season, and added eight more in the NLDS.“They’re a very powerful team,” Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. “It’s what they’ve done all year is hit home runs. We’re not built like that yet.”Indeed, the Baby Braves were thoroughly overmatched in their first postseason appearance since 2013 http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey , hitting .154 overall and scoring just eight runs. Though the future looks bright for a team that pulled off a massive rebuilding job much quicker than expected, Atlanta was not quite ready to contend with a team of the Dodgers’ quality.Los Angeles had too much power, too much depth, too much pitching.Not to mention too much Machado.“It was a great ride,” Snitker said. “We took a huge step forward this year. We had some very young players get a lot of great experience, both during the regular season and the postseason. And we have some really good players coming up. I really am excited about the future of the Atlanta Braves right now.”The Dodgers are locked firmly in the present.This is a franchise desperate to win one more game than it did a season ago, when the Houston Astros took Game 7 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium.That’s why they acquired Machado.“Coming over from Baltimore midway through the season — new ball club, new atmosphere, new teammates, new coaching staff, new front office, I mean, it’s always a bit of an adjustment,” he said. “But they’ve been nothing but amazing to us Jose Peraza Jersey , to myself and my family. And coming here to a winning ballclub that’s been determined the whole way since last year to get into this situation and further, I’m just sitting here enjoying everything, enjoying the ride.”Machado wasn’t the only in-season acquisition to play a key role in the clinching victory over the Braves. David Freese, picked up from Pittsburgh just minutes before the trade deadline, came through with a pinch-hit, two-run single that put the Dodgers ahead to stay in the sixth.The MVP of St. Louis’ improbable victory in the 2011 World Series, Freese is eager to take part in another magical postseason run.“You never know what this game is going to give you, what opportunities arise for you,” Freese said. “You just gotta be ready.”