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Liam Hendriks targeted July 1 for his return when he landed on the injured list.The Chicago White Sox closer’s prediction turned out to be pretty close.AdvertisementThe Sox reinstated Hendriks from the IL on Monday ahead of a crucial three-game series against the division-leading Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox also reinstated outfielder Adam Engel from the IL and optioned outfielder Adam Haseley and pitcher Jimmy Lambert to Triple-A Charlotte.[ [Don’t miss] Chicago White Sox begin ‘critical stretch’ of 15 games in 14 days vs. AL Central opponents. Here’s what to watch for starting tonight. ]“It was kind of meet in the middle,” Hendriks said Friday in San Francisco. “They had initially targeted July 8, I was going (with) the first, so we met at the Fourth.”AdvertisementHe added with a laugh: “If you’re looking at the math, that means I win. Closer to my date.”Hendriks had been on the IL retroactive to June 11 with a right forearm strain. He threw a simulated game Friday as a final step toward returning.“I would have been fine being active (Friday), but they wanted to check the box of the sim game,” he said. “You have to understand their point of view: They don’t want to start rushing people back. My point of view (is) I’m not most people. I like to throw more than your average, but we’re all good and ready to go.”Hendriks has a 2.81 ERA, 16 saves and 37 strikeouts in 25 appearances.“He’s going to be a huge add back to our pen,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said Friday.Engel had been out since June 23 with a strained right hamstring. He’s slashing .240/.297/.349 with 11 doubles, one home run, 10 RBIs, 18 runs and nine stolen bases in 56 games.
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The 17-year-old daughter of Mark Budzinski, the Toronto Blue Jays’ first base coach, reportedly died when she fell off a raft in a Virginia river Saturday and was struck by a boat propeller.Officials have not publicly identified the victim, but a 17-year-old girl was killed Saturday after falling off an inflatable tube in the James River, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. When the boat turned around to get her, she was hit by the propeller.AdvertisementThe principal of Glen Allen High School, in Glen Allen, Va., announced Sunday that Julia Budzinski had died and the Blue Jays said that Budzinski would be away from the team after the death of his daughter.Tampa Bay Rays players and staff stand for a moment of silence Sunday. (COLE BURSTON/Getty Images)“This devastating loss is felt by our entire organization and we grieve alongside Bud and his family,” general manager Ross Atkins said in a statement.Advertisement“I have known Bud for more than 25 years and have always admired his commitment as a dad and husband first. He is loved and well-respected by our entire clubhouse and holds a special place in all our hearts.”The Blue Jays and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays held a moment of silence before Sunday’s game.A spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources did not immediately return a request for comment from the Daily News Monday.Julia played varsity soccer and varsity volleyball for the Glen Allen Jaguars and served as vice president of the National Honor Society, according to her school.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Chicago White Sox have a major opportunity ahead of them beginning Monday.A stretch of 15 games in 14 days — all against American League Central teams — starts with three at home against the division-leading Minnesota Twins. The Sox conclude the homestand with four against the Detroit Tigers.AdvertisementThen they go on the road for eight. That trip begins July 11 with four games in three days in Cleveland. They travel to Minnesota for the final four games before the All-Star break. And there’s more AL Central after the break when the Guardians visit Guaranteed Rate Field for four games in three days July 22-24.“This is a very critical stretch for us,” Sox closer Liam Hendriks said Friday. “It’s definitely make-or-break to help the front office clarify what the hell we’re doing this year. Whether it’s a good year, whether it’s a sit-and-wait year, whatever it is. But we need to, in this clubhouse, figure it out and take care of some business.Advertisement“We are facing our division, which is good but can also be very bad. If we can play our kind of baseball, go out there and have fun and enjoy the game again, we’ll be just fine because the talent level in this clubhouse, we know what we need to do.”[ [Don’t miss] White Sox enter July still trying to turn the corner ]The Sox are 38-39 after a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants and in third in the AL Central, 4½ games behind the Twins (45-37) and 2½ behind the Guardians (40-36).“Just lock it in and try to put together some good games, some good at-bats, and rally around each other,” Sox shortstop Tim Anderson said Saturday. “And hopefully we can get the job done.”Here’s what to watch for in the division matchups.The Twins’ Byron Buxton watches his three-run homer off White Sox closer Liam Hendriks (31) in the 10th inning April 24, 2022, in Minneapolis. (Jerry Holt/AP)The last time the Sox saw the Twins, they watched Byron Buxton round the bases after hitting a game-ending three-run homer off Hendriks in the 10th inning at Target Field.The 6-4 loss completed a dismal series for the Sox, who were swept in the three games April 22-24.The Twins had more walk-off magic this weekend against the Baltimore Orioles. Buxton hit a two-run homer in the ninth Friday for a 3-2 victory. Jose Miranda drove in Alex Kirilloff in the ninth with a single Saturday for a 4-3 win.Buxton is fifth in the AL with 21 home runs. Luis Arraez leads the league in batting average (.344) and on-base percentage (.419).Advertisement[ [Don’t miss] Johnny Cueto gives the White Sox rotation a big shot in the arm ]Johnny Cueto, Michael Kopech and Lance Lynn are the scheduled starters for the Sox this week. Dylan Bundy, Chris Archer and Joe Ryan are in line to pitch for the Twins.Help is on the way for the Sox bullpen as Hendriks anticipates being reinstated from the injured list Monday. He has been on the IL retroactive to June 11 with a right forearm strain.Tigers shortstop Javier Báez (28) in the first inning against the Diamondbacks on June 24, 2022, in Phoenix. (Rick Scuteri/AP)The Sox have had some of their best offensive outings against the Tigers.They posted season highs in runs (13) and hits (22) the last time the teams played June 15 at Comerica Park. Yoán Moncada had a career-high five hits, including a three-run homer in the first.The Sox have won five of six against the Tigers this season, outscoring them 46-14. The only loss was on opening day, when the Tigers scored twice in the ninth for a 5-4 win.Javier Báez had the game-winning hit in the opener. The former Cubs shortstop is slashing .212/.249/.364 with seven home runs and 26 RBIs in 65 games.AdvertisementThe Tigers are fourth in the division at 30-47. This is their first visit to Guaranteed Rate Field this season.Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor (22) celebrates with designated hitter Franmil Reyes after hitting a grand slam in the ninth inning against the White Sox on May 9, 2022, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)The Sox had one of their toughest losses of the season during their last series against the Guardians, squandering a six-run ninth-inning lead May 9 at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Guardians won 12-9 in 11 innings.The Guardians have had the Sox’s number so far, winning four of the first five. That includes a doubleheader sweep April 20.José Ramírez is in the AL MVP conversation. The third baseman is slashing .292/.377/.588 with 16 homers and a league-leading 63 RBIs.Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase has been terrific, leading the AL with 19 saves. He earned AL Reliever of the Month for June.The Sox follow the four games in Cleveland — including a doubleheader July 12 — with four in Minnesota leading into the All-Star break.AdvertisementAnd they return from the break July 22 with the first of four games in three days against the Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field, making it 19 straight against the AL Central.“That will be fun,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said Sunday. “Head to head. Twins just won a couple of games late, they’re for real. Cleveland is for real. Detroit is very competitive. “It’s exactly what you need. You need to play against tough competition. That’s how you get better.”
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The woman accused of fatally shooting elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson has arrived back in the U.S. to face murder charges, according to U.S. Marshals Service officials.Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was picked up in Costa Rica last week and arrived in Houston on Saturday, officials told CNN.AdvertisementArmstrong was arrested at a hostel in Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas on Thursday, after 43 days on the lam. She fled there after becoming a suspect in the death of the highly regarded gravel and mountain bike racer a week before her 26th birthday.“Armstrong has arrived back in the U.S. and will be held in Harris County (Texas) Jail awaiting extradition to Austin,” a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service told CNN.AdvertisementBail for the Texas yoga teacher has been set at $3.5 million.Wilson was found mortally wounded in an Austin apartment on May 11. The world-class cyclist was in town for a race, the 150-mile Gravel Locos, that she had been favored to win.Wilson had been romantically linked to fellow cyclist Colin Strickland and had just gone for a swim and grabbed dinner with him before being killed. He dropped her off at a friend’s house without going inside, he later told police. Wilson would be found there by a friend hours later.Armstrong had steadily dated Strickland for three years before they’d taken a break, which is when he hooked up with Wilson briefly. Strickland and Armstrong got back together about a month after his fling with Wilson ended in early November 2021, he told police at the time of the murder.After allegedly shooting Wilson to death, Armstrong sold her car, obtained a fake passport and fled the country, according to police.
SAN FRANCISCO — How overpowering was Lucas Giolito on Sunday against the San Francisco Giants?The first seven outs the Chicago White Sox starter recorded came via strikeouts.AdvertisementThe Giants didn’t put a ball in play until the third inning, when No. 9 batter Austin Wynns lined out to third.Giolito gave the Sox exactly what they needed to complete a three-game sweep, allowing one run on three hits in six innings as they beat the Giants 13-4 in front of 30,155 at Oracle Park.AdvertisementThroughout the weekend, the Sox looked like the team many projected in the preseason. They had 17 hits Sunday to complete a 4-2 trip.“We played six games as hard as we could, and to come out (Sunday) after we won the series (Saturday) and put that kind of effort into it shows you how special these guys are,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said. “It starts with (Giolito). He was mowing them down in the beginning.”Giolito looked good from the start. And he said he felt good.“This is probably the best my changeup has been in a little while,” Giolito said. “(Catcher) Seby (Zavala) did a really nice job of sequencing. Mixing the changeup in, going to the slider at the right time, utilizing tunneling, popping heaters in and out to lefties and righties. We were able to work relatively efficiently.“Got a really nice lead, the offense was doing its thing, the defense behind me was outstanding. Overall, pretty good.”[ [Don’t miss] Johnny Cueto, 36, gives the White Sox rotation a big shot in the arm ]Giolito built off a nice outing Monday against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., in which he allowed two runs on six hits in six innings.“I feel like the end of my last start and throughout most of the course of this start, I was feeling like myself,” Giolito said. “Able to make the pitches I wanted to make.”He struck out seven and walked two while improving to 5-4 and lowering his ERA from 5.19 to 4.90.Advertisement“He was really good,” Zavala said. “His work the last few weeks has really shown the last two outings.”Zavala had three hits and three RBIs. Gavin Sheets and Andrew Vaughn also drove in three. Leury García had three hits and scored three runs.The Sox got some timely hits and took advantage of less-than-stellar Giants defense to take the lead in the third.With one out, Tim Anderson hit a grounder to short for what should have been an inning-ending double play, but Donovan Walton threw wildly to second. The ball reached foul territory, allowing Josh Harrison to make it to third and Anderson to second.The Sox cashed in with a two-out, broken-bat single to right by Luis Robert for a 2-0 lead.The Sox collected another big two-out hit an inning later when Zavala drove in García with a single to center. Sheets drove in three in the fifth with a double to left, making it 6-0.Advertisement“We’re swinging the bats well,” Zavala said. “We’ve always been swinging the bats well, just hit balls right at people. They’re starting to fall now and things are starting to go our way.”The offense gave Giolito plenty to work with.“I don’t know if there are words to describe how good he really was,” Harrison said. “You could tell from the start of the game.”Giolito didn’t allow a hit until the fourth, when Joc Pederson popped up to shallow left. Anderson had a long way to go and got a glove on it, but the ball popped out for a single. Later in the inning, third baseman Yoán Moncada made a tremendous twisting catch on a popup.Austin Slater singled and Pederson drove him home with a double in the sixth. But Giolito retired the next three, including a nice catch on a popup by Harrison at second base.“Both of those plays were critical,” La Russa said of the catches by Moncada and Harrison.AdvertisementHarrison had two hits, two walks and scored three times.He singled and scored during a five-run eighth as the Sox excelled in all areas ahead of a crucial stretch of 19 straight games against American League Central opponents — including 15 in 14 days leading up to the All-Star break.“We came to play this series,” Giolito said. “This is the brand of baseball that the Chicago White Sox are all about. It’s been a rough year, to say the least, dealing with the injuries, dealing with some tough series, some losing streaks. But I feel like this series, we were able to put our foot on the gas.“It gives me a good feeling. I think it gives the team a good feeling going back home with some of these division games coming up.”