\u201cIt\u2019s a tough game to lose because I feel like whoever got that big hit at that big moment\u00a0was going to win,\u201d manager Torey Lovullo said. \u201cIt had that feel all game today and they were the ones that did it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The D-backs entered this series having won four straight series (Mets, Phillies, Orioles and Blue Jays) and without having dropped a set in six consecutive matchups.<\/p>\n
Arizona fell to 14-11 through 25 games on the season.<\/p>\n
Diamondbacks starting pitcher Michael Soroka had to grind through<\/a> five innings with 101 pitches, but he managed to keep the White Sox at one run despite allowing seven hits.<\/p>\n In four home starts, Soroka has yet to allow more than two runs, as his ERA decreased on Thursday to 2.60 five games into his D-backs tenure.<\/p>\n Soroka escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the third inning, as shortstop Geraldo Perdomo dropped a low liner, tagged the runner out and stepped on the base for the inning-ending double play.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe had a really heads up play by Perdomo,\u201d Lovullo said. \u201cThose are little plays that we practiced and talked about.\u00a0Touching the runner and then tagging the base, the order of that is super important.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a gamer,\u201d Soroka said. \u201cWe actually practice those things in spring training.\u00a0We go over those rules on how that all works.\u00a0And in a situation like that, it\u2019s game saver for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Arizona had not lost a Soroka start until Thursday.<\/p>\n The Diamondbacks finished with eight hits but did not score after the first inning, when Adrian Del Castillo drove in a run with a double off White Sox starter Davis Martin. Arizona went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n Sewald is 7-for-7 in save situations this year without having allowed a run, but in non-save situations, he has been hit-and-miss. Sewald has allowed five earned runs two innings when a save has not been on the line, picking up three losses.<\/p>\n \u201cIt happens a couple times a year, you throw enough where you just feel like you don\u2019t know where it\u2019s going, and today\u2019s one of those days,\u201d Sewald said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ildemaro Vargas keeps hitting streak alive<\/p>\n With a two-out single in the fourth inning, first baseman Ildemaro Vargas extended his hitting streak to 18 games to start the season and 21 games dating back to last year.<\/p>\n
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