Chicago White Sox left fielder Casper Wells robs Atlanta Braves’ Reed Johnson of a home run in the eighth inning as the White Sox defeated the Braves 3-1 in a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, July 21, 2013.CHICAGO – Reed Johnson just missed a spectacular day at the plate.
Left fielder Casper Wells robbed Johnson of a home run in the eighth inning to help the Chicago White Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Sunday.
Johnson also hit a hard liner direct at shortstop Alexei Ramirez with the bases loaded in the second inning which turned into a double play.
“It’s like we were saying, that’s a perfect example of why they shouldn’t have a one-game playoff right there. A game that happens like that, I mean you really feel like we played pretty well all-around. We made maybe one mistake and it cost us a run, but I thought we played pretty well and put ourselves in a good opportunities and actually took some good at-bats when we did get those opportunities. It just didn’t go our way. Just chalk it up to, Hey, man, I had a couple good at-bats,” and move on to the next day. It’s just kind of the way it goes sometimes,” said Johnson.
With the White Sox leading 3-1, Wells leaped up against the left-field wall to make a catch and rob Johnson of the game-tying homer.