SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jerry Sands, told hours earlier that he’d won the final roster spot, singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 Friday night.
Sands earned the final bench spot, and then pinch hit in the eighth.
He was signed in December and a roster spot opened when Adam LaRoche retired after executive Ken Williams told LaRoche to cut back on his 14-year-old son’s access around the team.
