By Theo DeRosa, Sports Talk Philly staff 
Final: Phillies 7, White Sox 6
PHILADELPHIA—What's the opposite of a pitchers' duel?
No, not a slugfest. Tuesday night's game between the Phillies and White Sox featured more bad pitching — mostly from Chicago starter James Shields — than it did good hitting.
Shields threw over 100 pitches in 5.1 innings, allowing nine hits and six earned runs. His counterpart, Phillies rookie Jake Thompson, fared little better, going five innings (but allowing just three runs).
In the ninth, Jeanmar Gómez nearly spoiled the win, giving up three runs and cutting down the Phillies' lead to just one run.
The game was replete with three-ball counts and walks, stolen bases and hits deflected off gloves. It was filled with errant pickoff throws and bad baserunning decisions. In short, not a pretty game; but maybe that's expected in a September game between two teams nowhere near contention in 2016.
In the end, though, a pretty win counts just the same as an ugly one. And the Phillies got that win.
WP: Jake Thompson (3-5, 5.62) ❖ LP: James Shields (7-10, 5.98) ❖ S: Mariot (1)
Hub: Game Summary ❖ Starting Pitchers ❖ At the Plate ❖ Bullpen ❖ What's Next
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| PHI |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Odubel Herrera, who has been on fire of late, started off with a bang and a bat flip on a two-run shot to right center in the first. He went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases Tuesday night.
Jake Thompson pitched around runners on base in the first and second, but couldn't do it again in the third as he ceded a three-run homer to Melky Cabrera, who drove the ball off the right-field foul pole to give the White Sox the lead.
It was a short-lived lead, though; Tommy Joseph brought home Herrera on a double and scored on an error (originally ruled a hit) by Sox shortstop Tim Anderson.
Herrera put the Phillies up, 5-3, in the fifth with an RBI single; in the sixth, Roman Quinn brought in two with an RBI base hit and chased Shields from the game.
A quartet of relievers (David Hernández, Edubray Ramos and Hector Neris each pitched a scoreless inning to back up Thompson.
Jeanmar Gómez, again, wasn't sharp. He allowed a run on a wild pitch, then two on Adam Eaton's double to cut the lead to one run. Gómez was pulled for Michael Mariot in the ninth, but the Phillies held on and took the first game of two from the White Sox with a final of 7-6.
Phillies (relative) ace Jerad Eickhoff takes on AL Cy Young contender Chris Sale on Wednesday night at 7:05.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Shields | 5.1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.98 |
| Jake Thompson | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5.62 |
White Sox
- Melky Cabrera: 1-4, R, HR, 3 RBI, .296 AVG
- José Abreu: 1-3, R, 2B, .300 AVG
- Tim Anderson: 1-4, R, 2B, .279 AVG
Phillies
- Roman Quinn: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, .250 AVG
- Tommy Joseph: 2-3, R, 2B, RBI, .260 AVG
- Odubel Herrera: 3-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, .288 AVG
Bullpen
White Sox
- Michael Ynoa (6th): 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 3.16 ERA
- Juan Minaya (7th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
- Matt Albers (8th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 6.05 ERA
Phillies
- David Hernández (6th): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 3.86 ERA
- Edubray Ramos (7th): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 3.18 ERA
- Hector Neris (8th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 2.33 ERA
- Jeanmar Gomez (9th): 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 4.03 ERA
- Michael Mariot (9th): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 5.19 ERA
What's Next
- Wednesday, September 21, 2016: vs. Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m.
- Citizens Bank Park
- LHP Chris Sale (16-8, 3.03 ERA) vs. RHP Jerad Eickhoff (10-14, 3.74 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
