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White Sox hit 7 solo home runs in 10-8 loss to Blue Jays

No two losses are ever the same in major-league baseball, but the Chicago White Sox's 10-8 setback to the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday at U.S. Cellular Field was uniquely distinct.

"I don't think I've seen that before," Sox manager Robin Ventura said.

"You hit 7 home runs, you think you should win the ballgame," right fielder Adam Eaton said.

The White Sox did go deep 7 times - all solo shots - tying a franchise record for most home runs in a game. The Sox also hit 7 homers on April 23, 1955, in a 29-6 win over the Kansas City Athletics.

"We hit 7 home runs and we didn't win the ballgame," said White Sox starting pitcher Miguel Gonzalez said. "That just can't be happening."

Gonzalez didn't make much happen on the mound, allowing 8 runs on 10 hits and 3 walks in 5⅓ innings.

The Jays jumped on Gonzalez early while building a 5-0 lead.

The Sox's offense struck back in the bottom of the second inning when Brett Lawrie (inside the park), Dioner Navarro and J.B. Shuck hit consecutive homers.

Toronto added 3 more runs in the fourth inning to build another commanding lead, but the White Sox kept chipping away.

Lawrie hit another solo home run in the fourth inning and added an RBI single in the sixth.

Tim Anderson homered in the seventh inning, Alex Avila followed suit in the eighth and Eaton hit a home run in the ninth inning.

"Unfortunately they were all solo, but we battled," Navarro said. "We battled and kept coming after it. We just were two runs short and tomorrow we've got another game and we have (Chris) Sale tomorrow. Let's see what happens."

The Sox came into the game with 69 home runs, the second lowest total in the American League.

"The bright side was we were swinging the bats," Ventura said. "I think with the wind blowing the way it was, you had to get it in the air and we got quite a few of them. But we just couldn't stop them.

"You were hoping there'd be a couple guys on. I figured hopefully we could get some guys on there in the ninth and get one up in the wind and see what happened. I'm just glad the way the guys keep battling back offensively, and that's a good sign."

Floyd injured:

Blue Jays relief pitcher Gavin Floyd, a White Sox starter from 2007-13, left Saturday's game in the sixth inning with right shoulder tightness.

"I just felt uncomfortable out there," Floyd said. "I tossed a ball and it felt like something I needed to do and take myself out. We'll get images tomorrow and find out what's going on. It just felt like it was necessary to take that step to hopefully prevent anything."

Floyd had Tommy John surgery in 2013 when he was with the Sox. He also had surgery to repair elbow fractures in 2014 and '15.

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