CHICAGO _ Stop us if you've read this before: White Sox player doesn't run out a ball. Manager Rick Renteria benches him. Player acknowledges his mistake, says it won't happen again.
The Sox rarely win but always listen.
"I think that the decision that he made was right," said catcher Welington Castillo, who failed to run out a pop-up Monday night.
"That's something that he always says: You've got to run the bases hard no matter what. And for some reason, I was just frustrated, and I did not run. That's not me, and I'm not going to do it again."
Renteria sat Castillo down for the game's final three innings but gave him the start Tuesday night against the Orioles. He went 3-for-4 and drove in the Sox's first run in their 3-2 comeback victory.
"It feels good, honestly, because it's another chance to not do that again," Castillo said before taking the field.
Two weeks ago Renteria pulled Leury Garcia for not running through the bag after bunting to first base on an obvious out. Garcia, too, agreed with the decision, saying: "You learn every day. It's not going to happen anymore."
Renteria said frustration is no excuse for not running hard: "In talking to (Castillo), he knew. He understood. He actually said, 'You had to do that.' What he told you was exactly what he told me.
"We're trying to eliminate (bad) habits if they're there. We're trying to continue to create the identity of the White Sox organization. ... You've got to be able to do it throughout the system. Our guys are vigilant in trying to get our men in the minor leagues to understand, 'Hey, at the major-league level, if you guys don't do this, you're going to get taken out.' It has nothing to do with just taking guys out. This is just about being a professional, giving a good effort."
Renteria got his example in the fifth inning when 245-pound first baseman Jose Abreu beat out a routine grounder to third. Matt Davidson struck out to end the inning.
More whiffs came in the sixth. After Daniel Palka singled and Castillo doubled, the Sox stranded them by fanning three straight times.
But in the eighth, the Sox rallied from 2-0 down. Palka tripled off the glove of right-fielder Mark Trumbo, and Castillo singled him home.
With one out, Jose Rondon singled, setting up first and third. Adam Engel tried to bunt home pinch-runner Trayce Thompson, but he fouled off two tries. Engel did draw a walk, though.
Yoan Moncada tied the game with a sacrifice fly, and Yolmer Sanchez drove in the winning run off lefty Richard Bleier. The switch-hitting Sanchez, batting just .184 from the right side, used a short stroke to punch a 1-2 slider into right-center.
Nate Jones gave up a walk and single in the ninth but held on for his fourth save.
