White Sox: Let’s talk about the first two innings vs. Pirates
The White Sox put their hitting sox on today and came out slugging against the Pirates.
In the first inning, the White Sox put up four runs against an unsuspecting Ivan Nova.
And, it was pure joy.
Sox fans have been waiting for an inning like this all season as the team batted around before the inning ended.
It started so well
Leury Garcia led off with what turned out to be a single, despite originally being called an out. Then, Yolmer Sanchez got lucky with a triple and an RBI when Corey Dickerson missed Sanchez’s fly to left.
Nova was a bit discombobulated after these two defensive disappointments. He managed Jose Abreu who earned the first out of the inning, but not before hitting a ground ball that gave Sanchez the room he needed to score.
Nicky Delmonico continued the inning with a walk. Then, Welington Castillo approached the plate. In what seemed like the perfect opportunity to come up big and get a lead, he drove the ball into the right-field bullpen on a 1-1 count. It was a beautiful, hard-hit home run that was out of the park in the blink of an eye.
The rest of the lineup went to the plate with Daniel Palka and Matt Davidson reaching base, Tim Anderson and Trayce Thompson could not convert them into runs.
And, then the second inning arrived
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Sadly for the Sox, there are nine innings in a ball game. And, this time, the Pirates put their hitting hats on and tied the score.
It seems no lead is safe.
By the time the Pirates were finished in the top of the second, the game was tied at four. No home runs were hit in the second, but timely singles and extra-base hits were all the Bucs needed to get right back into the game.
This is the kind of thing that makes Sox fans question the team. On many teams, the problem comes with pitchers not getting run support. But, with the Sox, it’s the other way around. The team can hit and score runs, but something happens when the pitchers are on the mound. So, the Sox batters do not get pitching support.
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Fortunately, there is still plenty of time in the game and at the time of publishing, the Sox were up by one run at the bottom of the second. Go, Sox!