Martin Perez delivered seven dominant innings, allowing a single baserunner and shutting out the Royals while leaving with a multi-run lead. Perez became the only modern-era pitcher to throw at least seven shutout innings with one hit or fewer, exit leading by at least four runs, and not record the victory. The bullpen collapsed: Jordan Leasure loaded the bases in the eighth, Grant Taylor allowed a two-run single and later loaded the bases again, and Tyler Alexander permitted the inherited runners to score. The White Sox lost 5-4, highlighting roster weakness and relief failures.
Glimmers come few and far between for the Chicago White Sox these days. They may not be as putrid as they were last year, but make no mistake about it, the White Sox are still pretty bad. But on Tuesday, they got a rare pitching gem from left-handed veteran Martin Perez, only to falter in the end against the Kansas City Royals in an eventual 5-4 loss for the South Siders.
In so doing, Perez became the only pitcher in MLB's modern era (1901 to present) to throw at least seven shutout innings, allowing one hit or fewer, leave with his team leading by at least four runs and yet being unable to nab the victory. This speaks volumes about just how horrible the White Sox roster is and how their bullpen faltered and sold what was such a great performance from the veteran.
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