The Chicago White Sox faced off against the Los Angeles Angels, ending in a close 3-2 defeat amid chaotic weather conditions. The Angels initially took the lead with two runs in the first inning. The White Sox responded promptly, tying the game through home runs and smart plays. However, the game stalled out with each team struggling to score. A significant weather delay kept the game at a standstill during the seventh inning, capturing the unpredictability of both the weather and the match.
The game started out shaky for Davis Martin, as the Angels scored two runs in the top of the first. Leadoff hitter Taylor Ward reached on a fielding error by Jacob Amaya, and Nolan Schanuel and Mike Trout had back-to-back singles to load the bases. Jorge Soler hit a sacrifice fly to drive the first run in, and old friend Yoán Moncada grounded to second on a near double play that would have ended the inning; instead, Moncada hustled down the line and was safe at first, scoring the second runner of the inning from third base.
However, Nick Maton wasted no time getting the South Siders on the board in the bottom half, as the leadoff hitter drove Jack Kochanowicz's third pitch out of the park to cut the deficit to 2-1. Luis Robert Jr followed that with a single, and eventually ended on second base on a fly out to center. With two outs, Matt Thaiss singled him in to get the White Sox even.
From there, neither team would score again for hours. In fact, nearly every inning by both teams went 1-2-3, as nobody could even reach base. The only real threat came in the top of the sixth, when the Angels had runners on second and third with two outs. Luckily, Martin got out of the jam with an electric strikeout to Moncada.
The weather gods saved us from these punchless offenses, however, and in typical White Sox fashion, chaos ensued. In the bottom of the seventh inning, with one out and a runner on second, the game was delayed due to weather. Not only was there hail, but high winds, tornadoes in the area, rain absolutely dumping down, you name it.
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