Fletcher's shot to right-center off Scott Barlow (0-2) broke a 5-5 tie as the White Sox finally busted out of an early season offensive funk. Chicago, which came in with an MLB-low 16 runs in 10 games, scored five in the first and got the big hit - from Fletcher - when it needed one.
"It's been a tough stretch, obviously," Fletcher said. "We've been close and in a lot of games. It feels good to get one and try to get something going here. We've had a lot of chances."
"He was 100 miles per hour, pounding the strike zone, electric," White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. "I love that style of baseball. ... It's here's what I've got, go ahead and beat me. He wasn't trying to trick anybody."
"He's an animal," White Sox starter Michael Soroka said of Kopech.
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