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Welcome one and all to another edition of Late Night White Sox Baseball, this time in Seattle against the Mariners!(Don't we all just loooove West Coast trips?)It's Pride Night at T-Mobile Park, and whether or not we're proud of the White Sox performance by night's end has yet to be seen.However, given the last two games against the Dodgers, the Good Guys are most likely going to find a way to disappoint us.

So the last game the M's played was a bit of a gut punch, with several hard hit balls dying at the track.None stung worse than Jesús Sánchez robbing Eugenio Suárez of a game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the ninth, which was pain distilled in its purest form.BUT!That was then.

The White Sox' pitching staff bent and bent and bent through eight innings of Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Marlins.Eventually, three outs away from the club's seventh win in eight games, it broke.Michael Kopech, Gregory Santos and Reynaldo Lopez combined to hold the Marlins scoreless for 24 outs but lived on the precipice of peril in the process.

SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, enjoy the week that was, relishing winning five out of six, including two out of three from the Yankees, while, being White Sox fans, wondering why the *%&#$ the Sox absolutely cannot hit pitchers just brought up from the minors, where they had ERAs around seven.

CHICAGO (AP) - Jean Segura capped Miami's five-run ninth inning with a two-run double, and the Marlins beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 on Saturday.Miami left 12 runners on base and went 1 for 16 with runners in scoring position.But it salvaged a frustrating afternoon with its late rally, winning for the seventh time in eight games.

The Sox seem to be playing with some urgency, starting strong in June with a 6-1 record.That's a welcome start, considering they went 8-19 in April and 15-14 in May.They now have acres of ground to make up just to pull even at .500.With wins from Minnesota and Cleveland last night, the Good Guys are still only 3 1⁄2 games back of the first-place Twinkies.

Chrystal O'Keefe, Brian O'Neill, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Malachi Hayes, Dante Jones and Brett Ballantini reviewed an excellent weekend of White Sox baseball, and took out the pocket schedule to study some stern stretches ahead:


After the sweep of Detroit, the White Sox project as a 93-loss club and at 26-35 are just 6 1⁄2 games out of first place
Yes, it's just the Tigers - but Ws are Ws
Individual thoughts on the weekend triumphs of Liam Hendriks, Michael Kopech and Jake Burger
Re: Burger, Melissa points out that only one player (Aaron Judge) has a better average exit velocity - so PLAY HIM MORE, Pedro!

Nothing like a game without a single RBI, or even a hit with anyone on base.Guess with the Tigers and the White Sox facing off, you should expect something like that.But somebody had to win it, so it might as well have been the White Sox.That win came in the 10th, when Manfred Man Yoán Moncada, having switched to his yellow shoes for speed, got advanced to third on a nice Romy González bunt.

It's been a rough spring, but a pair of stellar starts from fireballer Michael Kopech prove that White Sox fans can still have nice things.The 27-year-old Texan is a long-promised star for fans of South Side baseball, and he was dangled in front of fans like a carrot leading up to his big-league debut in 2018.

By DAVE HOGG The Associated Press
DETROIT - Eric Haase's 10th-inning sacrifice fly gave the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.Alex Lange (3-0) pitched a scoreless top of the 10th, and Jonathan Schoop's long fly ball off Reynaldo Lopez (4-4) moved Spencer Torkelson to third with one out.

And yet another frustrating loss for the White Sox, as they lose in extras, 6-5, to the Detroit Tigers.Although Chicago came back, they were not able to maintain the lead or have good plate approaches late to break the tie.This was a long, dragging game that started interestingly for Dylan Cease.Cease, indeed, had another shaky start.

The Chicago White Sox pieced together a remarkable rally April 30 against the Tampa Bay Rays, scoring seven runs in the ninth for a memorable 12-9 victory at Guaranteed Rate Field.Andrew Vaughn capped the comeback with a game-ending, three-run homer.The win snapped a 10-game losing streak.And the Sox are 14-10 since, the most wins in that span in an American League Central in which almost every team is looking to find its footing.

Michael Kopech had quite the encore.In his first start since taking a perfect game into the sixth inning, the Chicago White Sox right-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced Wednesday against the Cleveland Guardians.Josh Naylor singled to left-center leading off the fifth for the Guardians' first hit.

To say Michael Kopech had a tough start to the season would be a massive understatement.But Kopech has been spectacular over his last two starts, and recently appeared on NBC Sports Chicago's White Sox Talk podcast to discuss his turnaround.In his first start this year, Kopech gave up five home runs and seven earned runs in just 4.2 innings.

Michael Kopech struck out nine and allowed two hits over seven dominant innings, Romy González had a two-run double and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 Wednesday.Kopech (3-4), who retired the first 16 batters in his last start against Kansas City, did not allow a baserunner until Josh Naylor singled leading off the fifth.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Michael Kopech began the season with the worst month of his major league career.Since then, the right-hander has been almost unhittable.Kopech struck out nine and allowed two hits over seven dominant innings, and Romy González had a two-run double for the Chicago White Sox in a 6-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Michael Kopech began the season with the worst month of his major league career.Since then, the right-hander has been almost unhittable.Kopech struck out nine and allowed two hits over seven dominant innings, and Romy González had a two-run double for the Chicago White Sox in a 6-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday.

The first time I heard about depression was at the tender age of four.My younger sister had passed away, and I spent my afternoons talking to a therapist about how that made me feel.I can still smell the scented markers I used to put feelings to paper, and I still find comfort in hearing Mister Rogers as it played in the waiting room.

Michael Kopech hasn't had much of a feel for his curveball or changeup this year.Tonight, he didn't need them.His feel for his slider has been equally spotty at times; Tonight, it wasn't.Tonight, Kopech recorded an out in the eighth inning as a starter for the first time in his career, facing the minimum over eight shutout innings, striking out 10, and taking a perfect game into the sixth inning.

CHICAGO (AP) - Cam Gallagher hit an RBI single during Cleveland's two-run seventh inning, and the Guardians beat Dylan Cease and the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Thursday.Gabriel Arias homered as Cleveland salvaged the finale of the three-game series.Nick Sandlin (2-1) got four outs for the win, and Emmanuel Clase worked the ninth for his 15th save.

Great American Ball Park is a home run-friendly place, and the last two games between these clubs have put this on full display, as through two games the White Sox and Reds have combined for six home runs.This evening, the multi-run home run would make the difference for Cincinnati in a 5-3 win over the White Sox.

Welcome to the final exhibition recap of 2023.In a high-scoring game, White Sox (12-14) jumped out to an early lead but failed to hold on against the Cubs (17-12) at Sloan Park.Romy González put the White Sox on the board very early, building on his big home run in yesterday's game.His sixth homer of Spring Training put the White Sox ahead by a score of 1-0 in the top of the first.

The 2022 season left White Sox fans appalled.I, for one, have never felt less proud of being a fan in 20 years.The team underperformed every sane person's prediction, and the general manager - who is still the general manager - dodged accountability.Amazingly, the only accountability from the 2022 White Sox came out of the most unlikely source of all, former manager Tony La Russa, in his last press conference of the season, announcing his retirement.

The term "bust" might be harsh for some, but the following pitchers are being [Batter up: Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball league for free today] overvalued in fantasy baseball drafts.Jansen is locked in as Boston's closer but is in the decline phase of his career, and as one of the slowest pitchers in baseball, he could be affected by the pitch clock.