The game’s best highlight had nothing to do with the baseball that the White Sox played on the diamond. It was the return of closer Liam Hendriks after battling stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hendriks completed his last round of chemotherapy in April and was declared cancer-free. He was activated before tonight’s game.
After two fantastic outings, Michael Kopech struggled mightily out of the gate. After walking Mike Trout and plunking Shohei Ohtani, Brandon Drury drilled a three-run bomb to left center field in the top of the first. Matt Thaiss quickly followed with a solo blast to center, creating a four-run deficit.