South Side Sox · Aug 15, 2018
Casting fate: White Sox overcome Detroit, 6-3
Go figure.
Nicholas Castellanos, who became just the third player since 1946 to have a five-hit, five-RBI game against the Chicago White Sox, stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth as the tying run, with runners on the corners.
But just one day after his five-hit assault and seeming indestructibility vs. Chicago, Castellanos capped an 0-for-5 night after he was caught looking at a 2-2 cutter right off the plate, proving once again that the route from hero to goat can often be an express lane.
With nails nonetheless gnawed down to the nibs, the White Sox held on, 6-3, in a game that was as well-played on the Chicago end as it was poorly executed yesterday.