Often what looks like it will be a pitchers’ duel doesn’t live up to the billing, but that was definitely not the case this afternoon. Starters Adrian Houser and Robbie Ray were dominant, and relievers kept it up — Grant Taylor being the only reliever in the case of the White Sox — and it only took two hours and nine minutes for a nifty shutout victory for Chicago.
There was even some good D by the Sox, starting with Austin Slater’s grab of a 104.9 mph shot by Jung Hoo Lee in the second: