While Michael Kopech headlined the marquee game going on in Glendale, the Chicago White Sox played a tighter tilt against the Texas Rangers in Surprise, Ariz.
Trading leads four times over the course of the game, the White Sox ultimately gave way to the longball assault of the Texas Rangers, falling 5-4. Texas scored four of its five runs on solo homers.
Ryan Cordell was the offensive star for the Chisox, drilling doubles in each of his three at-bats and driving in all four Chicago runs.
James Shields, making his first start of the spring after subbing his first round of game work with private backfields sessions, impressed.