It really felt like everyone was there tonight. And South Side Sox had some boots on the ground:
The City Connect jerseys were out, “Thunderstruck” was played, Steve Stone was back in the box, and we were ready to go.
Some shakiness hit in the top of the second, though. Carlos Rodón hit Tom Murphy with a wayward slider, which came back to haunt him. A misplaced curveball brought a two-run home run by Luis Torrens to give the Mariners to a quick lead at 2-0. Yasmani Grandal answered back in the bottom of the second to cut the lead in half with a no-doubter to left field:
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Defensive hiccups extended the top of the third for the White Sox, which isn’t exactly what you want to do when your starter is having some shaky control.