Phillies 9, White Sox 5: Another day on planet earth

Dominic Fletcher struck out in the fifth inning, but doubled during a ninth-inning rally that unfortunately fell short of the 10 runs Chicago needed to win. | Mitchell Leff/Getty ImagesWith one out in the top of the sixth inning, I turned to the TV, which I had not been facing, and watched Braden Shewmake fly out to shallow center field. I let out the deepest of sighs — there was absolutely nothing in the world I wanted to do less than need to recap being on the wrong end of a no-hitter. This offense’s historic ineptitude has already been established. Would a regular loss not do?

Though Zack Wheeler took that no-hitter into the eighth inning before Korey Lee mercifully made sure this game…