At least it wasn’t a walk-off, because as you can see in that chart right there, they never really had a chance; the White Sox were swept by the Rays and are now 7-15 on the season, their worst start since the 6-16 mark that started the 2018 campaign. Here are all the numbers. Read them, or don’t.
Oh, that 2018 White Sox team lost 100 games and by winning percentage was the seventh-worst in 122 seasons of MLB play. Still want to read all the numbers? Cool, let’s do it.
The Starters
Following up his six no-hit innings last week, this afternoon was, for better or worse, what we’ve come to expect from Lucas Giolito over the last year or so: Battling without the stuff we know he’s capable of, making it work without being to keep the fastball in the yard, and ultimately, keeping the White Sox in the game through seven innings despite a suboptimal four earned runs.