As anticipated, this was a tale of two Chicago White Sox games against the Minnesota Twins: Michael Kopech’s major league debut, and whatever form the rest of the game took.
Kopech threw two scoreless innings, navigating through traffic for four Ks. His outing wasn’t cut short by his rather inefficient 52 pitches, but a heavy rain that delayed the game 52 minutes.
After the delay ended, Nicky Delmonico gave Kopech the lead, with a one-out, first-pitch solo homer to center field.
Luis Avilán came on to relieve Kopech, and had a rough go of it in a rare, extended outing.