The punchless White Sox offense got up off the canvas on Saturday and pummeled A’s starter Jeffrey Springs relentlessly, striking for six before Sacramento-Oakland-Las Vegas’ cleanup hitter even made it to the plate.
Although it was outfield mate Luis Robert Jr. who opened the scoring with a solo homer, Michael A. Taylor did his best Roberto Clemente act today, doubling three times, stealing a base, and looking, at age 34, like the prospect that had the baseball world drooling a decade ago: