South Side Sox · Jun 13, 2022
White Sox fall to Rangers in 12, 8-6
Michael Kopech leaves the field after a pop in his right knee in the first inning.Three pitches in, this looked like a good day for the White Sox, as the wind held down a Marcus Semien shot to left and AJ Pollock made a leaping catch to save a home run.
Ten pitches later, all the good was gone. Michael Kopech lurched sideways on a pitch, and then did it again on a practice throw, and had to leave the game — a pop in his right knee that was serious enough to need to leave, but not so much he isn’t penciled in for next Sunday night at Houston.
The shock of that may have eliminated chants of “Fire Tony!” later on. Too bad, because they were warranted.