The two starting pitchers making their big major league comebacks after being shipped off to the minors for much of the season both faltered tonight. But fortunately, their guy faltered a whole lot more than ours.
The White Sox got to Daniel Lynch early and often, starting with a 452-foot missile fired by Luis Robert, the second batter of the game.
Then, after a walk to José Abreu, Yasmani Grandal had a more modest, 425-foot blast, and it appeared a rout was on.
A complete overthrowing of the Royals seemed even more imminent after the Sox scored three more in the third on singles by Robert, Abreu and Grandal and a sac fly by Leury Garcia to take a 6-0 lead.