The Chicago White Sox may have traded away five pitchers this week, but they only needed three to completely shut down the Cleveland Guardians Friday night.
Touki Toussaint, a Guardians castoff claimed off waivers last month by the White Sox, got the start for Chicago and had little trouble neutralizing his former team. He loaded the bases with one out in the first inning, thanks in part to a sharp grounder from Andrés Giménez that literally burst through the glove of first baseman Gavin Sheets. But once Toussaint got Josh Bell to ground into an inning-ending double play, it was smooth sailing from there.