(Photo: David Banks, Associated Press)
Chicago — Snow and frost covered the entire outfield at 8 a.m. Sunday morning, remnants of a cruel winter storm that blew through Chicago Saturday. By game time, the field was remarkably dry and green, but it was still a chilly and breezy 48-degrees.
Decidedly not hitter-friendly conditions. But then again, White Sox starter Reynaldo Lopez isn’t typically hitter-friendly in any weather. And he was downright oppressive Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
He struck out a career-high 14 in the White Sox's 4-1 win over the Tigers. It was just two off the White Sox single-game strikeout record.