Mariners invite White Sox to slider contest, White Sox use enchanted ball, win 6-0

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty ImagesRiding the high of a series win against the Giants (a bad team), the Mariners will try to parlay that success into a series win against the White Sox (a good team). Through one game, it is not going well. The Mariners lost 6-0 in the series opener on Monday, failing to get a single hit with runners in scoring position.

Seattle pulled the curtain off Justus Sheffield for a national ESPN audience. Though he looked solid last year, and at times flirted with top of the rotation stuff, the 24-year-old still has a lot to prove. Squared against the Chicago White Sox for his first outing of the season, Sheffield was immediately given a tall task. Though it wasn’t…