BOSTON (AP) — Four young Chicago White Sox pitchers all had something in common before they even came to Boston this weekend. All four were from Massachusetts and they were teammates on a major league club together at Fenway Park for the first time.
And within a 24-hour span, Sean Burke, Mike Vasil, Jared Shuster and Shane Smith each pitched off Fenway’s mound as major leaguers for the first time.
“It’s awesome,’’ said Burke, a 25-year-old right-hander from Sutton who started Sunday in Chicago’s 8-4 victory.
“These are three guys I knew even before the White Sox, too,” he said.