It felt like a nauseating trip on the here-we-go-again roller coaster when Yu Darvish gave up a home run to José Abreu, the slugger’s sixth of the series, to lead off the 2nd inning on Sunday. The White Sox had been a mistake-obliterating juggernaut over the weekend and they seemed destined to do more of the same against Darvish. Except that he basically didn’t make any mistakes.
Even the pitch to Abreu wasn’t bad, skirting the bottom of the zone like something a mere mortal would have chopped to short. But when you’re that hot, everything is a center-cut meatball.