The White Sox dropped the first game to the Kansas City Royals tonight, bringing them right back to .500. They were one game above for roughly a day, which was absolutely thrilling while it lasted. Can’t wait to do it again sometime (if we are pacing the season correctly, in like two days)!
While Michael Kopech came into today’s game after a rough five-game stretch, he put together another quality start for the White Sox. While he did give up two solo shots — a bomb to Salvador Perez in the fourth and a more modest dinger to Whit Merrifield in the sixth — he did his job, limiting Kansas City to just six hits and two runs, while consistently deceiving Royals batters with his fastball and striking out three in the process.