Turnabout is fair play, and the same late flurry of runs that iced a 7-2 Chicago victory on Friday night shut the door on them Saturday, as the Angels’ four-spot in the seventh sunk the Sox, 6-5.
And here it is, your moment of non-Zen:
Yup, a bases-loaded walk from Evan Marshall provided the eventual game-winning tally. BASES LOADED WALK OFFENSE isn’t much fun even if it helps the White Sox, and when it provides the margin of loss, it downright sucks.
Which sort of explains Marshall’s night: He put an earned run on Jace Fry’s tab (and Fry was none too great, either), and finished with just one out recorded against two runs (none earned, courtesy of a Ryan Goins error), one hit, three walks and a K.