That was too much suffering, even for an opening act.
With three errors in the game, two courtesy of Andrew Benintendi on almost-consecutive plays, the White Sox had nearly as many defensive miscues as they scored runs. Meanwhile, Dylan Cease never looked comfortable and gave up nine runs and nine hits in only 4 1⁄3 innings. All the while, he also struck out six and walked five. Not a healthy WHIP night for the Stache. An equally-inept Tanner Banks gave up back-to-back homers, for three total earned runs in 2 2⁄3 innings.
Bryan Shaw was the only White Sox pitcher to lower his ERA, so let’s steal a Beefloaf schtick: