The White Sox started out their 19-game stretch against terrrrrrible teams (most of which will be even worse after the trade deadline) with a victory, one which was appropriately dependent on the opponent being terrible. Tuesday’s win puts them better than .500 for the first time in two months, with a chance to go two games over for the first time since the 10th game of the season.
The strategy of “let’s let them get as many guys on base as possible and hope they hit grounders right at someone” may not be a particularly good one for the long haul, but the Sox are playing the Rockies again today, so it will probably work if it has to.