“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Charles Dickens probably wasn’t a huge baseball fan, considering he died just a year after the sport was “created” in 1869, but his words still ring true, especially about Wednesday afternoon’s White Sox game against the Seattle Mariners.
The Sox had high hopes of leaving the Pacific Northwest with a winning record. Unfortunately, those hopes were crushed in just one inning. White Sox starter Dallas Keuchel went five innings with four hits, three earned runs, three walks, and three strikeouts. Although a much-improved start from his season debut against the Angels, he still had a hard time finding the strike zone in the first two innings – throwing more than 40 pitches.