Six Pack of Stats: White Sox 2, Royals 0

Just in a nick of time, Michael Kopech took the extra rest afforded him and spun the masterpiece of his life, anesthetizing Kansas City for eight innings of one-hit, shutout, 10-K ball. Especially notable (and, frankly, extraordinary): No walks. The White Sox did just enough on offense against the veteran Zack Greinke to win — and with Kopech firing no-hit stuff, it didn’t need to be much.

The Starters

Kopech was simply marvelous, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning, when this nonsense derailed history:

Your browser does not support HTML5 videos.That is some serious, broken-bat bloop shenanigans. Goddammit.

This is the precision we have been dying to see from Michael Kopech. He located…