The best part of this game was when Kansas City Royals announcer Ryan Lefebvre roasted the White Sox franchise on the radio broadcast with the following observation, “Doesn’t it feel like the Royals opened a branch office on the South Side of Chicago?” His partner, Steve Stewart, promptly replied, “Well, the list is long.”
Unfortunately, Garrett Crochet didn’t have the pre-Opening Day start we hoped to see this afternoon as he labored throughout his 3 2⁄3 innings. During the 68-pitch outing, he surrendered three runs on five hits — including a two-run bomb to Nick Pratto — with one walk, one wild pitch, and two strikeouts.