The White Sox were due for an easy win, suffering an entire second half that’s basically been win one, lose one. They got that easy win, opening a weekend series in Texas with an 8-0 blowout.
The first inning was kicked off by Tim Anderson getting a strange sort of double, and a single to shallow center by Luis Robert moved him along to third. Typically we’d probably see Anderson leg it out to home, but it seems (justifiably so) that the team wants to be cautious with him coming back from the IL. José Abreu hit a sacrifice fly, bringing Anderson home and giving the White Sox a quick 1-0 lead early.