The White Sox (70-50) are once again an even 20 games better than .500 after Tuesday’s 9-0 victory over Oakland (68-52), maintaining their lead in the AL Central at 11 games, moving a half-game back of Houston for the second seed in the American League, and remaining three games behind Tampa Bay for full home-field advantage.
Before going into any other details of Tuesday’s game, South Side Sox sends its thoughts, best wishes, and all hope for a speedy and unimpeded recovery to Chris Bassitt, who left the game in the second inning after a frightening play in which he was struck in the head by a Brian Goodwin line drive.