Yeah, yeah, lots of stuff happened beforehand, but let us quickly progress to the bottom of the seventh inning, when Yermín Mercedes took to the mound for the White Sox, who were down 10-4 at the time. The Yerminator gave up a dreaded leadoff walk, which got erased when a 107.7 mph shot by Bobby Dalbec went right to Tim Anderson and ended up a double play, thanks to some bad baserunning. Alas, that was not the end of the inning, and three hits later Mercedes’ perfect career ERA turned to 9.00.
Mercedes, who must now officially be a pitcher since he’s played no other defensive position in the majors, was tossing in the 70s and even broke 80 once or twice.