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White Sox fight, but fall, in Atlanta

Tough one in Atlanta tonight. For much of the game, it felt like the Chicago White Sox were more hopelessly behind the Atlanta Braves than they were.

But despite their fight, down to a two-run single by Leury García with two outs in the ninth, the White Sox fell on Friday, 10-7.

Pretend that instead of having to listen to Chip Caray, you’ve put Boots Randolph’s “Yakety Sax” on to soundtrack this highlight, which sort of sums up the hitting, fielding and baserunning futility tonight:

As alluded, it seems the White Sox should never have been as close in this game as they were, rallying from down 4-0 to just 6-5 by the seventh, when Beef got juicy with a pinch-hit round-tripper: