OK, OK, mea culpa. Never should have besmirched the abilities of a rookie 27th-man call-up with one major league start and an 8.66 ERA facing an All-Star with a 1.99 ERA. But, admit it, you didn’t think it would be a tight game, either, did you?
Naytheless, Griffin Jax, who had given up 22 hits and 17 runs in his 17 2⁄3 innings in the major leagues, plowed through the White Sox like he’d never heard they were a mighty hitting squad — and did it despite a blister breaking out on the finger he controls his slider with.