With the aces of the two staffs facing each other, today’s game between the White Sox and Cubs had the prospect of a really good pitchers’ duel. And so it was, for seven innings.
After that, all hell broke loose.
As far as the two starters went, Lance Lynn outdueled Kyle Hendricks, but not by much. But, then, you don’t need to win duels by much, at least as a general rule.
The Sox drew first blood, getting to Hendricks for two runs in the fourth on fairly cheap singles by Adam Engel (who would end up with three hits, a reverse of his fate from Thursday night), José Abreu and Andrew Vaughn, followed by a rocket single by Seby Zavala.