Crisis averted. The White Sox topped the Washington Nationals Thursday night, bringing their win percentage back up to .500 and snapping a five-game losing streak.
Describe the game in three words: Everyone chips in
Battle of the Gonzalezes: It was a historic night at the Cell, as White Sox play-by-play man Jason Benetti said it was the first time two starting pitchers both named Gonzalez (the Nationals’ Gio, who was the White Sox’s first round pick in the 2004 draft before he was traded in the Jim Thome-Aaron Rowand deal after the 2005 season, reacquired a year later in a Freddy Garcia trade and then dealt again for Nick Swisher a year after that, and the Sox’s Miguel) went head-to-head in a major league game.