Rookie Drew Waters walked with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to force home the winning run in his MLB debut in a 6-4 Royals win on Monday. In a game that was rescheduled from the canceled first week of the season, White Sox pitchers walked six and hit four Royals batters in the contest.
The White Sox let pitcher Michael Kopech start the game even though it was pretty apparent from the get-go that he wasn’t right. He walked MJ Melendez to start the game, then hit Bobby Witt Jr. in the shoulder on an 0-2 pitch.