Kenyan Middleton was thinking about more than just the game when he struck out Carlos Correa to end the Chicago White Sox's 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.
"I knew I was going to face Correa, and I don't like him. So it was kind of cool," he told reporters. "I like that. I enjoyed that a lot. ... I mean, he's a cheater."
The right-hander was referencing the Astros' sign-stealing scandal in which Major League Baseball fined the American League West team $5 million, stripped it of its first- and second-round draft picks in 2020 and 2021, and suspended then-general manager Jeff Luhnow and then-manager AJ Hinch for one year.