Yes, Jake Thompson got shelled by the Chicago White Sox. The offense didn’t do anything against Carlos Rodon, sure. But, that’s not the point.
You’ve likely already seen the score in the above headline, so you come to these words with a pretty good sense with how this game played out. The Phillies starter got shelled and the offense wasn’t able to do much against his White Sox counterpart.
We could talk about the details, such as how Jake Thompson—the Phillies starter on this particular evening—couldn’t seem to throw strikes and walked twice as many batters as he struck out.