Atlanta BravesvsChicago White Sox
ATL 5/CHW 6
Things to say
Chicago White Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 in 10 innings at Rate Field.
01
opener
White Sox walked it off in extras against the Braves, 6-5. Atlanta had no business losing that one. Rate Field was rocking.
02
key player
Whoever Chicago sent up in the tenth got into one — that's the kind of at-bat that flips a season.
03
hot take
Atlanta is 45-22 and still finding ways to blow late leads. That bullpen is going to cost them in October.
04
deep cut
Braves manager went to the pen too early in the eighth and burned his setup guy on six pitches. You can't give away outs like that on a getaway day.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if Atlanta can shake it off — they've got a tough stretch coming up.
The recap
White Sox stole one in extras, 6-5 over the Braves at Rate Field, and you could hear the air leave Atlanta's dugout when it ended in the tenth. Braves are 45-22 and walked into a getaway-day trap against a sub-.500 club that just refused to go away.
Felt like the manager went to the pen too early and the bullpen coughed up the lead, then the Sox put together just enough in the bottom of the tenth to walk it off. Ugly loss for a first-place team, and the kind of game that lingers on a flight home.