Chicago White SoxvsPhiladelphia Phillies
CHW 5/PHI 9
Things to say
Phillies beat the White Sox 9-5 at Citizens Bank Park.
01
opener
Phils took care of business at home, 9-5. Bats woke up early and the Sox never really had an answer. Loud crowd, fun game.
02
key player
The heart of the order did the damage — Philly's middle bats kept squaring stuff up and somebody left the yard to put it away.
03
hot take
Chicago's bullpen is cooked. You can't keep handing leads back in the middle innings and expect to climb out of that division.
04
deep cut
White Sox starter actually got into his stuff for a few innings — manager went to the pen too early and it snowballed.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if Philly can keep it rolling — they've got a tough stretch coming up.
The recap
Phillies took care of business at home, 9-5 over the White Sox in a getaway day matinee at Citizens Bank Park. Chicago hung around for a while, but Philly's bats woke up and the heart of the order put a couple of balls in the seats to blow it open.
Sox starter couldn't get into his stuff and the manager went to the pen too early, which is how a 5-spot turns into a 9-spot real quick. Phillies move to 35-30, Sox slide to 34-31 and have to fly home thinking about what could've been.