Chicago White SoxvsTampa Bay Rays
CHW 9/TB 1
Things to say
The Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-1 on the road at Tropicana Field.
01
opener
White Sox took the Rays behind the woodshed, 9-1. On the road, too. They jumped on Tampa early and never let off the gas.
02
key player
The Chicago starter was the story. Got into his stuff early, went seven, WHIP was basically nothing. Rays never squared him up.
03
hot take
Tampa's a good ballclub but that lineup goes quiet way too often. One run at home? That's not a contender's night.
04
deep cut
It was a getaway day and the Rays looked like a team ready for the bus. The heart of their order did nothing.
05
exit
Anyway, White Sox are climbing back to .500 — we'll see if they carry it into the next series.
The recap
The White Sox went into the Trop and dropped a nine-spot on the Rays, turning a getaway day into a laugher. Tampa's bats never got going, scratching out a single run while Chicago's lineup worked the count and stacked crooked numbers.
Whoever the White Sox ran out there had it working, keeping the heart of the Rays order quiet all afternoon. When you win 9-1 on the road against a 65-win club, you flat-out took it to them.