New York YankeesvsChicago White Sox
NYY 5/CHW 6
Things to say
The White Sox walked it off in the 12th to beat the Yankees 6-5 at Rate Field.
01
opener
Man, this one went the distance. White Sox and Yankees knotted up into extras, and Chicago finally walked it off in the 12th, six to five. Free baseball on a getaway day, brutal way for New York to lose.
02
key player
Whoever came out of that Chicago pen in the late innings earned it. Kept the heart of the Yankee order off the board when one swing ends it. That's the guy I'm talking about tomorrow.
03
hot take
Honestly the Yankees have no business dropping this to a sub-.500 club. Sixty-one and forty-seven and they're grinding twelve innings against the White Sox? That's a spoiler game they should close out in nine.
04
deep cut
Once it hit extras with the runner on second every half-inning, you knew the bullpens were the whole ballgame. Chicago just squeezed one run across before New York could, and that's the difference in a one-run twelve-inning slog.
05
exit
Anyway, Yankees are still cruising in the standings, so I'm not sweating it. Let's see if they bounce back next series.
The recap
The White Sox stunned the Yankees 6-5 in a 12-inning marathon at Rate Field, dragging New York deep into extras before slamming the door. Both bullpens got stretched thin as this thing kept churning past regulation, and eventually somebody in a Sox uniform came through when it counted most.
New York's 61-47 club had the better record on paper, but Chicago refused to blink and walked it off in the twelfth. Getaway-day baseball at its messiest, and the underdogs are the ones flying home happy.