Scott Merkin
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http://MLB.com White Sox beat writer for 23 years. Go Blue! Eagles are rock n' roll legends. National championships won under Jim Harbaugh? It looks like one!
“Some kind of superhero who comes out of the bullpen and throws 100 and gets outs." "Everybody loved him. He was always just a crazy, wild person, but he had the biggest heart and would always help people.” Remembering Bobby Jenks: mlb.com/whitesox/news/…
Cubs get nada, as a pumped up Houser walks off the mound following Happ's double play grounder.
PCA just misses a three-run homer on the first pitch. Ends up as a long out to right. Frist and third, one out for Happ in the fourth.
In parts of 7 games since the All-Star break, White Sox have had 9 innings scoring three runs or more. Over 97 games before the All-Star break, they had 32 innings in total scoring three runs or more.
Imanaga pitches around a dropped fly ball ruled a double to throw a scoreless third. White Sox still hitting pretty much everything hard
Imanaga back for the third at 56 pitches and 9 hits allowed.
White Sox had lost eight straight to the Cubs and were 1-10 in the last 11 head to head coming into tonight. The Cubs had taken the series edge at 75-74.
LaCombe threw 3 hitless innings for Kannapolis, with 4 strikeouts.
Slater flies out to the wall. Imanaga has fanned 2 but every other ball has been hit hard.
Three straight games with a home run for Colson. That ball was crushed, but that's the theme in these first two innings. 4-0 White Sox
"I know we are all excited to get back at them … I know everybody here is hungry to get back at them.” The White Sox, who are 5-1 and lead MLB with 49 runs scored since the All-Star Break, are looking forward to facing the Cubs after being swept in May: mlb.com/news/white-sox…
That was a 35 pitch first for Imanaga, as the White Sox scored three.
Sosa singles off the left field wall for a two-run connection. Cubs had him at second, but threw home instead allowing him to get back to first. 3-0 White Sox and still going.
Bases loaded, one out for the White Sox in the first. That's four hits allowed by Imanaga
That's a Major League-leading 50 runs scored by the White Sox since the All-Star break.
Chase Meidroth homers on the second pitch from Imanaga and the White Sox continue their second half outburst with the bats.
A little Crazy Train playing as we get to the bottom of the first.
Cubs go hitless and scoreless in the first. Montgomery knew that was a double play as soon as he released his throw to second.