Better than Nothing

I guess the Sox-Cubs’ game qualifies as a continuation of spring training.  How else to explain Adam Engel listed with twelve RBIs in the box score after connecting off of Kyle Hendricks?

 

No fans in the stands at Wrigley, and still it was better than nothing.  In other words, the White Sox scored six runs in the fifth on their way to a 7-3 win.  Luis Robert got two more hits and should be interesting once the season starts on Friday.  The last time the Sox had two young outfielders like Robert and Eloy Jimenez was Maglio Ordonez and Carlos Lee.  You could say it’s been a while.

 

Pitching wise, Carson Fulmer was in midseason form, three walks to go with two strikeouts.  For the Cubs, Hendricks seemed to lose it all at once in the fifth, and I have to assume rookie manager David Ross won’t make the same kind of pitching decision in a real game.  The guy he brought in for Hendricks basically spent an inning pitching batting practice before he figured it out.  But that’s not my problem.

 

Rookie Andrew Vaughn pinch ran for Jose Abreu in the fifth and scored from second base on a hit.  Definite shades of Wile E. Coyote on the base paths.  Clare called to ask if I saw Vaughn run, and I told her, “He reminded me of you.” 

Such a dad.