Losing Ugly

Note to the White Sox: If 34,000-plus fans show up to the ballpark, it would be nice if you did, too. Losing 7-1 to the Astros does not constitute showing up. Dylan Cease took the loss, with healthy assists from Leury Garcia (the second baseman is supposed to cover second base on a force-out, who knew?); Aaron Bummer (a lefty reliever is supposed to retire left-handed batters, who knew?); and Tony La Russa (Jose Ruiz is a go-to reliever with the bases loaded, who kenw?). Tim Anderson and Yoan Moncada led off the bottom of the first with extra-base hits, and not one Sox player got another hit until the ninth inning. Jose Abreu looked befuddled at the plate all night, and that’s being charitable. And La Russa had nary a negative thing to say about his team’s performance. In the upside-down, Baltimore is Houston, and that’s who we’ll face in the playoffs. In this world, the Astros are 5-0 against the Sox, and counting.