This is Why You Bunt

The White Sox didn’t bunt, again, in the tenth inning, again, last night in Detroit. And they failed to score against reliever Alex Lange, again. But the eleventh inning was different. Elvis Andrus bunted the ball close to the third-base line. Pitcher Gregory Soto could not pick up the ball cleanly, resulting in runners on the corners with no outs. Guess what happened next? The Sox scored two runs and hung on for a 4-3 against a Tigers’ team now thirty-five games under .500. Whoopee. Did I mention the Sox collected all of five hits in eleven innings or that the Guardians swept the Twins in a doubleheader? That Yoan Moncada got two more hits righthanded, to raise his BA against lefties to .271 (we won’t mention the .200 BA against righties)? That A.J. Pollock actually drove in two runs with a single? My bad. And don’t let me forget Yasmani Grandal, 0-for-3 with a walk. Akil Baddoo also stole a base against Grandal, who has now thrown out eight of forty-five runners trying to steal. That’s sad, sort of like Kendal Graveman walking Baddoo, a .186 hitter, on four pitches to set up the tying run in the eighth inning. All that matters, though, is the win. Right?