Make It Stop

Another game, another bullpen meltdown, another loss, 10-5 to the Twins. How do you say, 6-25? Oh, I just did. The White Sox bullpen was handed a 4-2 lead going into the sixth inning yesterday afternoon. Five pitchers combined to give up eight runs, six earned. Shortstop Paul DeJong is hitting .216. He really can’t afford to make an error that would’ve allowed Steve Wilson to escape an inning where he’d walked the bases loaded. Then again, it may just have delayed the inevitable. On a positive note, as positive as anything with this team can be, rookie catcher Korey Lee homered and threw out two baserunners trying to steal. It’s getting harder and harder for manager Mickey Mouse to justify playing Martin Maldonado. Ditto for Chris Getz keeping Maldonado on the roster. Consider that ex-Sox first baseman Jose Abreu agreed to go to the minors in an effort to find his swing. Abreu was 7-for-71, with no homers and three RBIs for the Astros. Maldonado is hitting .100, with his three RBIs all coming on his one homer. What a difference .001 makes, I guess.