Baker's Dozen

Another game, another lead, another loss. Reliever Michael Soroka gave up three earned runs in the seventh inning on zero hits. That’s what two walks; a balk; a hit-by-pitch; and a wild pitch can do, if you put your mind to it and also have Jared Shuster following you out of the pen. And let’s not forget Michael Kopech, who came into a tied game to start the bottom of the ninth. Two pitches later and Mike Tauchman had himself a walk-off homerun. Cubs 7 White Sox 6. That’s thirteen in a row for the Sox, tying the longest losing streak in team history. It’s the first time in a hundred years, folks. But never fear, manager Mickey Mouse is here to swat away all the dark thoughts. Mouse told reporters after this latest defeat, “Obviously this is a rivalry. And to take a 5-0 lead and a 5-1 lead and not be able to finish it is frustrating. But again, there’s no way in hell there’s blame to anybody here, especially when we are all giving the effort that this clubhouse is giving every single day to win baseball games.” [quote from today’s story on team website] No blame? Not for a balk, a hit-by-pitch, a wild pitch, a gopher ball with the game on the line? Maybe Mouse meant to say we’re all in hell watching this godawful mess. Whatever. Tonight, Mouse and the boys go after loss number fourteen. We’re talking history here.