KISS

The White Sox woke up last night to beat the Cubs 9-5 and break a six-game losing streak. Jose Abreu—who else?—led the way with a bases-clearing double. On Friday, the Cubs’ Willson Contreras took it upon himself to outdo Tim Anderson by doing a bat flip worthy of Cape Canaveral after hitting a three-run homerun off of Dylan Cease. Sox reliever Jimmy Cordero later hit Contreras, accidentally, of course. Las night, the Sox found a better way to go after Contreras, by running on him. They stole two bases and, but for James McCann oversliding, would’ve had three. Rookie and 2020 first-round draft pick Garrett Crochet pitched two scoreless innings totaling 23 pitches. According to MLB.com, 21 pitches were 99-mph+ and 15 were 100-mph+. On the season, Crochett has thrown all of 85 pitches in six innings, 45 at 100-mph+, second-most in the majors, and 69 at 99-mph+. I wonder what happens once pitching coach Don Cooper gets his hands on Crochet.