Sticks and Stones...

Well, Andrew Vaughn must have rabbit ears or very good taste in blogs, because it looks as though he heard/read what I said about him yesterday. Vaughn went 2-for-3 with a run scored in the White Sox 7-6 win over the Twins at Guaranteed Rate Whatever last night. And fellow rookie Gavin Sheets must have been sitting next to Vaughn, because the comments seem to have rubbed off on him. Sheets went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs in his major-league debut. The Sox bullpen added some drama by doing they do best, which is fritter away a lead. Starter Lucas Giolito departed in the top of the seventh inning with a 7-2 lead that Evan Marshall shaved to 7-5. Closer Liam Hendriks thought it might be fun to walk and hit a batter in the ninth, and uncork two wild pitches while he was at it. Had the Sox blown the lead, it would have made Twins’ third baseman Josh Donaldson all the more unbearable. Donaldson hit a Giolito fastball for a two-run homer in the first inning, which was bad enough. Then Donaldson felt the need to announce “It’s not sticky anymore!” as he crossed the plate. Giolito took exception when informed of the comment after the game, calling Donaldson an expletive-deleted “pest.” Just as long as he stays a losing pest, I don’t care.