Produce or Perish

Michael Kopech grooved a pitch to the otherwise anonymous Brandon Marsh with two out in the eighth inning. Marsh, who could pass for a young Jayson Werth with beard and flowing locks, provided the winning run as the Angels edged the White Sox last night, 3-2. The Sox had two runners on in both the eighth and ninth but couldn’t score. In the eighth, Steve Cishek (!!##!!) struck out Jose Abreu and Yasmani Grandal to close the inning. Eloy Jimenez opened the ninth with a double, only for Gavin Sheets and Brian Goodwin to fan. Cesar Hernandez’s flyball to the warning track was a biscuit short of a homerun. You produce or perish, especially in the postseason. Our South Side heroes ignore that at their peril.