One Down, 100-Plus to Go

Good thing spring training doesn’t count, or else the White Sox record would stand at 9-21 instead of just 0-1 after yesterday’s 1-0 shutout loss at the hands of the visiting Tigers (with Detroit’s new play-by-play man Jason Benetti calling the game). Trust me, it only goes downhill from here. Starter Garrett Crochet was everything you’d want. In his first-ever start, Crochet gave up one run on five hits over six innings, striking out eight without a walk. Crochet threw 87 pitches over six innings to 24 in one inning of relief for Michael Kopech, by the way. The Sox offense consisted of three singles, with not a runner reaching second base and the last seventeen batters all going down ever so sadly. In case you were wondering, Jake Burger had three hits and three RBIs for the Marlins. But, hey, Yoan Moncada didn’t get injured, yet. The announced crowd was 33,420, nearly 7,000 short of a full house. I’m guessing it’s the largest crowd of the year.