Almost

The White Sox almost stole one from the Twins last night. Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth, rookie Rikuu Nishida led off with a single. One out later, Munetaka Murakami tied the game with a moonshot to right. In the tenth, Nishida may have entered the record books in the tenth inning with a second straight game recording an out-at-the-plate assist. Murakami nearly singled in the winning run, only for first baseman Josh Bell turn a one-hop smash into an inning-ending double play. Twins 5 Sox 3 in eleven innings. The big concern, at least for me, is hitting, as in the lack thereof. Outside of Sam Antonacci and Chase Meidroth, none of the regulars is close to .250, except for centerfielder Tristan Peters at .248, and he shouldn’t be a regular. This team isn’t going anywhere if Colson Montgomery can’t hit better than .222 or Miguel Vargas .233. For this I have no answers other than to offer that the Sox needs to steal more games like they might have last night until the hitting comes around, if it comes around.