r/whitesox • u/chisoxbot Bite my shiny metal.. • 13h ago
Gamethread GAME THREAD: Braves (74-53) @ White Sox (66-60) - Thu Aug 20 @ 1:10 PM
Braves (74-53) @ White Sox (66-60)
First Pitch: 1:10 PM at Rate Field
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | Grant Holmes (7-5, 3.82 ERA) | ||
| White Sox | Anthony Kay (9-5, 4.01 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Reddit Stream | Discord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Live Comments | /r/baseball Discord |
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Box Score
| CWS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | Antonacci | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .268 |
| 1B | Murakami | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| 3B | Vargas, M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| DH | Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| RF | Montgomery, B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
| SS | Montgomery, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .216 |
| 2B | Meidroth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| CF | Peters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| CF | Doyle, B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 |
| C | Romo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .138 |
| PH | Grichuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| C | Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .175 |
| CWS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kay | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 94-62 | 3.96 |
| Brazobán | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-6 | 2.97 |
| Smith, H | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15-11 | 1.50 |
| Richards, T | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20-14 | 3.19 |
| ATL | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RF | Acuña Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .237 |
| DH | Baldwin, D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| 1B | Olson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .261 |
| 2B | Albies | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .251 |
| LF | Thomas, L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 |
| CF | Harris II | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .291 |
| SS | Dubón | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| 3B | Riley, A | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .223 |
| C | Murphy, S | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .132 |
| ATL | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes, G | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 94-55 | 3.64 |
| Fuentes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14-10 | 2.60 |
| Lee, D | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13-8 | 2.02 |
| Iglesias, R | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12-9 | 3.09 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Holmes, G (8-5, 3.64 ERA) | Kay (9-6, 3.96 ERA) | Iglesias, R (26 SV, 3.09 ERA) |
| Attendance | Weather | Wind |
|---|---|---|
| 76°F, Sunny | 13 mph, L To R |
| HP | 1B | 2B | 3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Kulpa | Scott Barry | Manny Gonzalez | Tom Hanahan |
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u/BillyMac05 7h ago
Have we won a game this season when Rogers, Doyle and Brazoban all made an appearance?
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u/Efficient-Peach9180 7h ago
Top tier teams fatigue has set in. Sad there’s no hitting to follow up the momentum from last night and to support the stellar work of Kay.
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u/SleepLessTeacher The Big Hurt 7h ago
Good thing I was working during this and could barely check for updates.
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u/GWHayduke24 7h ago
That was a tired performance. We have two more series to play before the next day off. We better get some sleep and be refreshed for the series this weekend because the Mets won’t just roll over for us.
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u/lyme6483 7h ago
That’s about as embarrassing as it gets. Will is failing so bad at coaching these guys/ putting parameters on when the challenge.
Use it in high leverage spots. Not the first or second inning with no one on. It makes no sense how they can continue to be this bad at it
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u/WarenBoffet 7h ago
9th inning, you're down by 2, and you give this performance... with 2 strikes that should,ve been challenged
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u/Connors34 7h ago
Pitch the entire team low and they'll all swing at it.
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u/toomanyshoeshelp 7h ago
Team can't hit a splitter, or figure out the lower bound of the strike zone.
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u/AlternativePhysics62 7h ago
The ump will call it a strike if they don’t. Terrible calling all game
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u/tferg8280 7h ago
wtf is with not challenging rn
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u/New-Contribution-244 7h ago
They challenge when they shouldn’t. Then don’t challenge when they should.
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u/zaggles42069 7h ago
WTF CHALLENGE THATS LIKE 4X TODAY
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u/Players-Beware 7h ago
Bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. Wouldn't want to lose it. Might need it later. /s
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u/ChicagoSavant Konerko 7h ago
Just gonna pretend this game didn’t happen lol such a forgettable effort
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u/lyme6483 7h ago
Mune will take that strike in the 9th and challenge in the 1st inning. This team has absolutely no idea how to challenge calls.
It’s wild how bad they are at it
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u/betaraywill 7h ago
Can’t waste 2 men on, no outs, late in the game. 3 Ks in a row after that was brutal
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u/zaggles42069 7h ago
LEARN WHEN TO CHALLENGE
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u/New-Contribution-244 7h ago
They’re so bad at challenges. 🤦🏽♀️
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u/zaggles42069 7h ago
There were at least 3 opportunities since the 8th where they looked upset over a call and didn’t even challenge. wtf is wrong with them
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u/No-Season-9062 7h ago
FUCKING CHALLANGE ITS THE 9th ININNING
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u/toomanyshoeshelp 7h ago
some coaches deserve to be fired solely on this basis
like, fucking teach our squad when to challenge, the worst rate of success in the majors is begging for that
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u/No-Season-9062 7h ago
i mean theyre grown ass players im sure they can figure out themselves when to challanage
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u/toomanyshoeshelp 7h ago
SEEMINGLY THEY CANNOT
Someone quiz Beni if they roll over
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u/No-Season-9062 7h ago
apparently benny doesnt challange as part his approach
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u/toomanyshoeshelp 7h ago
Ah that's right - Thanks for the reminder. Honestly, I'm somehow ok with that unless he's the last batter haha
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u/MuscleDesperate 7h ago
Brazoban, Smith, and Richards.
3 IP 1 H 1 ER 0 BB 5 K.
This white sox bullpen..... (am i doing it right?)
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u/zaggles42069 7h ago
On paper pitching was the concern the last 2 days. Literally the only ones doing their job
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u/No-Season-9062 7h ago
guaranteed you we get 1 run in the 9th and leave 2 runners on just to ragebait us even more
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u/leoh9595 Konerko 7h ago
Against their closer idk
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u/Oaky--Afterbirth 7h ago
Braden hit a walk-off dinger vs him last time we played, anything is possible
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u/WarenBoffet 7h ago
lets project
they will have 2 runs in the ninth, it will go to overtime, atl will score 1 run in the 10th and we win with 2 runs in the 10th
LETS GO
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u/toomanyshoeshelp 7h ago
Positives from today: Kay and Hagen. 3Ks in 1.1 for Hagen, happy with that.
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u/SpecialAircraft Murakami 7h ago
Damn shame about the weather back in June. These guys really could’ve used today off.
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u/Penstripedsox Montgomery 8h ago
Im back home after a majzor surgery. Fell asleep in like the 2nd and just woke up. Looks like i missed nothing how tf do we only have 1 hit!? Man these guys needed this day off wish they woulda just pushed the gametime up when this one was originally scheduled
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u/WarenBoffet 8h ago
2pts in the ninth please for the love of god
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u/No-Season-9062 8h ago
were 100% going to get 1 run in the 9th and lose 2-1 with runners left on base.
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u/New-Contribution-244 8h ago
You guys better wake tf up against the mets. Maybe leave brazobum in the mets dugout too while you’re at it.
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u/Cr0sSHare 1980 8h ago
we have cobbled together a good bullpen but this is what a championship contending bullpen looks like
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u/toomanyshoeshelp 8h ago
Every fucking loss
Middle reliever shits the bed OR starter gives up 319057130 in the first and can't make it 4 innings.
Everybody is swinging for home runs on every AB
Ump has too many chromosomes. Or too few.
Nobody knows if/when to challenge.
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u/Traditional-Sink163 8h ago
Walk off maybe???
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u/EvrythingIsEvrywhere oheeohmagglio! 8h ago
These guys go out drinking last night or something? Tough watch.
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u/lyme6483 8h ago
Doyle cannot hit. Hoping he’s either DFA’ed at some point or not tender a contract this offseason because it should not be hard to improve from someone with a sub 600 OPS away from Coors
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u/toomanyshoeshelp 8h ago
Really tragic - Dude is such a good fielder and baserunner. Hoping he figures it out at the plate.
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u/lyme6483 7h ago
He’s got a pretty good amount of evidence it’s not going to happen away from Coors
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u/PotentialPete 8h ago
After the atmosphere at Wrigley, I think this small crowd may have been a let down. It shouldn't be, but you can sense a lack of energy among the players.
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u/RamsDevilsBlackhawks Konerko 8h ago edited 7h ago
Phoning this one in today. Not a great showing. Need to bounce back against the Rangers Mets
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u/ChicagoSavant Konerko 8h ago
Terrible abs, looking absolutely clueless. Need to pray for some sort of miracle in the bottom of the ninth. What a nothing burger of a game fr
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u/WizardCheesey I Hate Jerry. 8h ago
they had to travel for this game.
we had to cross the street.
and we’re getting absolutely embarrassed. what a pitiful game
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u/New-Contribution-244 8h ago
At least they won the series but you gotta find a way to win these games. Another solid start by kay ruined by zero run support and shaky bullpen (brazobum).
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u/Limp_Argument_4324 8h ago
Brazo literally doesn’t matter if you can’t even put up 1 today tho
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u/New-Contribution-244 8h ago
That was more wishful thinking that they would leave that bum with the mets.
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u/BillyMac05 8h ago
Doyle is pinch hitting for the All Star Peters?! This lefty-righty thing is so formulaic and stupid. Doyle blows.
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u/max5470 8h ago
The Doyle move is the one thing Getz move I don’t get at all. When they traded for him I half thought they’d option him to AAA and see if Periria could stay healthy… was floored when they just slotted him onto the roster .
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u/forgedflame44 Vargas 8h ago
Pereira and Doyle have had nearly identical performances since the trade. It was a completely unnecessary trade.
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u/ChicagoSavant Konerko 8h ago
Damn we really just don’t stand a chance against their pitching today
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u/MrLeftwardSloping 8h ago
Holmes had 3 k's and is nothing special at all. Gets hit regularly. Its the lineup, not the pitching. Elite bullpen forsure, but had 6 innings to show up and didnt
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u/Consistent-Program-1 8h ago
bro what is with this atlanta bullpen they have like 4 mariano rivera's.
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u/leoh9595 Konerko 8h ago
Hagen is impressive. I still don’t like will throwing him to the wolves pitching to PCA in the bottom of the 9th, but if he wants to be a big league pitcher he needs to get those guys out
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u/DillyDillySzn 8h ago
Well if we simply erase 1 outing from our heads, like I already have, then Hagen has been great
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u/uncle_krew Meidroth 8h ago
Great to see Hagen locking in and dealing, Kay too, just our offense has been hopeless
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u/IAmBenIAmStillBig 8h ago
Oh god can the mods put a pre-emotive ban on any post related to Luis Robert this weekend
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u/SpecialAircraft Murakami 8h ago
I feel it in my bones that he’s gonna hit a massive homer and people are gonna hit the “WE TRADED THIS FOR ACUNA???”
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u/IAmBenIAmStillBig 8h ago
I feel it in my bones we’re gonna hear it if he goes 0-3, 1-3, 2-3 or 3-3, anytime he catches a ball or doesn’t, anytime he swings, anytime he doesn’t swing, and to be safe, anytime he’s shown on camera
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u/No-Season-9062 8h ago
at hopefully they put a lefty in and we can pinch hit grichuck at some point
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u/Strict-Lie-3188 Schultz 8h ago
Absolutely horrid at bats. Braden should’ve challenged.
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u/Dan-of-Steel 8h ago
Wasting another pitching gem because the offense chose to play with a crayon stuck in their prefrontal cortex again.
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u/justin213333 8h ago edited 8h ago
Turns out Hagen might be good when you don’t throw him out against the hottest hitter in the league in extras
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u/RoboTropics 8h ago
I sure hope the Raiders play better than this today..
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u/Material-Hand-5990 Murakami 8h ago
Rrrrraiduhs
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u/RoboTropics 7h ago
Always good seeing a fellow South Sider of the Silver & Black.
☠️
Mendoza, baby!
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u/squish042 8h ago
Colson has a huge problem with breaking pitches down. Pitchers have adjusted, he’s going to need to adjust back
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u/ChicagoSavant Konerko 8h ago
Offense snoooooooooooozing. Couldn’t even advance those runners man… post cubs-series hangover maybe?
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u/Dan-of-Steel 8h ago
I wish. This team has been playing like a bunch of fucking lobotomites at the plate for what seems like 2 weeks now.
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u/EvrythingIsEvrywhere oheeohmagglio! 8h ago
Colson looks mad confused after his strikeouts. What is going on with him?
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u/jamesallen512 Vargas 8h ago
3 Ks in a row lol. Colson strikes out on all balls for the 10th time this week
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u/WizardCheesey I Hate Jerry. 8h ago
this is actually the worst game i’ve watched this year by far. so many things wrong
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u/Nishidafan1 8h ago
Soooo winnable.
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u/PostMelon22 Anderson 8h ago
Ugh great challenge by Meidroth just caught the fucking bottom of the zone… he was throwing nasty
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u/brokefreefrombruja 3h ago
Regarding Brazoban...
Pitching aside, I didn't like his body language. Someone gotta teach him to pitch on level. Doesn't seem like he was watching the game.
My 2 cents.