This is a 10* on CWS

The White Sox were beaten 7-2 last night. That was unexpected as the Kansas City team that beat them just got swept at home by Cleveland. The Royals had dropped four in a row overall heading into Friday’s opener. But they’ve now won three straight over the White Sox. That said, Chicago leads this division for a reason. They’d previously won five of six and scored at least 10 runs in three of those five wins. Let’s just chalk up last night’s result to a 2+ hr rain delay and the fact that Dallas Keuchel hasn’t been very good lately. But Reynaldo Lopez has been good for them. In three August starts, the right-hander gave up just three runs and eight hits. While he pitched only 12 innings, we’ll take it. Kansas City had been held under four runs for four straight games coming into the series. Daniel Lynch hasn’t been giving up many runs lately, but that’ll change if his control issues persist. Lynch has a 4.47 ERA and 1.59 WHIP for the year. His worst start of 2021 came here at home against the White Sox. They blasted him for eight runs over a disastrous two-thirds of an inning. That was back in May, but Chicago still knows how to hit. They’ve averaged 7.3 runs over the last seven games. Play on CHICAGO

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