Monday at 07:01 PM1 day Author 16 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:Your first place Chicago White Sox finish the season series 8-5 vs. the Twins. They are 14-6 vs. MIN since last August.So Ted was right, the Twins are in fact not the White Sox.Lots of good in a complete team win, but a moment of extra recognition for Hagen "K-gen" Smith: After his 4 walk debut, Smith has allowed just 6 walks in the 14 innings since, dropping his season WHIP to 0.940 (0.786 if excluding the wild debut).He has a 12.94 K/9 and a teeny tiny .096 BA allowed.His 37.1% strikeout rate is top 10 for pitchers with 10+ IP this season, ahead of guys like teammate Grant Taylor, old friend Dylan Cease, and division foe Cade Smith.Good pitcher.Venable had special praise for Smith (3-1), who was extended to a career-high three innings. The southpaw was pushed because he retired all nine hitters faced, meaning the opposition is 5-for-52 against Smith to go with a 0.56 ERA over his first 10 career outings.Smith earned the victory. But when he was informed postgame, didn’t seem overly moved by the individual accolade.“You get the win,” a reporter said to Smith.“Did I?” he asked with a smile.“You do,” the reporter responded.“We got the win,” Smith added with a little extra emphasis.“Ok, but you get the win,” the reporter continued with a laugh.“That’s cool, I guess,” Smith said. “As long as we win, it’s all good.Having Smith work that third inning made it possible for Taylor to move back one and expertly cover the seventh and eighth.“He’s really special,” said Venable of Smith. “When he’s in the zone, he’s hard to square up. Gets a ton of swing-and-miss. Gets chase. He’s impressive.”“I felt good,” said Smith, who has 23 strikeouts in 16 innings. “I think just being efficient. Just kind of getting through at-bats quick and it allowed me to go deeper in the game.”
Monday at 08:42 PM1 day 2 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:Cleveland lost 6-4 against the O's today . Sox lead back to 3 games.3 feels much better than 2Just win games and take care of Cleveland next week
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