White Sox Avoid Total Disaster in Loss to Dodgers

But the moment of actual White Sox pride belonged to Brooks Baldwin, who had the audacity to break up Dustin May’s perfect game and no-hitter with a sixth-inning base hit. 

At that point, May had retired the first 16 batters he faced, and the White Sox offense had yet to blink.

Then, with one out in the eighth and the Sox still down six runs, Baldwin added actual runs, blasting a two-run homer into right-center to ruin the shutout. Heroic stuff, relatively speaking.

Dodgers Gonna Dodger

The best offense in baseball looked the part. Freddie Freeman got things rolling with an RBI double off Aaron Civale in the first inning, then cracked a two-run double in the third before scoring on Michael Conforto’s blast.

All three runs in that frame were unearned thanks to Chase Meidroth booting a ball, but the Dodgers didn’t exactly need the help.

Civale finished with five innings of five-hit, two-walk, four-strikeout work, allowing just two earned runs. Tyler Gilbert tossed 1.2 innings in relief, gave up two hits (including a Mookie Betts solo shot), and struck out two. Dan Altavilla finished things off by retiring the final five hitters, mercifully and efficiently.

Mike Tauchman Lives, Somehow

There wasn’t much for the White Sox to celebrate, unless you’re counting Mike Tauchman’s defiance of physics and pain.

He stole a home run from Freddie Freeman in the field and later took a pitch off the body to reach base before Baldwin’s homer. 

Both the right-field wall and the baseball attempted to remove him from the game. Neither succeeded.

As far as we know, Tauchman is still standing.

News and Notes

• The biggest burst of joy came before the game, when reports surfaced that the White Sox are calling up top prospect Colson Montgomery from Triple-A Charlotte. The move isn’t official yet, but it’s something. Montgomery recently won International League Player of the Week honors after taking Toledo’s pitching staff hostage with four homers in one series.

• Tyler Gilbert, despite serving up the Betts dinger, has now allowed just three earned runs over his last 17.1 innings, striking out 20 and walking six in that span. There’s your silver lining, folks.

What’s On Tap Next?

The White Sox continue their road trip with a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies, because nothing cures what ails you like Coors Field. Adrian Houser will take the mound Friday against Antonio Senzatela in the Independence Day weekend opener. 

First pitch is at 7:10 PM CT and will air on CHSN.