The White Sox won against the Rays with a strong performance while the Rays struggled notably. Shane Baz delivered poor pitching, allowing critical runs early in the game. The Rays had several chances to score but failed to convert, recording only one hit in eleven attempts with runners in scoring position. Ha-Seong Kim left the game with lower back tightness, raising concerns for his health moving forward. Overall, the Rays missed key opportunities and couldn't recover from Baz's early mistakes, leading to their defeat.
The first blow was in the 2nd, a 3-run bomb from Brooks Baldwin, the number 9 hitter on the worst team in the AL. Statcast showed this as a HR in exactly 1/30 ballparks.
On the whole, Baz would give up another 3-run inning in the 3rd and immediately put the Rays deep into a hole they could never crawl their way out of.
The Rays had multiple guys on base in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th. A couple of double plays, 8 total left on base, and a whopping 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position erased all the good building work the bats did.
The potentially lasting bad from this game and something to watch is with Ha-Seong Kim, who had to leave the game with lower back tightness.
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