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The White Sox lost to the Royals 2-0, with Erick Fedde delivering a strong performance despite the defeat. Tanner Murray recorded his first major league hit in a game that lasted just under two hours.
Erick Fedde deserved better. | Getty Images
This game had three highlights:
Fedde pitched a fine game today. Michael Wacha pitched a better one.
Fedde made one mistake, starting the game after a short rain delay with a get-me-over first pitch to settle in, a pitch Maikel GarcĂa deposited 412 feet away. Well, two mistakes, the other being a case of chronic White Sox pitcher inefficiency that made him leave the game after five innings and 85 pitches, 53 of them strikes.
Part of the inefficiency came in the second inning, when a walk, an infield single and a hit batter loaded the bases, but GarcĂa grounded out to end the only time the Royals had a runner in scoring position against him. Otherwise, Fedde walked no one else and only gave up one more hit.
Small problem, though â if Fedde was lights barely visible, Wacha was lights fully out. In the first inning, he threw 11 pitches, all of them strikes, and then tossed six more strikes to start the second. He was as efficient as Fedde wasnât, cruising through eight innings on just 88 pitches, 63 of them strikes.
Wacha did allow the Sox offense four hits, doubles to Andrew Benintendi (raising his average to .184) and Lenyn Sosa (raising his to .179) and singles to Reese McGuire (now hitting a hearty .125) and Murray, who got his first-ever big league hit on a grounder up the middle:
And the Sox only struck out eight times in the game, so thatâs some form of progress.
Sean Newcomb did a nifty six-up, six-down in relief, but then the Royals added a run off Jordan Hicks in the eighth on a GarcĂa double and two fly balls. That was totally unnecessary against the Sox, who now have scored eight runs in their last six games, with seven straight games of three runs or fewer and 11 such games of the 15 this year.
The White Sox are now 5-10 on the young year â a 54-win pace, in case youâre keeping track. The finale in KC is at 1:10 p.m. Central tomorrow, with the Sox going with the famous âundecidedâ (as opposed to the equally famous TBA or TBD), as it would be Shane Smithâs turn in the rotation and Smith is enjoying Charlotte.
The final score was 2-0 in favor of the Royals.
Erick Fedde was the starting pitcher for the White Sox.
Tanner Murray recorded his first major league hit during the game.

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