Paul Sullivan: Lance Lynn flops in White Sox’s 6-1 loss to Astros in ALDS opener: ‘I just wasn’t making quality pitches when I needed to’
HOUSTON — The Chicago White Sox were loose, carefree and confident heading into Thursday’s opener of the American League Division Series against the Houston Astros. One after another, the players said this was a better team than the one that bowed out to the Oakland A’s in the wild-card round last October, that their experience would be beneficial in the return to the postseason. But none of ...
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Oct 07, 2021
3 minutes
HOUSTON — The Chicago White Sox were loose, carefree and confident heading into Thursday’s opener of the American League Division Series against the Houston Astros.
One after another, the players said this was a better team than the one that bowed out to the Oakland A’s in the wild-card round last October, that their experience would be beneficial in the return to the postseason.
But none of that seemed to matter in a 6-1 Game 1 loss to the Astros, a day in which veteran starter Lance Lynn floundered and the Sox offense was non-existent.
The Sox will get
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