If the White Sox want their lone All-Star representative to transcend token status and garner some potentially positive attention during the Midsummer Classic, they’re going to have to play better defense behind him.
Shane Smith might’ve been in for a slog regardless due to spotty control and BABIP woes, but the brand of defense behind him exacerbated his issues. He pitched around one of two Lenyn Sosa mistakes in the first inning, but most of the infield conspired to make a mess of a five-run second inning that put the Cardinals on track to face a position player in the ninth. The White Sox have now lost six-straight.
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