When the White Sox entered the bottom of the ninth down 7-2 while being outhit 16-1, there appeared to be no reason to second-guess the choice to push Shane Smith back a day, or to consider the three ninth-inning runs allowed by Bryse Wilson as anything more than an ERA-ruiner.
But then the White Sox sent nine batters to the plate, answering those three runs before Carlos Estévez struck out Tim Elko with the bases loaded to escape Chicago without being the victims of the first White Sox sweep this season, and suddenly a little more pitching would’ve gone a much longer way.
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