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When it comes to baseball tweets, there’s one you might be able to tie, but you won’t be able to beat.

every time I see an Angels highlight it's like "Mike Trout hit three homes runs and raised his average to .528 while Shohei Ohtani did something that hasn't been done since 'Tungsten Arm' O'Doyle of the 1921 Akron Groomsmen, as the Tigers defeated the Angels 8-3"

And as Tungsten Arm O’Doyle nights go, tonight was tungster than most. The White Sox fell behind 3-0 in the third inning due to three solo shots off a stiff Johnny Cueto, including back-to-back homers by Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani.

That frame was captured right before Seby Zavala singled to make it 9-3. While that ruined the perfect poetry of the evening, it allowed Ohtani to add an RBI “double” to his tab to hammer the point further.

While the Sox were out-homered 3-2, they outscored the Angels 5-3 on home run balls. Josh Harrison broke the tension in the fifth, as Chase Silseth showed why two of his four starts this season died at exactly 13 outs (with one done after five). He struck out Yoán Moncada to open the fifth, but even the bottom of the order couldn’t get him over the hump. Instead, Leury García punched a single through the left side, Seby Zavala laced a double into the left-field corner that scored García, and Josh Harrison enthusiastically smashed a 3-1 fastball over the left-center fence, tying the game at 3 and earning the title of The Guy who Chased Silseth.

Refreshingly, the Sox didn’t stop hitting when TTOP reset. Tim Anderson started a new rally with a single off Oliver Ortega, and although Andrew Vaughn struck out, Luis Robert brought Ortega to his knees with a seismic homer to over the batter’s eye in center.

Luis Robert absolutely obliterated that baseball. MERCY!#ChangeTheGame | @NBCSChicago pic.twitter.com/TTVGNKtUJX

Cueto dealt with a couple of two-out baserunners to deliver a pair of shutdown innings for a quality start, including a key sixth inning after Anderson grounded into a double play against rookie Elvis Peguero with the bases loaded to end the top of that inning.

Peguero came back out for the seventh, which was fortunate since the White Sox had a read on him, and it was helpfully explained by Mike Trout.

Mike Trout out in center field getting annoyed that Elvis Peguero is tipping pitches 😂 guy looks so fed up pic.twitter.com/e2UPQDMW5h

Trout said, and Angels analyst Mark Gubicza concurred, that Peguero held his hands up and away when throwing a slider, and held his hands lower for a fastball.

The results suggested the Sox knew what was coming. Vaughn walked in his only good plate appearance of the night, Robert singled him to second, and José Abreu drove them both home with a double to right-center that gave the Sox some sorely needed breathing room at 7-3 Gavin Sheets drew a five-pitch walk, and Peguero headed to the dugout without recording an out.

Jaime Barria came in, and the Sox kept going. Yoán Moncada doubled on a hanging slider to score Abreu, and after García struck out, Zavala and Harrison both delivered RBI singles to put the Sox into double digits against a team that isn’t Detroit for the first time all year. The 10 runs came on two five-spots.

The Sox then went to 11 in the eighth when Abreu doubled, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout.

The surge gave Cueto an easy victory, which he deserved after coming into this game saddled with a 1-4 record. He appeared to be stretching out his back early, and when Andrew Velazquez turned over the lineup in the third inning with a solo homer that carried, carried, carried over the left-center wall, it foreshadowed bad news, especially when Trout and Ohtani followed suit.

Cueto adjusted by dialing down his sinker usage and replacing harder pitches with sliders, and he avoided blistering contact and the resulting drama the rest of the way.

Joe Kelly was the only reliever who looked out of place with a lopsided lead, handling the seventh presumably because he’d been warming during the sixth. He gave up a run, but only because AJ Pollock overran Ohtani’s drive to the left-field corner and failed to haul it in behind him. Between that and the Gavin Sheets play on Monday, Adam Engel can rest his hamstring easily.

*One knock on the White Sox was their performance with the bases loaded. They went 0-for-3 with a double play and two strikeouts, and are now hitting .157/.215/.211 in 65 plate appearances.

*Tim Anderson committed an error when he got cute on a sidearmed throw in the ninth inning, giving Abreu a hop he couldn’t handle.

Record: 35-38 | Box score | Statcast

Writing about the White Sox for a 16th season, first here, then at South Side Sox, and now here again. Let’s talk curling.

they didn’t score early, but they did score often!

harrison’s wRC+ has been climbing steadily over the past month, along with his BABIP. now up to a respectable 9-hole hitter’s 93 after tonight’s excellent performance, 2 for 4 with a HR and BB. Per game logs, the Sox are now 21-12 when he starts at 2B. Leury’s the one that needs DFAing.

The Sox have wasted HoF level players with constant uncompetitive teams but at least they never wasted one at Trout’s level. Id feel a little worse for him if he didn’t sign up for it but still stinks hes been in what 2 playoff games or something?

Well there is wasting, and then there is giving away for nothing

Any info on exit velocities fir Moncada? Or how he looked? Highlights look great. But seemed like Angel pitchers were lobbing softballs up there. Which we’ll take of course.

Yoan looked pretty healthy if a little rusty and aggressive– looked decent on fastballs but mostly saw soft stuff all night. I noted him fouling off 95-96mph above the zone, which he wasn’t doing early in the year. 102mph off the bat on the double.

The Guy Who Chased Silseth? I don’t get it, help an old man out.

Because his first name is Chase? Yeah, okay never mind.

When I fell asleep the Sox were up 10-4, so when I woke early I said to myself, “I’m sure the Sox won.” Then I thought, “Well I’m not sure.” Glad to see a big win. As frustrating as it has been to be a Sox fan at times, I think it must be worse to be an Angels fan and watch the team do nothing during the Trout-Ohtani years.

Seby Zavala with a 289/300/474 triple slash and 0.4 fWAR in 13 games is something I was not expecting. Funny thing because Grandal and Keuchel were the largest contracts on this window. One is no longer with the team, the other one is barely missed or mentioned anymore.

Not sure but there’s really no one in Charlotte to take his place (which says everything about this org). Sure was a bad time for Romy to take a shitter with his season. Another question, why are Yoan Aybar, Parker Markel, and Anderson Severino doing on the 40 man? This also says all you need to about the state of this org.

Aybar and Markel were waiver claimees and Severino was with the big league club for a few games at the beginning of the season. I don’t mind them being around, they’re all pitchers with some talent that could be useable relievers if the pitching dev group can coax it out of them. They’re also not really holding anyone back

I don’t mind them taking flyers on these guys, that’s what you do. Try them out and see if you can find something, if not move on. The problem is that they haven’t moved on and in the meantime they are using spots that are not helping the big club which desperately needs the depth.

Severino should’ve been outrighted.

Who should replace them on the 40-man right of this moment? If they trade for actual major leaguers to upgrade, sure, but are they really blocking anyone right now? Relievers are strange beasts, they can ‘click’ and suddenly figure it out, and often just as suddenly break again. No harm in keeping them around as long as possible until there’s a real reason to move on like they did with Yermin, who the Giants snapped up immediately and I fully expect to have vicious revenge games vs the Sox this weekend

Cueto is known for strong work ethics. Also Cueto’s game preparation and physical conditioning has been praised in the past. He is a talented pitcher. Got Cy Young votes and he even started an All-Star game.

He can be seen hours before games at AT&T Park– with his children sometimes by his side — running and jumping through the aisles in the stands.

“I knew it was important for me to run,” said Cueto. “It’s important because that helps me pitch longer in games.”

Maybe he can be our next trainer Coach.

Agree on all three counts. Those Angel uniforms looked sharp. Are the actual throwbacks or pretend throwbacks?

Those are their City Connect uniforms, although they don’t really attempt to connect with either of their cities.

But according to someone, somewhere, the tail on the end of the S is for Trout and Salmon.

And that’s the truth…pbbbt

I don’t need to regurgitate the litany of reasons our super sub isn’t so super however, it is telling that the headline and lead on todays story about last nights game, not only highlights long overdue meh achievements, but also acknowledges deserved fan criticisms as a reason to shine the spotlight.

Does anyone have the original draft of the article from Hahn’s office telling Merkin to post it under his byline?

I didn’t know what you were talking about so I went to the white Sox website. Such a weird lead for the article. Yeah, Garcia’s two hits of the 17 hits are what sparked the team. So weird