White Sox 4, Astros 2
W: Rodon (2-0) L: Keuchel (7-2) S: Robertson (12)
HR: Correa (1), Someone who is not Correa (10)
IF ONLY…
- …Gordon Beckham hadn’t snagged Correa’s screamer with 1st and 2nd in the 4th
- …Keuchel could have one pitch to Jose Abreu back
- …Hinch had let Keuchel work the 8th
- …Hinch had called on literally anyone but Qualls in the 8th
- …a remotely competent umpire were working the plate, thus putting the tying runs on for the team’s best contact hitter in the 9th
For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.
All these ifs and buts amount to candy, nuts, and a 6 game losing streak. But let’s focus on Correa’s bomb, his first steal, and his outrageous talent, and maybe we’ll have a Merry Christmas.