Chicago White Sox can’t overcome miscues in 6-1 loss to Milwaukee Brewers despite another Munetaka Murakami HR
MILWAUKEE — The Chicago White Sox pitching and hitting stood out for all the wrong reasons in Thursday’s season opener when the team struck out 20 times and issued 10 walks . On Saturday, it was the defense. The miscues — physically and mentally — piled up early for the Sox defensively during a 6-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in front of 36,030 at American Family Field.
Munetaka Murakami went deep for the second straight game , but the Sox couldn’t overcome their defensive mistakes while falling to 0-2. “We’ve got to clean it up,” manager Will Venable said. “There’s a lot to point to there where we need to improve.
These guys, they’re playing hard, but we’ve got to clean up some of this stuff that these guys can do a better job of, for sure. ” The Sox were charged with one error. But that doesn’t tell the story.
Venable referred to the defense early in the game as “sloppy. ” Left fielder Andrew Benintendi didn’t come up with a fly ball near the wall to begin the bottom of the first, resulting in a double for Brice Turang. “That first play, felt the wall come and just kind of decided that his route was over,” Venable said of the sequence.
Christian Yelich drove in Turang with a one-out single through the drawn-in infield. Yelich then moved to third on a single to right by Jake Bauers. Right fielder Everson Pereira made an ill-advised throw to third that airmailed the cutoff man, allowing Bauers to advance to second easily.
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