White Sox bats still made of marshmallow, fall to Royals, 2-0
You couldn’t blame the South Side starter if he’s totally Fedde up with the offense
Erick Fedde deserved better. | Getty Images This game had three highlights: Erick Fedde’s start. Tanner Murray’s first major league hit.
It was over in an hour and 56 minutes. Fedde pitched a fine game today. Michael Wacha pitched a better one.
Fedde made one mistake, starting the game after a short rain delay with a get-me-over first pitch to settle in, a pitch Maikel García deposited 412 feet away. Well, two mistakes, the other being a case of chronic White Sox pitcher inefficiency that made him leave the game after five innings and 85 pitches, 53 of them strikes. Part of the inefficiency came in the second inning, when a walk, an infield single and a hit batter loaded the bases, but García grounded out to end the only time the Royals had a runner in scoring position against him.
Otherwise, Fedde walked no one else and only gave up one more hit. Small problem, though — if Fedde was lights barely visible, Wacha was lights fully out. In the first inning, he threw 11 pitches, all of them strikes, and then tossed six more strikes to start the second.