White Sox show fight, break late in 10-5 loss to Cubs
The game held close halfway home but the South Siders invariably fell hard late, at the hands of their bullpen
Sean Burke led a White Sox staff that was whittled away by wildness on Friday. | (Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images) What’s that viral quote referenced in Ted Lasso time and time again? “It’s the hope that kills you?
” Unfortunately, White Sox fans know that all too well, although even hope has been hard to come by in recent years. In those recent years, the moment the White Sox fell behind the game was virtually over. There was no fight from the team, and it was nothing but sadness all season.
We’re still only midway through the month of May, but it’s clear that this White Sox team has plenty of fight in them and won’t go down easily. Unfortunately, it’s the hope for rallies that makes the pending collapses that much harder to watch. It’s only one game in a long season, but all the immaculate vibes leading into this first Crosstown Classic series fell apart in just a few bad innings late in the game, as the White Sox fell to the Cubs, 10-5 .
It’s certainly not the end of the world, but boy does it feel like it when you lose to a team as universally hated as pineapple on pizza. The story coming into this game was what we’d see out of Sean Burke and Edward Cabrera. Both have struggled as of late, but have been solid enough this season.