Executive Vice President Ken Williams reportedly addressed Chicago White Sox gamers and workers Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
News of the assembly, reported by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, grew to become public Monday simply because the Sox had been starting their closing journey earlier than the All-Star break with the primary of 4 video games in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians.
It was a bumpy begin for the Sox because the Guardians scored 5 within the first off Lance Lynn. The Sox bought inside a run earlier than dropping 8-4 in entrance of 13,655 at Progressive Field.
“When you give up five runs with two outs, that hurts,” Lynn mentioned. “But I’ve to be higher early on. I’ve to be higher all the best way round. There’s no different method to put it.
“Make better pitches. Get myself in better counts. And when I do get in those counts, put people away and not give up hits.”
The Sox had an opportunity to maneuver previous the Guardians and into second place within the American League Central. Instead they dropped to 41-44, 5½ video games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins and 1½ behind the Guardians.
According to Nightengale, Williams mentioned the “underachieving performance this season, reminding them of their talent, but that it was time to focus and pull together.” Nightengale added within the tweet, “No one was absolved, from staff to players, for the team’s woes.”
Monday’s wobbly first wasn’t the product of 1 specific difficulty. The Guardians didn’t hit the ball all that onerous within the inning, however they stored discovering methods to return via.
Franmil Reyes drove in a run with a single. Two runs scored on a broken-bat single to heart by Nolan Jones. Myles Straw’s two-run single made it 5-0.
Lynn threw 39 pitches within the first.
“I don’t think he got beat up in that first inning,” Sox supervisor Tony La Russa mentioned. “He got the ground ball and they found holes. It would be different if they were centering it, but they didn’t. Buzzard luck in the first inning.”
It seemed like it might be an extended night time for the Sox.
But Yoán Moncada bought the staff again within the recreation with a three-run homer within the third. AJ Pollock’s RBI single an inning later made it 5-4.
“We know that we have to fight back every time,” Moncada mentioned via an interpreter. “Fight through the whole game and that was what we did (Monday). It doesn’t matter if we are up or down on the scoreboard, we have to do our best in every inning.”
That’s as shut as they might get.
Lynn allowed a single to Reyes and hit Andrés Giménez within the fifth. He exited after giving up a two-run double to Jones on his one hundredth pitch.
“I watched him in the fourth,” La Russa mentioned. “First and third (with one out), got the heart of the lineup out. We checked him and he said, ‘I’m ready to go.’”
Jones scored on a single by Straw that deflected off reliever Matt Foster, extending the Guardians result in 8-4.
“You are looking at two games (Tuesday),” Lynn mentioned, referring to the break up doubleheader. “To be honest with you, I have to get through six (innings) and I let the team down.”
Lynn allowed eight runs on 9 hits with three strikeouts and two walks in four-plus innings.
“I’ve got to get off to a better start,” he mentioned. “The final couple of video games for certain, if you find yourself throwing 30 pitches within the first, you might be getting your self in a excessive pitch rely early. And then later within the recreation you’ll be larger than you want.
“Figure out how to get through the first inning in 15 (pitches) or less and go from there.”
And the Sox have to determine methods to enhance in opposition to the groups forward of them within the division. They are 1-5 in opposition to the Guardians and 1-5 in opposition to the Twins, in opposition to whom they start a four-game collection Thursday at Target Field.
“It definitely is important because we are playing against our division rival,” Moncada mentioned of the stretch earlier than the All-Star break. “We need and we want to win every game. And that’s our goal. That’s what we are trying to do this week. (Monday) is in the past. We have to move forward and try to get as many wins as we can.”
Before the sport, La Russa addressed a report from Nightengale, who wrote Sunday, “There have been a lot of whispers of unrest, cliques and the lack of player leadership inside the clubhouse tearing apart this talented team.”
“We talk about family, responsibility, accountability, improving, being honest about what we’re doing right or wrong,” La Russa mentioned. “Very tight membership. That’s why it’s extra irritating, however extra irritating if our followers purchase into it in any respect.
“There again, it’s in our power to go from a losing team to a winning team. And you win more arguments when you’re winning.”
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