White Sox sweep Royals, will want extra from Lance Lynn and Tim Anderson

Lance Lynn and Tim Anderson will must be key items if the White Sox hope to beat their depressing begin and truly contend. Neither have performed to their very own requirements, and something shut can be a lift to the Sox.

On Sunday, one in all them regarded like their previous self, whereas the opposite didn’t have a lot of an opportunity to contribute. Luis Robert Jr., in the meantime, continued his torrid Could.

Lynn threw six innings and allowed two runs within the Sox’ 5-2 win over the Royals, giving them their first sequence sweep of the season and a 6-3 homestand. Robert’s fourth-inning homer was his eighth of the month and thirteenth of the yr, eclipsing his complete from 2022.

The Sox rotation has been a motive for the group’s relative enchancment, and Lynn’s outing was the group’s sixth consecutive high quality begin. Lynn, who had a 7.16 ERA in March/April, received for the third time in 4 begins and has given up three earned runs over his previous 13 innings pitched.

Sadly for the Sox, Lynn and his fellow starters might want to step up additional due to one thing introduced Sunday.

Minutes earlier than the sport, the Sox positioned Mike Clevinger on the 15-day injured record with proper wrist irritation, retroactive to Could 18. Clevinger, who was scheduled to begin Monday in Cleveland, is 3-3 with a 4.56 ERA and was noticed sporting a brace on his proper hand.

The Sox will announce a corresponding transfer previous to Monday’s sport.

As for Anderson, he didn’t begin and was changed within the lineup by Romy Gonzalez. Gonzalez justified the choice with a go-ahead two-run triple within the fifth, however something they get from him is a bonus.

That isn’t true for the scuffling Anderson, who entered Sunday 1 for 12 over his previous three video games and eight for 34 on the homestand, and likewise made a key error in Thursday’s loss to the Guardians.

Supervisor Pedro Grifol, nonetheless, mentioned Anderson didn’t sit as a result of he’s struggling.

“He’s getting a break day as a result of we really feel his physique must get better,” Grifol mentioned. “He’s performed a variety of video games in a row. We don’t essentially take gamers of his caliber out as a result of they’re scuffling. That’s not what we do. We give gamers a day as a result of their physique wants it. They should get better. That’s the place we’re at.”

Anderson did enter the sport as a defensive alternative within the sixth when Hanser Alberto departed with left shoulder soreness. Within the seventh, he singled towards Royals pitcher Max Castillo and scored on an Andrew Benintendi single.