During a challenging road trip, the Chicago White Sox faced significant struggles, culminating in a 7-0 loss against the Twins, marking their eighth shutout and worsening their season record to 3-19. Despite the team being scoreless through seven innings and being outscored 31-7 on the trip, pitcher Erick Fedde delivered a standout performance, achieving a new career-high of 11 strikeouts in a single game. Fedde, who had previously excelled in Korean baseball, displayed his prowess by striking out the first two batters he faced and maintaining strong form throughout the game, with 17 whiffs and 15 called strikes, contributing significantly to the defensive effort.
Per Statcast, Fedde has 17 whiffs, 15 called strikes
New career-high of 11 Ks for Fedde
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Erick Fedde's 9th and 10th Ks. https://t.co/3eK0ZQz9Ve
Tonight, the Sox are getting the Erick Fedde who dominated Korean baseball last year. He’s through five one-run innings with 10 strikeouts.
Fedde matches a career-high with 10 Ks
Eight strikeouts in four innings for Erick (ground ball) Fedde.
8 Ks for Fedde through 4. His career-high is 10.
Four strikeouts for Erick Fedde through two innings. Sheets (double on his birthday) and Vaughn (second hit in last two ABs) have the Sox' hits.
Four strikeouts in two innings for Fedde
White Sox are trailing the Twins 1-0 after one. Erick Fedde struck out first two batters, then allowed three straight hits.
Erick Fedde started the bottom of the first with back-to-back strikeouts. Then with two outs, a double and a single, and the Sox are down 1-0.
Three pitch strikeout for Fedde to start things
White Sox have been outscored, 31-7, on this road trip. They scored 5 in the 9th Saturday and two in the first Sunday. They fall, 7-0, tonight. Their eighth shutout drops them to 3-19 overall
Sox scoreless through seven offensive innings in Minnesota. They’ve struck out 10 times and walked none. They trail 6-0 at the Seventh Inning Stretch.