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AP Photos The White Sox were breezing along with a one-run lead Wednesday against the Blue Jays at Guaranteed Rate Field behind another stellar performance from Lance Lynn. And then everything unraveled in a three-run eighth inning in a 6-2 Sox loss shortly after second baseman Nick Madrigal left the game with a hamstring injury. Left-hander Aaron Bummer, starting a clean eighth inning after Lynn pitched seven innings of one-run ball, got Rowdy Tellez to pop out for the first out. Then he struck out pinch hitter Riley Adams on a pitch in the dirt, but catcher Yasmani Grandal, going to his backhand, couldn’t block it, and the Jays had a baserunner.
Lance Lynn has been exactly what the Chicago White Sox have needed
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Yasmani Grandal cranks 457-foot homer vs. Tigers (0:36)
Yasmani Grandal increases the White Sox s lead over the Tigers with a solo home run in the seventh inning. (0:36)
And then go out there and throw 100 pitches with ease.
Lynn was actually lined up to pitch on three days rest, but a rainout altered the plans and his routine for the week.
No worries. Back on his regular day, Lynn threw six innings of one-run ball against the visiting Detroit Tigers on Thursday in a 4-1 victory, keeping himself squarely in the early running for the American League Cy Young Award. He might even be the leader.