CLEVELAND — In August 2022, then-White Sox general manager Rick Hahn was discussing the team’s lack of power when he summed up the effect the long ball can have.“Ball goes far, team goes far,” he said.The ball did not go…
The Chicago White Sox have managed only two home runs across the first four games of the American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians. After hitting 211 regular-season homers behind 30-homer seasons from Munetaka Murakami, Miguel Vargas, and Colson Montgomery, the offense has struggled for power. Chicago's only long balls in the series came from a Murakami two-run blast in Game 1 and a Vargas solo shot in Game 4.
Manager Will Venable credited Cleveland's pitching staff for limiting Chicago's power by executing well and leveraging bullpen matchups. The White Sox' overall team OPS has fallen to .622 in the series, well below their regular-season average of .726. The series concludes Saturday in Cleveland with a decisive Game 5, where right-hander Gavin Williams is scheduled to start for the Guardians.
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