Six Pack of Stats: White Sox 5, Red Sox 4

FanGraphs

The White Sox knot the series against the Red Sox in a close game. Lance Lynn looked much better, and the guys somehow put up four home runs. The game ended with a walk-off single from Elvis Andrus, who has been really great this month. Let’s break this game down even more.

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The Starters

Lance Lynn finally started looking like the Big Bastard we know and love. He made it through 5 2⁄3 innings, with seven strikeouts. His numbers in the box score don’t look great, but that’s not completely on him. Lynn did give up six hits, a home run, three earned runs, and a walk. But in 105 pitches, but of those, he tossed 73 strikes (19 swinging).

Here’s the pitch breakdown:

Baseball Savant

James Paxton was on the mound for the Red Sox, and had a mostly uneventful and quick start. In four innings, Paxton gave up two hits and a home run and fanned just three. He left the game with a sore right knee.

Here’s the pitch breakdown:

Baseball Savant

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Pressure Play

With the game tied and a frustrated Kendall Graveman, Adam Duvall had a chance to bring in at least one run with bases loaded, one out, and 6.86 LI — but thankfully struck out swinging.

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Pressure Cooker

Kendall Graveman racked up a 5.27 pLI as he had the game on the line and loaded the bases in the ninth in a tie ballgame. It ended in a strikeout, and everyone let out a sigh of relief.

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Top Play

Zach Remillard successfully stole second base, which gave Elvis Andrus the opportunity for a bloop to right, scoring Remillard for the walk-off win and providing a .394 WPA.

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Top Performer

The hero of the game with a .374 WPA was Elvis Andrus and his right-field bloop to send in the winning run.

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Smackdown

Hardest hit: Jake Burger’s fifth-inning home run was smoked fresh off the grill bat at 113 mph.

Weakest contact: Christian Arroyo’s ground out in the eighth was gently tapped at 57.1 mph.

Luckiest hit: The Rafael Devers single in the fourth had a low xBA of just .100.

Toughest out: Luis Robert Jr.’s line out in the ninth was looking good with an xBA of .730, but it fizzled out like our hopes and dreams.

Longest hit: Back to Burger’s home run, which left the diamond and landed 445 feet away.

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Magic Number: 15

There were four home runs today, bringing the solo home run tally up to 15 of the last 16 home runs. Guys, if you’re reading this — you CAN hit home runs when your teammates are on base.

Here is one today, because I love a good bat drop.

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Glossary

CSW called strikes plus whiffs
Hard-hit is any ball off the bat at 95 mph or more
LI measures pressure per play
pLI measures total pressure faced in-game
Whiff a swing-and-miss
WPA win probability added measures contributions to the win
xBA expected batting average

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