With the White Sox firing Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn before the game, this game took a backseat, because it only mattered to one team.
Nevertheless, here's a bullet-point recap for posterity.
*After the White Sox grabbed a quick 1-0 lead on an Andrew Vaughn RBI single, Mike Clevinger lost it in the second on four singles that led to two runs. He almost limited the damage to that, except the Mariners kept the fourth inning alive with a two-out walk, and Josh Rojas seized the opportunity with a two-run homer that gave the Mariners all the runs they needed.
*The Mariners added insurance in the sixth off Bryan Shaw thanks to a Yoán Moncada error. Ty France hit a chopper that might've been a 5-4-3 double play in the making, but Moncada lost the chopper in the lights, so everybody was safe. If the play would've developed too slowly for a double play, it still cost the Sox at least one run, because an unearned run came home on a sac fly that wouldn't have been possible.
*That inning came shortly after Luis Robert Jr. missed a two-run homer by the slimmest of margins, and in a very strange way. He launched a hanging slider high and deep to left, and it flirted with the foul pole on its way over the fence. Third base umpire Shane Livensparger originally signaled "fair," followed by the finger twirl for a home run -- but after the White Sox stadium operations department took the cue to start the fireworks, Livensparger then changed his mind and signaled foul. He was correct to do so, but his processing was a tick slow.
*The White Sox had to settle for their next run in the following inning, and in the least impressive fashion: a run-scoring Elvis Andrus double play.
*Andrew Benintendi did hit a solo shot in the ninth, so he's back to having more homers than Nick Madrigal on the season.
