Strong Quintana start spoiled, comeback spoiled, afternoon spoiled

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Perfect baseball moments seem to make a point of creeping in out of nowhere, to the point where perfect setups should be looked at suspiciously. 

Jose Quintana cruising with a perfect game through five innings against a sleepy Boston offense, in the afternoon hour so that the baseball world could gaze upon him and wonder how he missed All-Star attention? Too perfect.

Conor Gillaspie pinch-hitting hopelessly in the ninth inning against Koji Uehara with a runner on and down two in the ninth? Just random enough.

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Chris Sale Day goes as planned, then bullpen gets involved

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Ronald Belisario didn't even screw up that bad this time, honest.

Sure, he got tagged with the loss and got charged for two runs in 1.1 innings, but he really only allowed two (just two!) ringing base-hits in the ninth. It's not his fault that the second one scored the go-ahead run in the form of Mike Napoli, who reached when his nubber kicked off the heel of Marcus Semien's glove at third. 

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Save Us, Chris Sale - Game Preview & Lineups 4/17

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A day after the atrocity that is the White Sox bullpen used up every last pitch in its arsenal in a 6-4, 14-inning loss to the Red Sox, Chris Sale takes the mound in hopes of avoiding the shenanigans that led to that embarrassing conclusion.

Leury Garcia is starting at second base and will likely be unavailable in relief for tonight's 7:10 rubber match against Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox, but one can rightly assume Daniel Webb, fresh off of a gutsy, 59-pitch performance as the only actual arm left in the bullpen, won't be.

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Welcoming Old Friends - Series Preview & Lineups 4/15

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Since dropping the finale of their season-opening series against Minnesota, the White Sox have not strayed more than a game above or below .500 through 13 games.

They can break away from that stretch on Tuesday when they welcome the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox for the first of a three-game series at U.S. Cellular Field.

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