Sean Burke bounced back in White Sox’s 5-1 win over the Astros

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What was the context of the White Sox vs. Astros series before Sean Burke’s start?

Leila Rahimi 0:03

Raheemi and Grody. Middays 10 a.m. to two on Chicago Sports Radio 1043 The Score. Three two from Taylor. Ground ball up the middle. A little bobble, but Middle stays with it, and that's ball game. Just a dominant performance from the White Sox tonight. And they will even up this series with a 5-1 win here in game two.

Mark Grote 0:28

Sox win by four runs in Houston last night. John Shriffin with a call on CHSN. The White Sox's magical number is now 22. All they really have to do is worry about themselves, even though the Cleveland Guardians did beat Toronto last night by final of six to one, and the Sox in the division are three up on Cleveland as it stands right now. But yeah, it we it is. into magic number time right now for the White Sox, which is like you forget how many there's not a lot of games left of the season. Twenty something games. Like we're here. Like September has arrived. I've got that that feeling, right? Like we're getting close to the fun stuff, hopefully for both of our teams in the postseason, including the White Sox.

Vinny Rotino 1:13

Oh no, absolutely. And for whatever reason, Sox and Astros, I kind of chalk that one up to the Astros are now tops in the AL West. They are above five hundred, which will get you tops in the AL West. How many games above five hundred? Don't worry about that. Don't worry about it. It's just above five hundred will get you the division lead. So that's again another indication of how unstable the American league is. But that That the the White Sox seem to be in a pretty good place, and we just know they are not a streaky team, both in the positive and the negative. They never run on a ton of win streaks.

How did Sean Burke rebound after his rough start earlier in the season?

Vinny Rotino 1:47

They don't go on a big losing streak. That's just not how they work. True to form, I think yesterday was a good example. Sean Burke coming off an atrocious start his last timeout. Cleans it up even after he walked the first two batters and is able to go five and two thirds.

Mark Grote 2:01

Yeah, he was better. Like I wouldn't say he was great last night, but you're right, like that was a little jarring to to be coming off the eight walks and see him walk the first two. He goes five and two thirds, zero runs. That's the key, man. One hit, six strikeouts, four walks. And I'll say it again, and I don't mind giving the disclaimer. I'm looking at everything through a postseason lens when I talk about the White Sox and I talk about the Cubs. So if I'm being hard on them, that's That's why. Um Burke d didn't he had the weird no hitter going too for a while.

Vinny Rotino 2:32

The weird

Mark Grote 2:32

no hitter. Right. The the Edwin Jackson no hitter was on because

Vinny Rotino 2:36

walk a bunch of dudes and yeah Exactly.

Mark Grote 2:38

Right. So it's like there's a no-hitter going on, but it doesn't mean he's necessarily pitching well. Didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning. That first inning, too, 31 pitches. So I was like, is he gonna last? Are we gonna look at what he did the last time? He he uh then he settled in. He settled in between the third and fifth innings, retiring seven in a row, and that's where I was like, okay. Now he Starting to look a little bit more like Sean Burke. Still not dominating again like he did in July.

What were the key statistics from Burke’s 5⅔‑inning performance?

Mark Grote 3:08

And maybe I should just stop with that because maybe that would like we're not gonna see that from him because he's already over his career high in innings and everything is like like let's just see where he goes into this gray area. But I will land on he looked better and we needed to see that.

Vinny Rotino 3:24

Oh contraire, Mark Rote. What? That was his first winning decision since July nineteenth. Wow. So in case you were wondering, it was a step toward July. Also, so Sean Burke threw ninety-two pitches in three innings against the Rangers his last time out. 104 was a career high. So the one oh four he threw yesterday for five and two thirds is a career high. He He is sneakily, sneakily, up to a hundred and fifty-four and two thirds innings. Yeah. Yeah. And for the big leagues, that's significant. So that's

Mark Grote 3:57

improvement.

Vinny Rotino 3:58

That is yes, Jerry, but th that's functional improvement and his improvement was supposed to be dysfunctional.

Mark Grote 4:03

In this major league baseball, yeah, 'cause two hundred innings used to be the thing, right?