White Sox Ace Davis Martin's 2.41 ERA Got Blown Up By the Yankees, And It's Getting Worse

Okay, Mariners fans, even though our boys weren't on the field, you gotta see what went down Tuesday night. The New York Yankees offense went absolutely bonkers against the White Sox, hanging a ridiculous 12-2 score on them in the series opener. Twelve runs! Fifteen hits! Every single starter got a knock. It was a complete offensive explosion, their eighth game this season with double-digit runs. You thought the White Sox had something special in their rotation? Well, it might have just caught fire.

Davis Martin's Season Just Took a Nosedive

Man, if you're a White Sox fan, you gotta be shaking your head right now. Davis Martin, who came into this game with a sparkling 2.41 ERA, second best in the whole American League, got absolutely shelled. This guy had allowed just three home runs all season across 13 starts, you know? Then he runs into the Yankees, who lead MLB with 102 homers. Which side was gonna blink? Spoiler: it was Martin, big time. Spencer Jones took him deep in the second to tie the game at 1-1 with a screamer. Then the third inning turned into a complete nightmare. An excuse-me swing by J.C. Escarra led to a leadoff double, then Anthony Volpe hit a soft hopper that first baseman Jacob Gonzalez messed up, putting runners on the corners. Ben Rice walked, loading the bases, before Cody Bellinger lined a two-run single for the lead. Jones walked with the bases loaded, and Jose Caballero added another run with a sac fly. The bleeding wouldn't stop

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. Rice blasted a towering two-run shot in the fourth, giving him 20 homers and tying him for third in the majors. Then Paul Goldschmidt delivered a two-run shot of his own. Just like that, Martin was out of the game, and his ERA had shot up to a rough 3.31. What an absolutely brutal outing.

Yankees Offense Just Kept Coming

While Martin was having the game from hell, the Yankees just kept pouring it on. After Andrew Benintendi got to Gerrit Cole early with a two-out homer for a 1-0 White Sox lead, Cole settled down big time. The former AL Cy Young winner retired 13 straight batters through five innings. He got into a little trouble in the sixth, allowing a run on an infield single by Luisangel Acuna, but he worked out of it, delivering six solid innings. Cole finished with 90 pitches, 59 strikes, giving up just two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out six. Meanwhile, the offense was still cooking. Ryan McMahon had an RBI single, and Jones scored again after pitcher Chris Murphy threw a dribbler from Escarra away. It all added up to a massive six-run fourth inning! Jose Caballero wasn't done either, launching his seventh homer of the season in the eighth off Acuna. Seriously, every single Yankee starter had a hit. When a team's best starter gets taken to the cleaners like that, you know an offense is clicking. This kind of power hitting is no joke, and it means other teams in the league better be ready. The Yankees are showing what they can do at the plate, and if they keep this up, opponents are gonna have their hands full all season long.

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