Hagen Smith earns first major-league victory in first appearance for White Sox
<p>Left-hander Hagen Smith earned his first major-league victory in his first major-league appearance in the oddest of ways.</p><p>The Guardians and White Sox played the first inning of their series finale Sunday at Rate Field before the heavens unexpectedly opened. Major League Baseball and the Sox saw forecasts that called for clear skies, despite heavy rain to the north.
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<p>Left-hander Hagen Smith earned his first major-league victory in his first major-league appearance in the oddest of ways.</p><p>The Guardians and White Sox played the first inning of their series finale Sunday at Rate Field before the heavens unexpectedly opened. Major League Baseball and the Sox saw forecasts that called for clear skies, despite heavy rain to the north. After another rough first inning for right-hander Davis Martin, his day was done.</p><p>With four lefties and four switch hitters in the Guardians’ lineup, Sox manager Will Venable chose Smith to take the ball after the rain delay, which lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes.</p><p>“I didn’t know I was going in till about an hour into the delay,” Smith said. “I was like, ‘Sounds good to me.’ ”</p><p>And it looked good to the Sox.
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- <p>Left-hander Hagen Smith earned his first major-league victory in his first major-league appearance in the oddest of ways.</p><p>The Guardians and White Sox played the first inning of their series finale Sunday at Rate Field before the heavens unexpectedly opened. Major League Baseball and the Sox saw forecasts that called for clear skies, despite heavy rain to the north.
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