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Triston McKenzie strikes out 14, Guardians score 4 in seventh in 5-2 win

“Make his day, tell him I heard him,” La Russa said.

Yoan Moncada’s two-run single breaks tie after Eloy Jimenez ties it with double.

CHICAGO — OK, we’ll say it. With tongue firmly implanted in cheek.

CHICAGO — He’s thinner. The beard is cropped tighter. Maybe the fastball velocity isn’t what it was a few years ago.

With two outs in the third inning, Kopech allowed two walks and two singles as the Sox fell behind 3-0. It took him 38 pitches to get through the inning, and he was pulled after allowing two hits in the fourth.

“That was how it was supposed to be since spring training,” Jose Abreu said Thursday. “Today is the day.”

The Sox’ struggles are directly tied to a lack of power.

General manager Rick Hahn says the Sox have the “makings of a potential championship team should they get to accustomed levels of performance.”

They are just a game above .500 but trail the first-place Twins by only two games in the American League Central.

When an Oakland batter thought Dylan Cease’s pitches were going to break right, the ball veered left. Fastballs turned into sliders. Sliders slowed into curveballs. Curveballs were actually fastballs. The A’s just could not figure out what the White Sox ace was going to throw. In a showing that was…