Sox’ bats go quiet in 7-1 loss to Blue Jays as Jonathan Cannon nears return

Sox’ bats go quiet in 7-1 loss to Blue Jays as Jonathan Cannon nears return
June 21, 2025

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Sox’ bats go quiet in 7-1 loss to Blue Jays as Jonathan Cannon nears return

TORONTO — Just when things were looking up for the White Sox’ offense, Blue Jays’ starter José Berríos shut it down.

A day after Sox outfielders Luis Robert Jr. and Andrew Benintendi slugged tape-measure home runs, the team only mustered two hits off Toronto’s veteran righty en route to a 7-1 loss Saturday.

Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette led off the Jays’ first inning with a 410-foot home run to center field, and they pounced on Sox starter Aaron Civale for three runs on five singles in the second. Civale settled in for seven innings badly needed for a depleted bullpen.

Miguel Vargas smacked a triple in the sixth inning and later scored on a throwing error, but that was all for the Sox.

The Jays tagged rookie reliever Jacob Palisch for two runs on three hits in his major league debut in front of 41,488.

“It’s certainly intense,” Palisch said. “I’d like to say I was feeling it, but I think I might have blacked out a little bit at first. You kind of lose track of everything that’s going on, other than just that pitch and working through it.”

Jacob Palisch works against the Toronto Blue Jays during the eighth inning Saturday.

Jonny on the mend

Starter Jonathan Cannon expects to be back in action soon after landing on the injured list with a back injury. He tweaked it last month while fielding a grounder at Cincinnati.

After a pair of successful bullpen sessions last week, he’ll head to Triple-A Charlotte for a rehab start Tuesday, and he could be back with the big-league club soon after.

Cannon — who’s been passing the time in the clubhouse between rehab work with daily crossword puzzles alongside Tyler Gilbert and other Sox relievers — said he was finally “feeling back to normal” in Toronto.

The 24-year-old righty is 2-7 on the year with a 4.66 ERA and 51 strikeouts.

“There’s a very fine line between sore and injured, and sometimes that line gets blurred a little bit,” Cannon said. “We’re all competitors. We want to go out there every fifth day and start, and sometimes you feel like you’re letting the team down a little bit if you’re not going out.”

New-look Noda

New Sox first baseman Ryan Noda looks like a different person on the field — literally.

You might not recognize the blue-eyed Volo native in the clubhouse compared to when he suits up with his red contact lenses, which act like sunglasses.

Former Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski wore similar lenses back when Noda was watching the Sox growing up in northwest suburban Fox Lake.

“Some people get a little nervous because they’re like, ‘Wow, your eyes are really red,’” Noda said.

Ryan Noda tosses to first for an out during the fourth inning in game one of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals at Rate Field on June 19.

Noda went 1-for-3 with a walk as the designated hitter batting leadoff Saturday, a lineup move that had some fans scratching their heads a day after Noda wore the golden sombrero with four strikeouts while batting seventh in the Sox’ series-opening win over Toronto.

“The quality at-bat up front, being in the DH spot, gives us the opportunity to win that matchup at the top of our order throughout the game,“ manager Will Venable said of Noda, who started his career in the Jays’ organization. “With some of our restrictions, it just made sense.”

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