The Latest Breaking News from Jake Burger

The infielder is making noise with his bat and improving his defense, and he might get more playing time at second base.

“Why not?” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “They’re both going to be in the lineup somehow, some way.”

CHICAGO — One day after the Cardinals watched a starting pitcher leave the game early due to injury and the bullpen blew a pair of leads, they bounced back behind a stellar start from Miles Mikolas, and bullpen pillars Giovanny Gallegos and Jordan Hicks came on in relief and secured…

“She was really proud of it, so I have to give her some credit,” Burger said.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Sunday was Michael Kopech’s turn in the Chicago White Sox rotation.

“I’ve been outside my approach for the last week and a half or two weeks,” Burger said.

Runs per team have increased from 4.28 per game in 2022 to 4.55 so far this season. But have offenses become less home run-dependent? It seems not.

Scuffling Sox look to have just one player in All-Star game

“It could be 10 days, it could be two weeks. I don’t have an answer,” manager Pedro Grifol said. It could be longer.

White Sox get homers from Gavin Sheets and Andrew Benintendi but lose for fifth time in six games.

The Sox hit four solo homers, but the Dodgers hit a grand slam and won it on Freddie Freeman’s single.