Chicago Sun-Times

1 day ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kyle Williams

MINNEAPOLIS — Trailing the Twins 2-1 with run-ners on first and third after back-to-back singles by Nick Maton and Andrew Benintendi, and with Luis Robert Jr. up to bat, the White Sox had a prime opportunity to score and take control in the fifth inning Tuesday night. And then . . . nothing. Robert was called out on strikes after he didn’t swing at a fastball near the zone. Andrew Vaughn promptly grounded into a double play to end the inning.

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kyle Williams

MINNEAPOLIS — White Sox right-hander Bryse Wilson said there’s no true difference going from a long relief role out of the bullpen to providing bulk for the team, except that he “sits in the dugout instead of the bullpen” during games. Wilson has a very easy-going demeanor and a straightforward pitching philosophy that the team hopes translates into success.

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Violet Miller |Clare Lane

Vallabh Patel’s wife, 62, recently started having trouble walking due to a medical condition. The couple tried to set up Social Security disability payments for her, but they found the bureaucracy too cumbersome and the system too difficult to navigate. Frustrated, they headed to the Evanston office of the Social Security Administration last week, hoping to get her enrolled for payments based on her age. They were greeted by a long line of other people also trying to get help.

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Struett

The sentencing hearing for the convicted Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooter is set to begin Wednesday, wrapping up a years-long court case for one of the worst mass shootings in state history. Robert Crimo III will likely get life in prison for killing seven people and wounding four dozen on July 4, 2022. But it is unclear whether he will show up in court since much of the hearing could take up hours of survivors’ victim-impact statements.

3 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kyle Williams

BOSTON —White Sox starter Jonathan Cannon knows that he can’t walk hitters. It’s a free pass, which is killer when he has the pitch arsenal and stuff to pound the strike zone. Cannon ran into trouble during the third inning of Monday’s 4-2 loss to the Red Sox (13-11). After allowing a leadoff double to center fielder Jarren Duran and forcing a flyout to Rafael Devers, Cannon walked Alex Bregman, allowed a single to Trevor Story that Duran scored on and walked Wilyer Abreu.