The final game of this series was a day game, as usual for a Sunday. Only the game scheduled for the national TV audience on Sunday Night Baseball tends to be an evening game.
I'd taken heed of the notes that said to make sure you sit on the first base side in day games, and I was glad of that advice, because the third base side was in full sun for the whole game and it would have been very hot, whereas the first base side was in shade. It was quite pleasant, with the occasional gust of chilly wind which was refreshing.
Finally, I saw the White Sox hit a home run (Colson Montgomery and Lenyn Sosa) which set the fireworks off behind the scoreboard, although the scoreboard seemed to be having a tough day as it failed midway through the game and didn't seem to come back even after it was rebooted.
All of that came after Aaron Judge belted home run number 43 in the first inning to get off to another start. Next time up, he was a few inches away from sitting a second homer as the ball just hit the top of the wall and came back into play for "only" a double. He's still caught Yogi Berra, a famous old great Yankees catcher from back in the day. I still think of his as a relatively new player in the major leagues, but this is his tenth season overall.
However, it wasn't enough, as the White Sox managed to hang on to take the game 3-2 in 2 and a half hours - much better than the Friday game which was just like a few years ago, where the game took over 3 hours despite being just 9 innings long. That was about the same length as Saturday's game that went 11 innings.
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