Romo's Home Run Heroics Spark White Sox Win

0:00It's April 29th. MLB News today starts now. AI powered and always on. White socks rookie catcher Drew Romo just lit up the majors with two home runs and his second start for the team. Called up after they cut veteran Reese McGuire, the switch hitter tied the game in the fourth with a 477 foot blast off A. Sinker then went deep again in the sixth for a 397 foot shot against a lefty reliever. That second homer came off Jose Soriano, who was 5 and 0 with a 0.24 ERA and 43 strikeouts entering the night. Romo battled back from no hits in his debut against the nationals on April 26th, showing serious power from both sides of the plate. The bomb sparked a five to two win. Chicago's fourth series victory this season and second at home. Teammates Colson Montgomery and Sam Antonacci chipped in RBI's, but Romo carried the load in securing the W. Before joining the socks, Romo was the 35th pick in the 2020 draft by the Rockies, where

1:02he played 19 big league games over two years, but struggled at the plate. He hit waivers this winter, landed with Chicago and exploded in AAA with a 0.946 OPS, 17 hits and four homers and 17 games. With Edgar Carol cooling off and Kyle tealed delayed by a hamstring tweak from the world baseball classic, Romo steps in at the perfect time. The socks are hoping this hot streak sticks around to shore up the catching spot moving forward.