A rough Sunday for Drew Thorpe and 3 more takeaways from the White Sox-Diamondbacks series

PHOENIX — Drew Thorpe wasn’t nearly as sharp in the second start of his big-league career. The right-hander allowed seven earned runs — three in the first inning — for the Chicago White Sox in Sunday’s 12-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in front of 37,694 at Chase Field. Thorpe walked five and didn’t record a strikeout in 3 1/3 innings. “Just kind of didn’t have my best stuff,” Thorpe said. ...