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  "textContent": "<p>Forgive White Sox left-hander <b>Anthony Kay</b> if his rhythm is a bit off. He has alternated starts and appearances that follow an opener. He has pitched on four, five and six days of rest.</p><p>But when he starts Monday against the Angels at Rate Field, he’ll be coming off a start and pitching on the typical four days of rest. However he enters a game, though, Kay tries to maintain his routine.</p><p>‘‘You try to treat it like any other outing,’’ he told the Sun-Times on Sunday. ‘‘You still prepare the same way; you try to do everything the same way. You’ve just gotta time it up. Obviously, [following an opener] is a little different because you’ve gotta time up if we have a long inning in the first. But at the end of the day, you’re still pitching and you still have to get outs.’’</p><p>Kay struggled to do that in his last outing Wednesday. In 3⅔ innings, he allowed eight runs, eight hits (two home runs) and three walks in the Sox’ 11-7 loss to the Diamondbacks. He spoke with pitching coach <b>Zach Bove</b> and assistant pitching coach <b>Bobby Hearn</b> about his issues.</p><p>‘‘I’m not doing a bad job of getting ahead 0-1,’’ Kay said. “I’m pretty much around league average for first-pitch strikes. It’s the attack after that. A lot of it is me getting 0-1 and then me getting to 2-1 or 3-1. So a lot of it is just attack plan, what I’m doing in the middle of the counts. Just gotta live in the zone a lot and attack these guys.’’</p><p>That will be a challenge against a right-handed-dominant Angels team that entered Sunday ranked seventh in the majors in runs (137) and eighth in OPS (.731). Kay planned to watch Royals left-hander <b>Cole Ragans’</b> start Saturday against the Angels, in which he allowed one run in six innings and struck out 11 in a 12-1 victory.</p><p>At least Kay will know when it’s time to take the mound. But at the rate he’s going, he figures to follow an opener again soon.</p><p>‘‘It’s just getting comfortable with it,’’ he said. ‘‘I’m still getting used to it a little bit. It’s something that they’re gonna use, they’ve used a bunch already, and it’s something I’m gonna have to get used to.’’</p><h3>Murray injures shoulder</h3><p>Left fielder <b>Tanner Murray</b> left the game in the 10th inning after making a diving catch on a line drive hit by the Nationals’ <b>CJ Abrams</b>. Free runner <b>Daylen Lile</b> scored easily from third as Murray lay flat on the ground. He was escorted off the field and replaced by <b>Sam Antonacci</b>.</p><p>Manager <b>Will Venable</b> said Murray injured his left shoulder and was in a lot of pain. He still was being evaluated.</p><h3>New catcher, no problem</h3><p>Right-hander <b>Sean Burke</b> had no trouble throwing to new catcher <b>Drew Romo</b>, whom the Sox called up Saturday from Triple-A Charlotte.</p><p>‘‘It was really good,’’ Burke said. ‘‘It was his second day here. I didn’t throw to him at all in spring training. I thought he did a really good job of talking through some stuff with me [Saturday] and throughout the game today.’’</p><h3>Stormy weather</h3><p>Threatening weather is forecast for Monday. If the game is postponed, it likely would be played as part of a straight doubleheader Tuesday.</p><p></p><h3>ON DECK</h3><p><b>ANGELS AT SOX</b></p><p><b>Monday:</b> Jack Kochanowicz (2-0, 3.10 ERA) vs. Anthony Kay (1-1, 5.57), 6:40 p.m., CHSN, 1000-AM.</p><p><b>Tuesday: </b>Jose Soriano (5-0, 0.24) vs. Davis Martin (3-1, 2.01), 6:40 p.m., CHSN, 1000-AM.</p><p><b>Wednesday:</b> Yusei Kikuchi (0-3, 6.21) vs. Erick Fedde (0-3, 3.42), 12:10 p.m., CHSN, 1000-AM.</p>",
  "title": "White Sox lefty Anthony Kay trying to get used to different usage",
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