Smith was at it again Saturday night, tossing six shutout innings in the Sox’ 3-1 loss to the Marlins, his third scoreless outing this season and his third time completing six innings. He matched a season-high with seven strikeouts and dropped his ERA to 2.08 in his rookie campaign.

Unfortunately for him, Shane Smith was not messing around and struck out the next two batters. Andrew Vaughn, fearing for his job with the call-up of Tim Elko, hit a solo home run with two outs to put the White Sox on the board before Edgar Quero ended the inning.

Pope Leo was spotted at the 2005 World Series, a rare moment of triumph for the pride of Chicago’s South Side.

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -One question consuming Chicago baseball fans: What team does Pope Leo support? The Windy City is notoriously split between White Sox and Cubs supporters, a rivalry between the South and North sides.

Since Robert Prevost is a Chicago native, baseball fans were eager to learn which baseball team the new pontiff supports.