White Sox’s Joe Kelly: Surprise save chance

Kelly allowed two earned runs on two hits while striking out one to earn the save against the Blue Jays on Monday.

Kelly surprisingly entered the game in the ninth inning, following Kendall Graveman — the presumed closer in the absence of Liam Hendriks (forearm). Though Kelly managed to tally his first save of the season and sixth of his career, he made things interesting by allowing a single and a home run with one out. It is worth noting that Graveman was used to face the middle of Toronto’s dangerous order, so it would be premature to now say Kelly is definitely the fill-in closer.

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