It didn't matter. New York scored in 5 of 9 innings, breaking the game open with 3-run frames in both the 3rd and the 5th, and the power just kept coming from up and down the order.
According to box score coverage of the game, the Mets went deep 5 times, with Luis Robert Jr. — now on New York's roster after starting his career on the South Side — hitting 2 home runs against his former team. Bo Bichette, Benge and Luis Torrens also cleared the fence, turning what was supposed to be a tight AL Central tune-up into a laugher.
Castillo didn't survive the 3rd inning, and the bullpen picture on both sides told the story of a game that got away fast: Chicago's relief corps couldn't put out the fire behind him, while New York's pen locked things down after handing Scott's line over in the middle innings. For a White Sox club chasing the division, watching both a shaky rotation slot and a thin catching group get exposed in the same afternoon isn't the look they wanted.
For the Mets, it's a meaningless win in the standings and a very meaningful one for the evaluation process — the kind of afternoon Green can point to when arguing his kids belong in next year's picture. For the White Sox, it's a stumble to shake off fast, with the division race not waiting around for one ugly Saturday against a last-place team.