CHICAGO — This was a step in the right direction, which was almost all the Padres were really looking for from Michael King on Sunday.

“Felt good,” King said. “Still, the timing of my mechanics are a little weird. But definitely a much better step than my last one. So I was happy, and I owe Morejón a lot of love.”

It was Adrian Morejón who took over with the bases loaded in the sixth inning after King’s third four-pitch walk of the day and preserved a scoreless outing for King in what ended up a 3-2 victory over the White Sox.

It was the kind of volatile day that could be expected of a pitcher making his fourth start in four months and just his third in succession.

King began the season with a 2.59 ERA through 10 starts but then was on the injured list from mid-May through the first we

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