PEORIA, Ariz. -- Here are the takeaways from Friday¡¯s Cactus League action for the White Sox.

Michael Kopech threw two innings in a live batting practice session Friday on the back fields of Camelback Ranch, marking his first multi-inning effort during Spring Training.

The right-hander, who is moving from the bullpen back to the rotation in 2022, will get his first Cactus League start sometime next week. Kopech continues a gradual buildup toward the regular season, with his outings being controlled innings-wise at the outset.

¡°I felt good. Some adjustment,¡± Kopech said. ¡°I kind of went out there and dogged it a little bit because I was a little tired. I think that¡¯s what this is for, building back up. It could have gone a little bit better for me. I could have focused and thrown some more pitches.

¡°I was trying to fight through some tiredness. Tried to gear up, and that¡¯s something I don¡¯t really need to do. I have that gear already. It¡¯s getting back in that starter routine and realizing that going back out for the next inning isn¡¯t a bigger inning than the inning before. Just do what you did before. It¡¯s just trying to stay even keeled. I have to get back into that routine.¡±

Kopech faced Zack Remillard, Zack Collins and Adam Engel and had the chance to be able to sit in between ¡°ups¡± like a regular start. Manager Tony La Russa thought Kopech was better in the second, and just needs to throw more.

¡°It was a good feeling to be able to sit down and take a breath and reflect on what you did and try to go out there and make adjustments,¡± Kopech said. ¡°To be positive about what happened today, I was able to do that a couple of times.

¡°I had some early sliders that were good pitches, but not really competitive just because of where they were located and I went back out there and was able to put them in more of a competitive spot. Made some good adjustments, some changes from inning to inning, which is kind of the name of the game when you are starting.¡±

One pitch to Collins got away from Kopech and hit the top of the screen to his left. Kopech laughed, though, when asked if it was a message pitch.

¡°No,¡± a smiling Kopech said. ¡°If it was a message pitch, he would have known.¡±

Cease opens strong

Dylan Cease struck out five over three innings in Friday night's 3-0 loss to the Mariners, hitting 98 mph on the Peoria Sports Complex scoreboard speed gun in his first 2022 Cactus League start.

¡°The main thing is just strikes and count leverage, getting ahead,¡± Cease said. ¡°I did a decent job with it. It was an OK first outing. Nothing super special and it wasn¡¯t horrible. Pretty good.¡±