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Sox Win Wild One; Take Series
Sox plated 5 in the bottom of the 8th to take a 10-8 lead over the visiting Texas Rangers. The inning was capped by a three run blast from Carlos Quentin, his second of the day. Konerko got the rally started with a Double. Alexei followed with a RBI single, and OC had a Sac Fly. But, the man of the hour was Quentin with his three-run homer.
Richard pitched okay; striking out 7 while going 4 innings giving up 5 runs ( 4 earned ). The bullpen gave up 3 runs, but the bats came alive in the 8th to push the Sox to victory.
Defensively, this game was very sloppy with 4 errors, but a win is an win.
Thome got the Sox on the board with a three-run blast in the 1st to give Richard a 3-1 lead.
Uribe had two walks, and he went 1-2.
JD was quite most of the day, but he had a huge clutch RBI Double. Quentin and Dye shouldered a lot of the offense in the first half, and they are continuing to showcase a MVP caliber season.
Sox Squeek Past Royals in Extras
Contreras pitching; Paulie back in the lineup; Ozuna DFA.
Lineup:
1. OC, SS
2. AJ, C
3. CQ, LF
4. JD, RF
5. Thome, DH
6. PK, 1B
7. Swish, CF
8. Crede, 3B
9. Ramirez, 2B
These last two series are important for the Sox. It’s always good to go into the All-Star Break on a good note. These are going to be two tough series for the Sox. I predict that the Sox will go 2-1 in the series. They should sweep tho.
That wasn’t the best of games I saw, but it sure wasn’t one of the worst. The Sox continue to struggle with runners in scoring position, but what was more alarming was Linebrink’s performance. He blew another save and almost cost the Sox the game. Masset struggled, but he was able induce a Double Play grounder to end the game. You wonder if the Sox performance tonight was attributed to the departure of Ozuna, a clubhouse favorite.
Paulie was 1-4 with an RBI; Ramirez and Thome each had a 4-hit game; and the hero of the game was OC with his RBI double to give the Sox the lead and ultimately the win.
Game #1: Extra Innings at the Jake
With clutch hitting by Orlando Cabrera the White Sox won 6-3 in extra innings Monday night at the Jake, err Progressive Field.
The Sox struck first with a RBI groundout by Thome in the 1st, but Javvy’s command wasn’t as sharp as we seen it. Javvy gave up two solo home runs and a RBI single, but he kept the Sox close for Thome and AJ to hit a solo home run and a RBI single to tie the game. Javvy pitched 6 innings, giving up two walks while striking out two.
Dotel pitched 1 2/3 of an inning, but when I saw Dotel come out for the second inning, I screamed at the tv. It seems everytime that Ozzie tries to stretch Dotel more than one inning, Dotel gets himself in trouble. That was no different from last night. Matt Thornton was brought in to retire Sizemore.
Linebrink pitched a flawless inning.
Masset struggled with his command by walking two batters.
Logan pitched an impressive 1 1/3 innings to hand the ball to Bobby Jenks to close out for the win. Bobby gave up two singles, but Jhonny Peralta hit into a double play, and struck out Franklin Gutierrez.
Brian Anderson continues to impress me. He battled back from a 0-2 count to rip a RBI Double down the RF line. He entered the game as a PR-DH for Thome.
Ramirez had a two-hit game, but he failed to execute a hit-and-run in which Crede was tossed out. Ramirez was asked to bunt over the runner in the 12th, but he pulled the bunt back and laced a single to RF, placing runners at first and third with no outs for Orlando Cabrera. I want to see more multi-hit games from Ramirez. With his speed, we can apply more pressure on the opponent’s pitching.
OC has stepped up in the last few games. It looks like he is finally getting comfortable with his new role and team. I am excited to see if he can continue.
Paulie looked better after a few days rest with pain in his hand. It seems his timing is just a little off. He was hitting the ball decent and quite possibly missed hitting two home runs. I think Paulie will have a big few weeks in which we need. Our 4-5-6 hitters haven’t produced a lot in the last two series, and I would love to see Dye-Thome-Konerko get on track. I think Crede has been placing too much pressure on himself to produce. Once those guys get going, I am sure Crede will follow suit.
Observations, Game #2: White Sox vs Angels
Game #2
Torri Hunter Bobblehead night.
The good: Danks had another quality start, and Dotel was able to get out of a jam with the Bases Loaded in the 7th.
The bad: The offense continues to struggle. Multiple times Sox hitters
had 3-2 counts and was able to run up the pitch count on Weaver only to
able to walk away with anything to show for it. Shields pitched better
than his outing from Game #1. He was attacking our hitting and getting
quickly ahead. I wished our bullpen was able to do that than servicing
singles on hitter’s counts.
Stealing Bases: When a catcher steals second, that should tell you
something. While blame does go to the Pitcher, AJ made some bad
choices with his throws. It seemed yesterday that he felt more
comfortable doing nothing for fear of committing an error again.
I wouldn’t have let Dotel pitch that second inning. Sox Relief have issues when they are stretched for more than an inning.
If I could change the lineup, I would have something such as:
1. Quentin, LF
2. Brian Anderson, CF
3. Dye, RF
4. AJ, C
5. Paulie, DH
6. Swish, 1B
7. Crede, 3B
8. OC, SS
9. Uribe, 2B
I would bench Thome for the time being. He is struggling ( mind you, I
thought he was hitting the ball decent last night – I liked the fact
that he was trying to go to LF ). But, with interleague coming this
weekend, there will be no DH.
I would bench OC as well, but I do not know what would be worse: Ramirez or OC at this point.
I would like to see us in more hit and run situations. I can stomach
that more than watching us hit into Double Play after Double Play.
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