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Yes Way Jose Contreras notched his 17th consecutive win without a loss (over the last two seasons) yesterday as the Sox trounced the Baltimore Orioles, 13-0. Contreras, reaching 95 mph on his fast ball (or speedball as Bruce Springsteen calls it in "Glory Days"), scattered six hits over 6.2 innings, striking out three and walking none in the process. Neal Cotts and David Riske chipped in 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. Contreras received all the offensive support that Freddy Garcia didn't the night before as the Sox racked up 18 hits. Every Sox batter got at least one, including subs Ross Gload and Rob Mackowiak (who replaced Joe Crede after Crede bruised his left heel). The hit parade did not include Tadahito Iguchi, who sat out after spraining his left ankle in a collision with Jermaine Dye on Monday night.
The win, combined with Detroit's extra-inning loss to Oakland (thanks again to Frank Thomas and the rest of the A's) allowed the Sox to climb within 1.5 games of the Tigers and to cut their Magic Number to 81.
By the way, Ozzie must be reading the Updates. According to The Tribune, Guillen expressed the same concern that we had about Garcia's indifference towards potenial base stealers. As Ozzie said: "He has to do a better job of holding the runners ...." Remember, you read it here first. Go Sox!
Yes Way Jose Contreras notched his 17th consecutive win without a loss (over the last two seasons) yesterday as the Sox trounced the Baltimore Orioles, 13-0. Contreras, reaching 95 mph on his fast ball (or speedball as Bruce Springsteen calls it in "Glory Days"), scattered six hits over 6.2 innings, striking out three and walking none in the process. Neal Cotts and David Riske chipped in 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. Contreras received all the offensive support that Freddy Garcia didn't the night before as the Sox racked up 18 hits. Every Sox batter got at least one, including subs Ross Gload and Rob Mackowiak (who replaced Joe Crede after Crede bruised his left heel). The hit parade did not include Tadahito Iguchi, who sat out after spraining his left ankle in a collision with Jermaine Dye on Monday night.
The win, combined with Detroit's extra-inning loss to Oakland (thanks again to Frank Thomas and the rest of the A's) allowed the Sox to climb within 1.5 games of the Tigers and to cut their Magic Number to 81.
By the way, Ozzie must be reading the Updates. According to The Tribune, Guillen expressed the same concern that we had about Garcia's indifference towards potenial base stealers. As Ozzie said: "He has to do a better job of holding the runners ...." Remember, you read it here first. Go Sox!
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