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Home, Sweet Home! Last night the White Sox improved their record at the Cell to 30-19 by winning their 10th home game in a row, which was also their 17th triumph in their last 18 contests on the South Side. They overcame a 5-1 deficit and eked out a 6-5 victory over the Mariners. Three home runs – by Alexei Ramirez (11th), Paul Konerko (24th), and Gordon Beckham (5th) – increased the Good Guys’ total at the Cell to 75, second most in the American League behind Toronto.
In addition to the homers, the Sox collected six other hits, with every starter except Carlos Quentin and A.J. Pierzynski reaching base safely at least once. Ramirez had a pair, as did Alex Rios, who drove in Juan Pierre (who stole his major league-leading 38th stolen base) with the winning run in the seventh inning.
Mark Buehrle failed to match the complete game performances of his last two outings, but escaped without a loss thanks to stellar work by the bullpen. Buehrle lasted only 5.0 innings, giving up five runs on nine hits and a walk. Sergio Santos shut down Seattle for 1.1 innings, notching two strikeouts. Matt Thornton allowed two hits, but no runs in 0.2 innings and was rewarded with the win. J.J. Putz extended his scoreless appearance streak to 27 games by shutting out the Mariners in the eighth inning. (During his streak, J.J. has struck out 27 batters and walked only three, and opponents are hitting a measly .140 (13 for 93) against him.) And Bobby Jenks, who is trying to prove he still deserves to be the closer, made a pretty good case for retaining that job – striking out the side in the ninth to pick up his 21st save.
Since June 9, the Sox have posted the best record in baseball. The Good Guys are 32-11 and have batted .285 as a team (411 for 1441). The pitchers have a 2.72 ERA (115 runs in 381.1 innings). And the team has outscored its opponents 221 to 127. The Sox have been in first place every day since July 11 (Oh, thank heaven for 7-11!) and are one game up on the Twins and five games ahead of the Tigers. As Hawk says, “Keep it up, boys!” Go Sox! (Note that The Update just set its own record of exclamation points in three consecutive sentences. Wow!!!!!!)
* There's no significance to this other than that's how Roger Maris's home run record was designated.
Home, Sweet Home! Last night the White Sox improved their record at the Cell to 30-19 by winning their 10th home game in a row, which was also their 17th triumph in their last 18 contests on the South Side. They overcame a 5-1 deficit and eked out a 6-5 victory over the Mariners. Three home runs – by Alexei Ramirez (11th), Paul Konerko (24th), and Gordon Beckham (5th) – increased the Good Guys’ total at the Cell to 75, second most in the American League behind Toronto.
In addition to the homers, the Sox collected six other hits, with every starter except Carlos Quentin and A.J. Pierzynski reaching base safely at least once. Ramirez had a pair, as did Alex Rios, who drove in Juan Pierre (who stole his major league-leading 38th stolen base) with the winning run in the seventh inning.
Mark Buehrle failed to match the complete game performances of his last two outings, but escaped without a loss thanks to stellar work by the bullpen. Buehrle lasted only 5.0 innings, giving up five runs on nine hits and a walk. Sergio Santos shut down Seattle for 1.1 innings, notching two strikeouts. Matt Thornton allowed two hits, but no runs in 0.2 innings and was rewarded with the win. J.J. Putz extended his scoreless appearance streak to 27 games by shutting out the Mariners in the eighth inning. (During his streak, J.J. has struck out 27 batters and walked only three, and opponents are hitting a measly .140 (13 for 93) against him.) And Bobby Jenks, who is trying to prove he still deserves to be the closer, made a pretty good case for retaining that job – striking out the side in the ninth to pick up his 21st save.
Since June 9, the Sox have posted the best record in baseball. The Good Guys are 32-11 and have batted .285 as a team (411 for 1441). The pitchers have a 2.72 ERA (115 runs in 381.1 innings). And the team has outscored its opponents 221 to 127. The Sox have been in first place every day since July 11 (Oh, thank heaven for 7-11!) and are one game up on the Twins and five games ahead of the Tigers. As Hawk says, “Keep it up, boys!” Go Sox! (Note that The Update just set its own record of exclamation points in three consecutive sentences. Wow!!!!!!)
* There's no significance to this other than that's how Roger Maris's home run record was designated.
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