118
It was a long weekend that started poorly, but ended on a good note. The White Sox lost on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Toronto, but took the Memorial Day game from their personal patsies (11 wins in their last 13 games), the Boston Red Sox. Instead of a thorough recap, let’s focus primarily on the pitching.
Jake Peavy improved to 2-0 with his win over the Bosox yesterday. He contributed a Quality Start – a relatively rare commodity for the Chisox these days – and may be the best pitcher of late. (Paul Konerko supported Peavy with his 11th home run of the season.)
On Sunday, John Danks’s nightmare continued versus the Blue Jays. The lefty gave up nine runs on nine hits and a walk and fell to 0-8 for 2011. I may be going out on a limb here, but I honestly believe Danks will win a game this year. Of course, if he moves to the bullpen to remove the logjam of starters, that may not be such a sure thing. Lucas Harrell, called up from Triple-A Charlotte to take the place of Tony Pena, who moved to the DL, threw four innings, but also gave up nine hits, but “only” four runs. (Carlos Quentin slugged his 13th home run of the year.)
Saturday’s game saw a parade of pitchers. The highlights, or more accurately, the lowlights: Edwin Jackson, the starter didn’t have it, giving up nine hits and six runs. Jesse Crain blew a save. And Gavin Floyd took the loss in relief in the 14th inning – hence the callup of Harrell.
On Friday, Mark Buehrle had a Quality Start but lost as the Sox scored only two runs against the Jays. Those QS’s aren’t something the Good Guys can afford to waste.
Despite all this, the Magic Number is down to 118, the Sox are back to 8.5 games behind the Surprising Indians, and the team is in third place in the division. Hopefully, their luck against the Carmine Hose will continue and they’ll start another streak of winning series. Go Sox!
It was a long weekend that started poorly, but ended on a good note. The White Sox lost on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Toronto, but took the Memorial Day game from their personal patsies (11 wins in their last 13 games), the Boston Red Sox. Instead of a thorough recap, let’s focus primarily on the pitching.
Jake Peavy improved to 2-0 with his win over the Bosox yesterday. He contributed a Quality Start – a relatively rare commodity for the Chisox these days – and may be the best pitcher of late. (Paul Konerko supported Peavy with his 11th home run of the season.)
On Sunday, John Danks’s nightmare continued versus the Blue Jays. The lefty gave up nine runs on nine hits and a walk and fell to 0-8 for 2011. I may be going out on a limb here, but I honestly believe Danks will win a game this year. Of course, if he moves to the bullpen to remove the logjam of starters, that may not be such a sure thing. Lucas Harrell, called up from Triple-A Charlotte to take the place of Tony Pena, who moved to the DL, threw four innings, but also gave up nine hits, but “only” four runs. (Carlos Quentin slugged his 13th home run of the year.)
Saturday’s game saw a parade of pitchers. The highlights, or more accurately, the lowlights: Edwin Jackson, the starter didn’t have it, giving up nine hits and six runs. Jesse Crain blew a save. And Gavin Floyd took the loss in relief in the 14th inning – hence the callup of Harrell.
On Friday, Mark Buehrle had a Quality Start but lost as the Sox scored only two runs against the Jays. Those QS’s aren’t something the Good Guys can afford to waste.
Despite all this, the Magic Number is down to 118, the Sox are back to 8.5 games behind the Surprising Indians, and the team is in third place in the division. Hopefully, their luck against the Carmine Hose will continue and they’ll start another streak of winning series. Go Sox!
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