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The White Sox were too smart for their own good last night. With two out in the bottom of the 13th inning and the Rockies’ Troy Tulowitzki on first base, Ozzie had the outfield playing deep to minimize the possibility of a run-scoring double. It seemed like the right play, given the Good Guys were playing in cavernous Coors Field with its faraway fences in the gaps. But Ty Wigginton – there’s no “loss” in his name, but there is a Ty in his first name and a Win in Wigginton – blooped a single on which Tulowitzki never stopped running until he scored the winning run in a 3-2 loss.

The Sox, who had led 1-0 and 2-1, fell to 4-8 in extra-inning affairs and wasted a lot of good pitching performances. Gavin Floyd gave up only six hits and two runs in his 7.0 innings pitched, while Chris Sale (2.0 IP), Matt Thornton (1.0), and Jesse Crain (1.1) all shut out Colorado in the highest scoring venue in the Big Leagues. Will Ohman was the victim of the duck snort single that plated the game winner, but there’s no basis for concluding that he would have escaped defeat even if the runner had stopped at third.

One quirky note from last night’s game: Four guys named Matt took the mound during the contest – Thornton for the Sox and Belisle, Reynolds, and Lindstrom for the Rockies. I guess you could say that the welcome Matt was out.

The loss didn’t result in the Sox losing ground to the Tigers, who also lost, so the South Siders are still 5.0 games back in the division race. The series at Coors continues tonight. Go Sox!