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A message to Paul Konerko from Smashmouth: “Hey, now, you’re an All-Star, get your game on – go play.” Yep, Paulie won the online fan vote and is going home to Phoenix for the All-Star Game. A wrong has been righted.
Speaking of wrong, that’s exactly what the White Sox are when they play the Twins. Another game against Minnesota, another loss, this time 6-2. That makes the Sox 0-5 against the Twinkies in 2011 and narrows the gap between the two teams to 2.5 games. The Good Guys’ lead could be gone by the end of this series if they don’t shape up.
There’s plenty of blame to go around, but let’s focus on what has been an unlikely source this year: Philip Humber. Magic Humber lasted just 3.2 innings and he shouldn’t have made it that long. He gave up six runs on 11 hits and a walk, by far his worst performance of the season. But even with that abysmal outing, Humber’s ERA is still only 3.10, which just shows how good he’s been before this.
On the bright side, rookie Hector Santiago relieved Humber and threw 4.1 innings of one-hit, no-run ball. Brian Bruney did the same for one inning. Gordon Beckham picked up two hits, raising his batting average to .241, and Mark Teahen kept the Sox from being shut out by poking a two-run homer.
The Sox lost ground on both Cleveland and Detroit, the two teams ahead of them and now stand 5.5 games out of the lead. Since last reaching .500, the South Siders have lost three in a row, and they still have three left in this series against their nemesis, the Twins. Go Sox!
A message to Paul Konerko from Smashmouth: “Hey, now, you’re an All-Star, get your game on – go play.” Yep, Paulie won the online fan vote and is going home to Phoenix for the All-Star Game. A wrong has been righted.
Speaking of wrong, that’s exactly what the White Sox are when they play the Twins. Another game against Minnesota, another loss, this time 6-2. That makes the Sox 0-5 against the Twinkies in 2011 and narrows the gap between the two teams to 2.5 games. The Good Guys’ lead could be gone by the end of this series if they don’t shape up.
There’s plenty of blame to go around, but let’s focus on what has been an unlikely source this year: Philip Humber. Magic Humber lasted just 3.2 innings and he shouldn’t have made it that long. He gave up six runs on 11 hits and a walk, by far his worst performance of the season. But even with that abysmal outing, Humber’s ERA is still only 3.10, which just shows how good he’s been before this.
On the bright side, rookie Hector Santiago relieved Humber and threw 4.1 innings of one-hit, no-run ball. Brian Bruney did the same for one inning. Gordon Beckham picked up two hits, raising his batting average to .241, and Mark Teahen kept the Sox from being shut out by poking a two-run homer.
The Sox lost ground on both Cleveland and Detroit, the two teams ahead of them and now stand 5.5 games out of the lead. Since last reaching .500, the South Siders have lost three in a row, and they still have three left in this series against their nemesis, the Twins. Go Sox!
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