Black Sox Blog

In the first game back from the All-Star game the White Sox seemed rested and rejuvenated by scoring nine runs in a rout over the Kansas City Royals.  But in game two of the series, Gil Meche and the rest of the Royal pitching staff dominated the Sox and held them to only two hits on the day.  Joe Crede hit a double and Alexei Ramirez hit a triple for the only hits on the day against the Royals who managed to score nine runs and win the game 9-1.  Gavin Floyd pitched a decent game but had no offense to give him some support.  Floyd lasted six inning and gave up four hits and three runs of which only one was earned.  He also had six strike outs on the day.  The bullpen also gave up six earned runs once Floyd left the game.  Bad pitching and absolutely no offense is the obvious reason the Sox lost the game along with some errors in the field that helped the Royals get their offense flowing.  John Danks takes the mound in the last game of the three game series as the Sox offense looks to bounce back and put some runs on the board.