Black Sox Blog

The White Sox ended their 2008 spring camp against the New York Mets in the annual Civil Rights Game.  Martin Luther King III threw out the first pitch in a game that is intended to not let us forget the past and the fight for equality is an ongoing struggle.  The Mets won the game 3-2 which capped off a bad month for the Sox in which they only won two of their last fourteen games.  Jose Contreras pitched for the Sox and went five and two-thirds innings giving up five hits and two earned runs.  Contreras also struck out six and did not walk any batters.  John Maine and the rest of the Mets pitching staff dominated the Sox giving up only seven hits compared to twelve strike outs.  Carlos Beltran had a two-run home run while Pablo Ozuna went three for four with two RBI.  The spring ended on a bad note for the Sox and they must gear up to get ready to play the powerful Indians on Monday to start their season off.