The Tigers keep winning and at least right now, the White Sox haven’t kept up. With two losses to the Rangers, the Sox are now two more game behind the Tigers then we were at the beginning of the week. And the Yankees, Twins and Blue Jays are all hovering around in contention for the Wild Card.
Mark Buehrle was hammered on Friday. He gave up five runs in the third inning alone and even worse, the White Sox crept back into the game only to have the pen fall apart in the eighth inning. Joe Crede hit homerun number 20 and Jim Thome went yard as well.
Yesterday’s game was closer, but the end result was the same. The White Sox only scored one run on five hits but because of some good pitching by Freddy Garcia, the score was tied 1-1 going into the ninth. Then Bobby Jenks gave up two runs on All Star Game hero Michael Young’s two run single. The Sox scored their one run on a solo shot by Paul Konerko.
Jon Garland’s thrown really well lately. He’s had six straight wins and in his last eight starts, he’s given up more then two runs only once. Scott Podsednik homered and drove in three runs in the 5-0 win. Tad Iguchi homered and drove in two runs.
Next up is a huge three game series against the red hot Twins. They’re only three back of the Sox and it would be really nice to pick up a game (or three) and make it more of a two team race. We’ll miss Francisco Liriano, but we’ll see Johan Santana.
