The Pirates were due. They had dropped 13 in a row and someone had to be on the receiving against the Pirates, and unfortunately that team was the Sox. In the meantime, the Tigers continue to win and the White Sox now stand 2 1/2 games back of first place but they’re six games ahead of the Yankees for the wild card.
They won the series with some good pitching. On Tuesday, Mark Buehrle rode an early three run lead to his ninth win of the season. He gave up two runs on seven hits and one walk with four strikouts in seven innings of work. Bobby Jenks saved his 23rd game of the season and Brandon McCarthy pitched a perfect ninth. Jim Thome drove in two runs and Tad Iguchi had three hits in the 4-2 win.
Yesterday, the Sox came back from three down with four runs in the eighth inning. Freddy Garcia picked up his tenth win despite giving up ten hits and two homeruns. Jenks picked up save 24 and Juan Uribe tripled home three runs in that eighth inning. Final score was 4-3.
Today’s game was the heart breaker. The Sox were down 6-4 and tied it up with two in the eighth. Then Freddy Sanchez hit a walk off solo homerun to win it for the Pirates. Jose Contreras gave up six runs on twelve hits in 5 1/3 innings. Jim Thome hit his 25th homerun of the season and drove in two in the 7-6 loss.
Next up is rivalry weekend and the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Cubs have been down, but you never in series like these. It’d be nice if they just rolled over.
