Black Sox Blog

This is how they White Sox have won all season. Ride your starting pitcher, then pick up some runs here and there. They led the league with 35 one run wins this season, and it’s nice to see their continuing to pull these games out.

Mark Buehrle was spectacular. Nine innings, five hits, now walks and four strikeouts. The game finished in a typical fashion for one his starts. Two hours and 34 minutes for a playoff game is unheard of these days. His sole blemish was a fifth inning, game tying, solo homerun by Rob Quinlan.

Things got interesting in the bottom of the ninth. A.J. Pierzynski, one of my goats in game one, struck out but on a weird play, catcher Josh Paul sort of fumbled the low pitch. The Angels ran off the field, Pierzynski ran to first base, and the umpire called him safe. Pablo Ozuna pinch ran, stole second, and a guy who’s angling himself for the MVP of the series, Joe Crede, drove him home with a walk off double. Crede is hitting .375 in the two games and has two RBIs.

I touched on this yesterday, but the use of K-Rod on Tuesday (he also pitched on Monday) meant we were facing Kelvim Escobar in the ninth and not K-Rod. Things might have been very different had we not forced him to pitch Tuesday night. Now we get a day off and play tomorrow in Anaheim. Jon Garland throws against John Lackey.