This is one of those bittersweet situations. You never want to mess up a good thing, and while El Duque’s WHIP is nothing to write home about, he’s kept guys from crossing the plate and is 4-1. On the other hand, I’ve been following McCarthy on this blog all season, so it’ll be nice to see what he can at the major league level.
With that said, it doesn’t seem to matter too much, because the Sox just keep on rolling. This time it was nice come from behind win. Down 3-0 in the eighth, the Sox busted out with four runs in the eighth. Paul Konerko had a big game going two for five with a two run double in that eighth inning. Jermaine Dye added an insurance run in the ninth with a solo shot. It was his eighth homer of the season.
Contreras pitched a really strong game. Seven innings of four hit ball to improve to 2-1. Cliff Politte got roughed up for two runs, but Marte and Hermanson closed the game out. Hermanson earned his tenth save.
With the Twins loss, the Sox now have a six game cushion in the AL Central. Five in the loss column. But they’ve once again been able to quietly put together a nice four game winning streak. It looks like McCarthy is going to make his debut today, so I’m interested to see how he does.
May 22nd, 2005 at 1:05 pm
The Sox were down 1-0 in the 8th, then went up 4-1 until in the Cubs half of the 8th Politte gave up 2 runs, making it a 4-3 ballgame.