In a game that featured eighteen hits compared with fourteen strike outs for the two teams combined, one run was the difference after a stellar performance by both starting pitchers. Mark Buehrle got the start for the Sox and pitched seven good innings giving up nine hits, two earned runs, one walk, and four strike outs. A performance like that would normally be enough to help his team win the game, but A’s starter Greg Smith pitched a great game and earned his first win as a big leaguer. Smith went seven innings giving up six hits, one earned run, one walk and four strike outs. He also picked off Jermaine Dye and Nick Swisher when they were leaning a little too much while on first base. Swisher, Cabrera, Dye, and Pierzynski all had two hits in the game but were the only Sox to tally a hit. Hopefully all of the Sox hitters can get on track and even up the series before they head out for a road trip. John Danks is scheduled to start tomorrow as the Sox take on the A’s one more time in Chicago before they head out to Baltimore.
