Black Sox Blog

Being down five runs did not rattle the cool, calm, and collected South Side Sluggers as they battled back to beat the Royals 7-6.  Carlos Quentin hit two two-run home runs to get the Sox back into the game, then all tied up the Sox got the go-ahead run without a pitch even being thrown.  In the eighth inning, with the score tied at six and the bases loaded, Royal pitcher Ramon Ramirez balked which advanced the runners and Quentin trotted home for what would be the game winning run.  Javier Vazquez had a rough game going five and two-thirds innings giving up eleven hits and six earned runs.  Luckily the Sox had some clutch hits and timely errors by the Royals to edge out the win.  Mark Buehrle will start the game as the Sox look to sweep the Royals.