Black Sox Blog

In the first game of a three game series, the Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2.  Javier Vazquez won his third game in a row and got a lot of help behind a big offensive jolt by the Sox hitters.  Vazquez went six and one-third innings giving up six hits and two earned runs.  Jim Thome hit a bomb home run with three RBI’s and two walks on the day.  Pablo Ozuna and Juan Uribe both hit safely twice to help the Sox put up some runs to take some pressure off of Vazquez as he pitched a great game against the Rays.  Mark Buehlre gets the start tomorrow in the second game of the series as he looks for his second win of the season.  The highlight of the game tonight was in the third inning after Thome hit a three run shot to make it 3-0, the next batter Paul Konerko hit a solo shot for back to back home runs to really jump start the offense for the team.