Wow.
Let me say it again. Wow. Down 4-0, I had pretty much wrote this game off. Then the fifth came, and the White Sox could not be denied. Joe Crede led off the inning with a solo homerun to make it 4-1. I’m not sure if that was the inspiration that the White Sox needed, but the flood gates opened. Juan Uribe, Scott Podsednik, and Tad Iguchi all singled and it was 4-2. Another single by Jermaine Dye and it was 4-3. Paul Konerko flew out to make it two outs, and the A.J. Pierzynski came up huge with a two run double. Down by four entering the inning, the White Sox left the inning with a one run lead. Prior to that, Roy Oswalt had given up only two hits. In the fifth inning alone, he gave up six hits.
A Jason Lane RBI double in the eighth (he had also homered earlier in the game) tied things up and we went into extra frames. From innings 10 through 13, the two teams combined for only one hit. It wasn’t until the 14th that the White Sox finally broke the game open.
Jermaine Dye led off with a single, but that baserunner was immediately eliminated by a Paul Konerko double play. The inning seemed to be all but over, and then Geoff Blum went yard to give the White Sox a one run lead. Not satisfied with just one run, Aaron Rowand, Joe Crede and Juan Uribe all singled back to back, and then Chris Widger drew a walk to put another run on the board.
The Astros threatened in the 14th by getting two men on (a walk and an error), but Mark Buehrle came in to get the final out of the inning to secure the White Sox win. It can all be locked up tonight!!
