The White Sox won again. I said I’d be happy with a split against Anaheim, and Freddy Garcia pitched the Sox to at least that last night. Paul Konerko and Chris Widger accounted for five of the Sox seven hits, and drove in all four runs on homers. Konerko’s three run shot put the Sox up for good, while Widgers solo homer gave them a little extra insurance. So much for small ball.
Freddy Garcia improved to 5-3. He pitched eight very solid innings, giving up only seven hits and two runs. He struck out six batters and reduced his ERA to 3.41. As a team, the White Sox have a microscopic 3.17 ERA. Luis Vizcaino has been anchor with regard to that stat, as he’s given up almost as many runs as some of the starters have. I said it the other day, but I really hope they ship him when Orlando Hernandez is back and use Brandon McCarthy out of the pen. There’s little AAA can do for him now.
The Indians did us a favor by beating the Twins in extra frames, so they now lead the Twins by six games. It’ll be interesting to see if either team can make a big move in the next month leading up to the All Star Break. I’d feel a little safer if we could get that lead up into double digits, but we’re also a small losing streak away from having it pretty much disappear.
