Soaking up the sun in warm Arizona, the White Sox took home a good win against the Ichiro-less Mariners in high scoring battle 9-8. Jim Thome and Paul Konerko helped out pitcher Mark Buehrle by hitting back-to-back home runs off of newly acquired ace Erik Bedard. Nick Swisher chipped in with three hits including a double and a triple. A good day at the plate can be attributed to the fact that the Sox had nine runs and nine RBI’s on thirteen hits and only three strike-outs. Fighting for a spot, Juan Uribe contributed two hits and an RBI to bolster is stance for a starting position. Mark Buehrle pitched four decent innings giving up six hits and three earned runs to earn his first win of spring training. Fresh off their win over Seattle, the Texas Rangers had to take the Sox into the tenth inning before beating them 7-5. Gavin Floyd got the start for the Sox and pitched a decent four innings giving up three hits and two earned runs. However, once again I would say the downfall for the South Side Sluggers was their hit-to-strike out ratio which was 10-7. If the Sox can keep that ratio leaning toward the hits, I believe they can be successful throughout the year.
