Black Sox Blog

Well, the bats were there but the pitching wasn’t.  Tad Iguchi went two for four with a grand slam and two runs to lead the way while Jim Thome singled and drove in two runs.  Most of the damage for the Sox came in the seventh when they scored five runs but they needed two in the bottom of the ninth to win it.

Javier Vazquez was bombed in five innings of work.  He gave up five runs on eleven hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Bobby Jenks was also hit hard for three runs in two innings and both of those guys now sport ERAs above 10.

Jose Contreras gets the start against the Mariners tomorrow.  And for those of you that didn’t like the Freddy Garcia trade, he left the game for the Phillies today with forearm tightness.  No diagnosis yet but he was shutdown before he even threw half the number of pitches he was supposed to throw.