Not a bad weekend. We took two of three against a still solid Twins team. Unfortunately, the Indians continue to tear things up. This week will be round one as the Tribe comes to Chicago for a three game series. It’s sad at this point, but I’d even take a series loss as long as it’s not a sweep. That would leave us with a 2 1/2 game lead (three in the loss column) with a week and a half to go. A sweep would be catastrophe if we’re on the receiving end, while a sweep for the good guys would pretty much seal up the division.
Friday was more of the same. No offense (six hits in 10 innings and only two runs), but fortunately it was enough because the Twins might just have worse hitting then we do. Jon Garland was very sharp (eight innings, six hits, one run), but it was a Joe Crede single in the top of the tenth that put the game away. Crede has been on a tear since coming off of the DL and homered earlier in the game. In eight games, he had two hits in five of them and his average has improved from .232 to .247.
Yesterday was the loss, and again, more of the same. Johan Santana tore through us and held the Sox to four hits. Orlando Hernandez was keeping pace with him but fell apart in the fourth and gave up four runs. The White Sox struck out 16 times, which has to be a season high (I’m too lazy to look it up).
Today, we actually got eight hits, and once again, it was enough. Aaron Rowand had an RBI single and Jermaine Dye got a run across when Nick Punto misplayed his ground ball. Jose Contreras was awesome, going eight innings and holding the Twins to five hits.
It’s do or die time, but this makes for some nice drama. It doesn’t look like any of the games are on TV, but it’d be nice if ESPN picked up the Wed. game. Go Sox.
