What a beatdown. The Cardinals, despite their injuries, are the cream of the crop over in the National League. They came to the south side and left with their tails between their legs.
On Tuesday, the White Sox scored eleven runs in the third inning and proceeded to score 20 runs on 24 hits in the entire game. Joe Crede hit two homeruns and he was one of four different players to drive in three runs. He also scored four times. Every White Sox starter had at least one hit and one run and ironically the only starter who didn’t drive in a run was Jim Thome. Javier Vazquez cruised to an easy win and he’s now 8-4. He gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts in seven innings.
Of course David Riske and Ozzie Guillen were kicked out of the game after Riske beaned Duncan. This was after Sidney Ponson hit both Brian Anderson and Pablo Ozuna.
The offensive onslaught continued on Wednesday. This time it took three different innings to get to ten runs, but by the end of three, the Sox had a 10-3 lead. The final tally put them at thirteen runs on sixteen hits. Joe Crede homered again while Jim Thome hit his 23rd . Paul Konerko drove in four runs and Tad Iguchi knocked in three. This time it was Buehrle who benefited from the run productoin. He also improved to 8-4 and he gave up four runs on ten hits with five strikeouts in seven innings.
Yesterday was the antithesis of the previous two games. The White Sox managed only a single hit in the entire game and fortunately it was a solo homerun by Thome. Freddy Garcia and Bobby Jenks combined to throw a four hit shutout.
Finally we’re knocking on the Tigers door. We’ll also miss Roger Clemens as the White Sox play a rematch in what was last year’s World Series because the Astros come to town for the weekend series.
