This is a big week coming up. You wouldn’t think it looking at who they’re playing (Tampa Bay then Kansas City) but this is about as easy as it gets. If the White Sox aren’t back in the lead for the Wild Card this time next week, there could be some trouble.
Friday had one of two very tough losses. Javier Vazquez had a pretty good start before the pen starting blowing things. The big blow came off of David Riske. He was only credited with one earned run, but he gave up the three run shot to Torii Hunter that gave the Twins the lead. Mike MacDougal then lost it in the ninth. Paul Konerko and A.J. Pierzynski both homered in the 5-4 loss.
Yesterday, Jermaine Dye came up with the huge hit. His two run homerun in the ninth inning tied it up. If only there was one more guy on base, because the White Sox eventually lost it 8-7 in the eleventh. Jose Contreras was bounced in the third inning so the fact that we were even in this game is a good thing. Dye hit his 39th and Konerko hit his 29th.
Finally the White Sox got the win today. Mark Buehrle was en fuego and he gave up only a single run in 7 1/3 innings. Joe Crede hit his 28th homerun and A.J. Pierzynski hit a two run shot in the 7-1 win.
Like I said at the beginning, this week is huge.
