Man was this huge. Huge.
Jose Contreras made the Tigers look silly on Friday. He picked up his first career complete game shutout and struck out five. Contreras had been struggling but he definitely picked things up here in this game. He needed only 101 pitches to get the job done too. Jim Thome and A.J. Pierzynski both homered and drove in two runs in the 5-0 lead.
Three errors and four unearned runs won this one for the White Sox. Mark Buehrle got the job done as well. If you take away a botched double play attempt, he might have held the Tigers scoreless. He struck out seven in six innings before letting the bullpen do it’s job. Brian Anderson had two RBIs in the 4-3 win.
The White Sox finished things up today and it was Alex Cintron who burned the Tigers yet again. In an earlier series, he had a couple of big hits and his three run double in the second inning was huge. Freddy Garcia threw seven solid innings and he’s now 11-7. Jermaine Dye hit homerun number 31 in the 7-3 win.
Next up is the Royals for four. The Tigers play the Red Sox so it’d be nice to pick away at this lead a little more. Just as important, the Sox still have a two game lead for the Wild Card, so we always have that to fall back on.
