I guess I can accept two of three. And the Tigers took two of three against the Pirates so here it is, Sunday night, and we’re two and a half games back. If the Yankees lose tonight (they’re just starting), we’ll have a seven game lead over them for the Wild Card. That’s pretty substantial.
Juan Uribe has simply been on fire and he had an outstanding series. On Friday, he was a triple short of the cycle and he drove in five runs. Jon Garland had a solid start and he gave up two runs on seven hits through six innings of work. I didn’t see the game, but Paul Konerko stole his first base since 2004 and it was only one of five in his career.
Saturday, A.J. Pierzynski came up huge. His three run homerun in the top of the ninth gave the White Sox an 8-6 lead and that ended up being the final. Jim Thome, Joe Crede and Paul Konerko also homered in the game. Neal Cotts picked up the win and Bobby Jenks saved his 25th game of the season.
Today’s game was rather odd with the wind blowing out. The White Sox and Mets combined to score 26 runs and they had 34 hits in a slugfest. Juan Uribe drove in four more runs and Scott Podsednik and Jermaine Dye scored twice. Mark Buehrle gave up ten earned runs (11 total) through five innings of work.
Next up is a four game series at home against the Orioles. Baltimore is just ahead of the last place Devil Rays in the AL East and it’d be nice to for the White Sox to bury them and maybe head into the All Star break in first place.
