The White Sox keep on winning as do the Tigers. And the more this goes one, the more it looks like the Tigers and White Sox will be competing for who they get to play in the first round more then they’ll be playing for a playoff spot. Regardless, the Astros came to town and the White Sox took care of business, taking two of three in their weekend series.
On Friday, a grand slam by Scott Podsednik gave the White Sox a 6-0 lead and Jose Contreras kept his winning streak alive. Contreras is now 8-0 and he gave up four runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. The final was 7-4. Joe Crede has two hits and three runs in the game.
Saturday was a fun game. The White Sox were down 5-1 and they scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh on Joe Crede’s grand slam to tie the game up. The game went into extra frames and then in the tenth, Alex Cintron singled home Rob Mackowiak to win the game. Matt Thorton picked up the win in the 6-5 win after pitching 2 1/3 shutout innings to close out the game.
Last night’s game started out as a blow out before the White Sox stormed back. Down 9-1, the White Sox scored one in the seventh, three in the eighth and then four in the ninth (another grand slam, this time by Tad Iguchi) to tie the game up. This time though, the Astros came out on top and they scored a run in the thirteenth to put the game away. Javier Vazquez was roughed up and Iguchi finished the game with two homeruns and seven RBIs (his three run shot in the eighth accounted for those three runs).
Next up is the lowly Pirates, who have dropped eleven straight games. We’re still a game and a half back of the Tigers, who swept the Cardinals this weekend. And not that I’m settling for it right now, but the Sox have a nice, comfy six game lead for the Wild Card so there’s always that to fall back on.
