Well, we couldn’t quite get the sweep. Needless to say, taking two of three was nice, and it was particularly pleasing to see the White Sox hammer the Cubs after Michael Barrett’s cheap shot in Saturday’s game.
On Friday, it was a typical Mark Buehrle start. The game barely lasted an hour and Buehrle gave up only one unearned run in the complete game. Jim Thome hit his seventeenth homerun and Paul Konerko drove in three runs.
Saturday was the Fox Game of the Week, at least around here. And boy was it entertaining. Everyone knows by now about the whole Michael Barrett/A.J. Pierzynski fight so I won’t touch on it too much. Needless to say, Tad Iguchi had a career day. He homered twice and drove in six of the White Sox seven runs. Freddy Garcia had a great outing. He threw eight shutout innings and gave up eight hits.
Today’s game was the downer. The White Sox took a 4-2 lead into the eighth inning when the Cubs scored four times. Neal Cotts and Jose Conteras gave up a combined three homeruns and Cotts took the loss. Paul Konerko went deep twice with two solo shots and A.J. Pierzynski hit a solo homerun in the 7-4 loss.
The Oakland A’s come to town for a three game series beginning tomorrow. The Tigers won two of three this weekend as well, so they remain a game up in the division. Should make for a good series when we go head to in early June.
