Anytime you head out on the road and take three of four games, it’s a solid series. Unfortunately, the Tigers won their four game series with the Devil Rays, so we’re right back to that game and a half deficit that we had after the weekend.
On Monday, Jose Contreras won his fifteenth game in a row and improved to 7-0. He gave up three runs but he struck out eleven. A.J. Pierzynski hit a homerun and drove in two runs while Jim Thome scored twice.
Not to be outdone, Jon Garland picked up the hitting on Tuesday with one his best outings of the year. The final was 5-2 and Garland improved to 5-3 on the season. Not bad for a guy with a 6.01 ERA. Paul Konerko did the bulk of the damage with a three run homerun and Thome scored two more times.
Wednesday was a nasty loss. Vicente Padilla completely shutdown the White Sox, who managed only four hits the entire game. Joe Crede had a tough game with three strikeouts. That was only the second time all season he struck out at least twice in a game.
The Sox got back on track yesterday. They jumped out to a 5-0 lead after four and Mark Buehrle threw eight solid innings to pick up his seventh win. Juan Uribe and Jim Thome both homered and Pablo Ozuna had three hits and two RBIs.
The Sox head to Cincinnati for a three game series. At this point, if we win, things will take care of itself so that’s all I ask.
