2007 State of the Sox

May 16: Yankees 8, White Sox 1

In how many ways was this game ugly?

1) The Yankees won this game with unearned runs alone.  Juan Uribe committed the only error of the game when he couldn't handle Derek Jeter's grounder that, while hit hard, was also hit right at him.  Then Darin Erstad froze on a line drive and made a Mackowiakian flailing attempt at it as it sailed over his head.

2) Jose Contreras pitched well for the most part, but he couldn't finish the seventh inning.  He'd held the game to a one-run deficit and had two outs when Bobby Abreu came to the plate.  Abreu had struck out three times, but Contreras hung a forkball and Abreu singled to make the lead even more insurmountable.

3) Pablo Ozuna, perhaps thinking Johnny Damon was in center instead of Melky Cabrera, was thrown out at third trying to advance on a single with two outs.  Fortunately, Erstad scored ahead of him.

4) Erstad ran into the fence when he couldn't run down a liner to the right-center gap.  It was a ball he couldn't have caught, but the crash looked bad.

5) Gustavo Molina arguably showed more emotion after getting his first major-league hit than Jermaine Dye did when he drove in the game-winning run in Game 4 of the World Series.

6) The Sox offense didn't make Chien-Ming Wang sweat.

7) After Boone Logan pitched an effective 1 1/3 innings, Andy Sisco faltered in his second straight no-pressure, mop-up appearance, giving up two solo home runs and four runs overall in the ninth inning.

Record: 19-17 | Box score | Play-by-play