2007 State of the Sox

September 6: Tigers 3, White Sox 2

The White Sox against Chad Durbin:

.173/.250/.348 in 69 ABs.

The rest of baseball against Chad Durbin:

.278/.350/.441 in 409 ABs.

Yup, Durbin shut down the Sox again for five more innings, as the offense nearly spoiled another terrific outing by Mark Buehrle.  But Paul Konerko's two-run double gave the Sox the lead and put Buehrle in position to win the ballgame, so Bobby Jenks blew it instead.

That's actually unfair to Jenks, because Detroit hitters couldn't make solid contact off him.  They just happened to hit in the exact right spots.  Timo Perez started it all with a soft grounder up the middle that made Danny Richar rush his throw.  It got past Konerko and put a runner in scoring position with nobody out.

Timo would score after a sac bunt and a seeing-eye single by Sean Casey, and after a two-foot groundout by Brandon Inge advanced pinch-running Omar Infante to second, he came around to score on a perfectly placed grounder through the left side by Placido Polanco.

Record: 59-81 | Box score | Play-by-play