2008 State of the Sox

Week in a Box: June 9-15

Player of the Week:  Orlando Cabrera.  He had a four-hit game against the Twins, a solo homer against the Rockies, and with hits in six of the seven games, was the only consistent source of offense the Sox had.

Player of the Weak:  Carlos Quentin.  He went 3-for-22, including 1-for-8 with runners on base, and poor decision-making led to two errors against the Twins.

Pitcher of the Week:  Mark Buehrle.  Matched Kenny Rogers with eight innings of one-run ball, his second consecutive outing of that length and success.

Pitcher of the Weak:  Jose Contreras.  Followed up his worst outing of the year with a better one against the Rockies, but that 1-2 fastball he threw to Brad Hawpe was a backbreaker.

Fireman:  Scott Linebrink.  He faced six batters, retired all of them, and struck out four of them.

Gas Can:  Octavio Dotel.  Allowed the walk-off homer to Miguel Cabrera.

Super Sub:  Juan Uribe.  In his first start of the month, he delivered the game-tying single, then scored the game-winning run with alert baserunning.

Super Scrub:  Nobody.  Toby Hall went 0-for-4 but threw out Carlos Gomez, Brian Anderson hit .250 with a homer, and Pablo Ozuna didn't start.

Gold Glove:  Orlando Cabrera. He did fail to catch Alexei Ramirez's throw at second, but made a highlight play in a loss to the Tigers and generally played solid defense.

Hands of Stone:  A.J. Pierzynski.  Four of the five bases Willy Taveras stole on the pitchers, but the double-clutch on the pitchout and bad pitch blocking made John Danks work even harder.