posted on Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:21 AM
by
Jim
Buehrle back on track
One of these days, a spring training Mark Buehrle injury scare may actually be something to worry about. For now, everybody can rest easy.
Buehrle worked a fast two innings -- too fast for his liking -- during a strong debut in the White Sox's 7-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday, quelling doubts about a sore left shoulder in the process.
"Juan [Nieves] kept asking me, he said 'Do you want two or three [innings]?' and I said, 'Send me out there for at least five or six. If I feel good getting guys out, then I want to keep going back out there.'"
"I wanted to go back out there and get another inning in, but it's just kind of a waste of another inning because I'll get ready so quick."
After walking Chris Young to start off the ballgame, Buehrle found his groove. A.J. Pierzynski erased Young by catching him too far off first base, and a Conor Jackson single was his only other blemish. He struck out Orlando Hudson and Justin Upton.
"You feel good and you try to throw the ball as hard as you can," Buehrle said about issuing the leadoff walk. "I felt good and tried to throw harder than I should've been, and I had to settle down, throw strikes and get guys out."
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