I don't have the heart to re-live this one, so I'm just going to mention the bare minimum of details needed for searching this later.
- Rob Mackowiak started -- against a lefty -- in place of Brian Anderson. The last time Anderson started, he went 2-for-4 with a triple and a diving catch. This is infuriating me.
- Jose Contreras worked the shortest outing of the year, only lasting 2 2/3 innings, giving up 7 hits. Many of them were to center field. Please tell me how many Brian Anderson would have gotten to, 'cause I missed the early going of this game.
- The Sox fared alright against Santana -- three runs in seven innings. That's a relative pounding. Gload and Konerko both took him deep.
- Brandon McCarthy gave up his requisite homer -- a solo shot to Torii Hunter, one swing after Hunter just missed one foul. It was the only hit McCarthy allowed, and he walked one while striking out four over 1 1/3 innings.
- Bobby Jenks was forced to register five outs in the ninth inning thanks to a Juan Uribe error, and a blown call at first. He only retired four batters before a run was scored on a Nick Punto sacrifice fly.
- Jermaine Dye homered off Joe Nathan, just after pulling a long one a mere few feet foul of the left-field pole. Add Nathan to the blown saves list.
- Matt Thornton was dinked to death, with Lew Ford pushing a jam-shot single between third and short, advancing to second on a bunt and scoring two batters later on Punto's grounder off a diving Ross Gload's glove.
- Tadahito Iguchi grounded into a double play to end the game -- with Dye standing on deck. That was after Pods reached base with a nice drag bunt.
I'm going to re-continue crying now.
Record: 75-54 |
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