State of the Sox 2009
White Sox game recaps for the 2009 seasonArchive for August, 2009
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Nick Blackburn recorded his last victory on July 10 against the White Sox. Since then: 38 1/3 IP, 66 H, 38 R 10 HR, 9 BB, 14 K. Tonight: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K. That’s all that needs to be said about the White Sox offense. Gavin Floyd pitched well, [...]
August 30: Yankees 8, White Sox 3
The White Sox appeared to have a good thing going in the third inning, as they greeted Joba Chamberlain with three straight singles. Alexei Ramirez slashed one to left-center, stole second, moved to third on Jayson Nix’s single, and scored on Scott Podsednik’s single back through the box for a 2-1 lead. Then, for whatever [...]
August 29: Yankees 10, White Sox 0
Record: 64-66 | Box score | Play-by-play
August 28: Yankees 5, White Sox 2
Record: 64-65 | Box score | Play-by-play
August 27: White Sox 9, Red Sox 5
Hats off to Jayson Nix, who changed the course of this game with one big swing. The Sox had the bases loaded, nobody out and a 3-0 count off Junichi Tazawa, who only had one pitch and couldn’t even locate it. Mark Kotsay took strike one, then swung at ball four — and perhaps ball [...]
August 26: Red Sox 3, White Sox 2
Three games, three different ways to lose. This was a tidy, well-played, well-pitched game on both sides. Neither team committed an error. Tim Wakefield didn’t miss with his knuckler, and Gavin Floyd gave up two solo shots but limited the damage otherwise. Scott Podsednik even came through with a pinch-hit homer to tie it in [...]
August 25: Red Sox 6, White Sox 3
The Red Sox desperately wanted to give this game away. The White Sox wouldn’t let them. Boston tried three times to let the White Sox have this one, since Pale Hose were so kind to wrap up more than a half-dozen gift runs the same before. Trailing 2-1 and Paul Konerko on thirdwith one out [...]
August 24: Red Sox 12, White Sox 8
I wonder if Jayson Nix actually knew who was starting for the White Sox tonight. You’d think that, if he did, he wouldn’t have let the Red Sox score a run for no good reason in the second. After the White Sox jumped ahead 2-0, the Red Sox had runners on the corners and two [...]
August 23: Orioles 5, White Sox 4
Jason Berken entered today’s start against the White Sox with a 2-11 record and a 6.72 ERA. And yet, the Sox and Mark Buehrle still couldn’t beat him. The Orioles took Buehrle deep twice, and he’s still looking for his first win since the perfect game. Buehrle had a rough afternoon from the start, with [...]
August 22: White Sox 4, Orioles 1
How John Danks escaped this game having allowed just one run over 6 2/3 innings is hard to fathom. With just one out in the second inning, he already had five walks under his belt. The out itself was a gift — Ty Wigginton drew the first walk, but tried stealing for no apparent reason. [...]
August 21: Orioles 5, White Sox 1
Scott Podsednik started the Sox off with a single, then advanced to second on a Brian Roberts error. Two on and nobody out is a good start against Jeremy Guthrie, a pitcher the Sox usually pound. Or at least, it was until Podsednik was picked off second. It was nearly as dumb as his pickoff [...]
August 19: White Sox 4, Royals 2
Jose Contreras’ day began with a nine-pitch at-bat against David DeJesus; an ominous beginning for a guy who has battled inefficiency issues for the past couple of months. That was one fewer pitch than Contreras needed to finish the entire seventh. First impressions can be misleading. Contreras threw a quality start for only the second [...]
August 18: Royals 5, White Sox 4
Gil Meche had nothing. The Kansas City defense didn’t sparkle. But he had enough to beat the White Sox thanks to some characteristically bad baserunning. Alexei Ramirez popped up with one out in the second inning, and Alberto Callaspo parked under it to make the catch. He didn’t, but Ramirez absentmindedly rounded first at a [...]
August 17: White Sox 8, Royals 7
Scott Linebrink knows how to win. He knew what he was doing when he walked two batters with two outs, then gave up a first-pitch homer to Mike Jacobs, erasing the 7-4 lead Ozzie Guillen brought him in to protect. He knew Scott Podsednik’s deal with the devil would continue, as he would drive in [...]
August 15: White Sox 8, Athletics 1
This game wasn’t on TV, so here are the bullet points: *Jayson Nix is making the most of his time on the field in Chris Getz’ place: one for three with three RBIs including a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly. *Gordon Beckham went two for four with a double and two RBIs. *A.J. Pierzynski [...]
August 14: White Sox 8, Athletics 7 (10 innings)
Considering the amount of miscues and miscommunications, the Sox shouldn’t have won this. The scoring began with a home run, and ended with a home run 10 innings later. Alexei Ramirez played the hero once again, hitting the go-ahead home run in the 10th inning, ending the 7-7 deadlock. The late game heroics wouldn’t have [...]
August 12: Mariners 1, White Sox 0 (14 innings)
Note: k8t is pinch-hitting for this recap. In the sprint to the finish line, it was the Seattle Mariners who arrived first. It was a game that started out in a typical Mark Buehrle speed, and ended 14 innings later on a walk off. Ken Griffey, Jr., in a pinch-hitting role, hit his two-out, RBI-single [...]
August 11: White Sox 3, Mariners 1
Entering tonight, the White Sox were 0-49 in games they trailed after eight innings. Courtesy of old friend David Aardsma, the Sox are now 1-49 thanks to Alexei Ramirez’s three-run homer. It appeared Paul Konerko missed the best chance to get to Aardsma when his deep fly to center landed in Franklin Gutierrez’s mitt one [...]
August 10: Mariners 6, White Sox 4
Note: k8t wrote this recap. The latest episode of “Rookie Pitcher Hassles The White Sox” featured a different storyline, but the same old ending. After four shutout innings on both sides, former Sox Ken Griffey Jr. of all people hit the two-run single that got the Mariners on the board, and the hits just kept [...]
August 8: White Sox 8, Indians 5
For the first four innings, this game appeared to largely be a carbon copy of Friday night. Sure, the Sox fell into a hole because of Carlos Torres’ control problems, not Mark Buehrle’s hittability. Torres should’ve been worse off, actually. He loaded the bases in the first with three consecutive one-out walks, but struck out [...]
August 7: Indians 6, White Sox 2
Considering Mark Buehrle dug himself into a 4-0 hole, I felt unusually optimistic. Alas, it was unwarranted. The Indians had Jeremy Sowers on the mound, whom the Sox almost always beat (0-6 lifetime in seven starts). Sometimes it takes a while, but usually the third time through does the trick. After all, opponents are batting [...]
August 6: Angels 9, White Sox 5
John Danks didn’t have his good stuff. That resulted in three homers, including no-doubt shots to Jeff Mathis and Vladimir Guerrero. He also didn’t have his head in the game. The Angels — like they did last year — figured him out early and ran wild. Danks gave up a double steal in the first [...]
August 5: White Sox 6, Angels 2
This type of game is a White Sox tradition — a strong start bolstered by a couple of big homers. It’s the simple formula that works.
August 4: White Sox 5, Angels 4
Scott Podsednik won this game the Ed Farmer Way: With a bloop and a blast. The former took place with two outs and two strikes in the seventh. John Lackey had gained strength as the game went on, and had retired 15 hitters in a row (including a dropped third strike on Jayson Nix, who [...]
