State of the Sox 2009
White Sox game recaps for the 2009 seasoncomeback
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This game had the hallmarks of a team White Sox fans have seldom seen this year. The offense rallied from an early 3-0 hole, finally supporting a quality start, thanks to some timely hitting. And they held it thanks to some excellent middle relief work. A.J. Pierzynski, who hasn’t done much with runners in scoring [...]
September 2: White Sox 4, Twins 2
Gordon Beckham and the White Sox were down to their last bullet. Down 2-0 because they couldn’t get to another pitcher of no repute, the Sox faced a taller task of having to get to Nathan … with nobody on and an 0-2 count. Nathan threw his best put-me-away slider, diving down and out of [...]
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 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 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 [...]
April 7: White Sox 4, Royals 2
The 2009 Chicago White Sox may be heading in a younger direction, but this is still the same team. They made errors on the basepaths when they weren’t going station-to-station, struggled through another shaky Opening Day starter, found no evidence of a center fielder … and somehow came away with the victory. That’s thanks to [...]
