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September 7: White Sox 5, Red Sox 1

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It took nearly a month and a half, but Mark Buehrle finally picked up his first win since the perfect game. He definitely worked hard enough for it.  Only two of his seven innings were of the 1-2-3 variety, and he stranded runners in scoring position in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. The fifth [...]

September 5: White Sox 5, Red Sox 1

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Tim Wakefield wasn’t as sharp, and the White Sox hitters wisened up.  As a result, the Good Guys jumped on the knuckleball early, giving a halfway-perfect Gavin Floyd a nice early cushion en route to their four consecutive victory. Scott Podsednik provided a positive omen when he led off with a single up through the [...]

September 2: White Sox 4, Twins 2

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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 27: White Sox 9, Red Sox 5

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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 [...]

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