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September 30: Indians 5, White Sox 1 (Game 1)

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Fausto Carmona entered this game 3-12 with a 6.81 ERA, and it certainly looked like he was in for a rough day when Scott Podsednik and Gordon Beckham led off with singles. Carmona then retired the next three hitters and cruised through seven innings, leaving Carlos Torres to look the part of a AAAA pitcher [...]

September 13: Angels 3, White Sox 2

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This was your garden-variety hard-luck loss. Mark Buehrle pitched well, especially with a small strike zone from Angel Campos that frustrated both sides. He allowed only five hits and two walks, but Torii Hunter’s homer in the seventh made the difference. What didn’t make a difference?  Numerous at-em balls hit by the Sox. They out-hit [...]

September 9: White Sox 4, Athletics 3 (13 innings)

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Nobody deserved to win this game. Fortunately, the A’s wanted it less. In a comedy of errors, the Sox had the last laugh, with A.J. Pierzynski’s double ending an awful night of baseball in nearly all respects. Alexei Ramirez started the 13th with a one-out single off Edgar Gonzalez. Pierzynski came up and sent one [...]

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