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September 30: White Sox 1, Indians 0 (Game 2)

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Mark Buehrle suffered through a difficult second half, but he ended his season on a fine note. Buehrle threw six efficient shutout innings, needing only 79 pitches for his 13th victory of the season. He didn’t allow a baserunner before he recorded two outs in an inning, and he didn’t walk a batter. He frontloaded [...]

September 18: Royals 11, White Sox 0

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Mark Buehrle had never walked three consecutive batters before. That’s how the Royals’ first run crossed the plate, and that’s all the offense they needed as the Sox lineup — with no Jermaine Dye, Alex Rios or Carlos Quentin — managed only three singles. And only one of them left the infield. Luke Hochevar was [...]

September 16: Mariners 4, White Sox 1

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On the first pitch of the game, Ichiro Suzuki laced a double to left-center. Yet it was the second pitch — a strike to Franklin Gutierrez — that carried the bad omen. Floyd did a baby hop off the mound, and would do it on just about every other pitch. He managed to strike out [...]

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