State of the Sox 2010
White Sox game recaps for the 2010 seasonArchive for August, 2010
Browse tags
a.j. being a.j. bad baserunning bad beckham bad defense bad kotsay bad ozzie bad quentin bad rios bad teahen danks start disaster start extra innings failure to score runner on 3rd fan murdering first-time pitcher firsts floyd start garcia start good beckham good bullpen good danks good floyd good garcia good jones good konerko good kotsay good pena good pierre good pierzynski good quentin good ramirez good rios good teahen good thornton good vizquel injury scare jackson start jake peavy mark buehrle no offense pierre web gem questionable umpiring ramirez error ramirez web gem shutoutAugust 31: White Sox 4, Indians 3
Edwin Jackson did his best imitation of an ace, striking out 11 hitters, giving his offense all the time in the world to put runs on the board, and saving an overtaxed and underperforming bullpen. Jackson also did his best imitation of said bullpen, failing to record the 27th out, putting a three-run lead in [...]
August 30: White Sox 10, Indians 6 (11 innings)
I thought this moment on the broadcast, captured while Brent Lillibridge trotted around the bases after his go-ahead solo shot with two outs in the 11th inning, summed up the events quite nicely: You have two kinds of Cleveland fans in the picture. One is devastated, and who could blame her? The Indians climbed back [...]
August 29: Yankees 2, White Sox 1
The White Sox organization paid tribute to Frank Thomas by retiring his number before the game. White Sox hitters saluted him by retiring their bats. In the process, rookie Ivan Nova got his first major-league win, defeating Gavin Floyd in a pitching matchup the Sox had to win in order to stay competitive in the [...]
August 28: Yankees 12, White Sox 9
What was supposed to be an excellent pitching match-up turned into a slugfest thanks to a nice jet stream heading straight out to left field. Nick Swisher took advantage of it in the first inning with an opposite-field two-run shot to set the tone, and slugfest was on. Danks and Sabathia were both hit around, [...]
August 27: White Sox 9, Yankees 4
The Yankees entered tonight tied for the best record in the league, but A.J. Burnett and his defense didn’t scare anybody. The Sox greeted Burnett with four first-inning runs, and tagged him for nine over his 4 2/3 innings as the Sox grabbed a much-needed victory in this series opener. Burnett had a 1-0 lead [...]
August 26: White Sox 8, Orioles 0
Man, Edwin Jackson should throw more than seven pitches. Pitching for the first time since the monsoon in Kansas City, Jackson dominated the Orioles for eight innings, giving the Sox their first series win in six sets. Jackson struck out 10 hitters, cracking double-digits in back-to-back starts for the first time in his career. And [...]
August 25: Orioles 4, White Sox 2
The White Sox offense hasn’t had a night like this in a while, but if it underscores how a guy like Manny Ramirez can help down the stretch, maybe some good will come of it. Mark Buehrle pitched OK, but he was no match for Brian Matusz, who allowed only a couple of hard-hit balls [...]
August 24: White Sox 7, Orioles 5
For those of you who hate bunting, tonight’s victory had to be sweet. The Sox and Orioles were tied at 2 in the seventh when A.J. Pierzynski reached with a leadoff single. Ozzie Guillen called for Alexei Ramirez to bunt. He fouled off two of them, and then went down swinging on a Jeremy Guthrie [...]
August 22: Royals 3, White Sox 2 (10 innings)
Another day, another heroic pitching performance ruined, another extra-innings gulag and another series loss. The most absurd of three-game series concluded the only way it really could — an extra-innings walk-off. This time, it was Scott Linebrink issuing the two-out walk, allowing the stolen base and then giving up the game-ending hit to Jason Kendall. [...]
August 21: White Sox 7, Royals 6 (Game 2, 10 innings)
J.J. Putz was one out away from recording the kind of drama-free save the Sox desperately needed. A triple another Yuniesky Betancourt single later, the Sox were locked in another extra-innings game in this Doubleheader from Hell. This one ended better, thanks to Juan Pierre atoning for earlier sins. Pierre was a big reason why [...]
