State of the Sox 2010
White Sox game recaps for the 2010 seasonextra innings
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White Sox pitchers threw eight 1-2-3 innings. It should have been nine, but A.J. Pierzynski couldn’t block a Sergio Santos slider, and after Pierzynski threw the ball away, an inning-ending strikeout turned into a three-base error. Because a Tiger reached, a Tiger scored. In fact, two did. A Gerald Laird single and an Austin Jackson [...]
September 6: White Sox 5, Tigers 4 (10 innings)
Chris Sale picked up his first major-league victory, but it was a result of a total team effort that led to another inspiring comeback. Not that Sale didn’t earn it. He was a one-man bullpen today, throwing 2 2/3 perfect innings in relief of Edwin Jackson, and holding down Detroit until the Sox could fight [...]
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 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 [...]
August 21: Royals 6, White Sox 5 (Game 1, 11 innings)
Right before Sergio Santos broke White Sox fans’ hearts, Kansas City analyst Frank White was talking about Yuniesky Betancourt’s two grand slams, and how he’s doing damage when he gets a fastball on the inner half. You’ll never guess where Santos threw his 1-0 fastball to Betancourt, with the bases loaded and the Sox holding [...]
August 17: Twins 7, White Sox 6 (10 innings)
This appeared to be a disheartening loss when John Danks flirted with an early fold. He threw a nice fastball, knee-high and on the inside black, for what should’ve been strike three against the second batter of the game, Orlando Hudson. It wasn’t called. His next pitch ended up over the left-field wall, setting the [...]
August 9: Orioles 3, White Sox 2 (10 innings)
In the ninth inning, Paul Konerko extended this one into extra innings when he sent the first pitch he saw from Alfredo Simon over the left field wall to tie the game. In the 11th inning, Brian Roberts took the first pitch he saw from J.J. Putz over the scoreboard in right field to end [...]
August 6: Orioles 2, White Sox 1 (10 innings)
*Tony Pena, for some reason, was expected to throw three scoreless innings. He could only complete 2 2/3 of them, giving up a game-winning single to Adam Jones to end the game. It was odd, because Pena was only the second reliever Guillen used. *But I’m still giving him a “good pena” tag for picking [...]
August 5: White Sox 6, Tigers 4 (11 innings)
Mark Kotsay saved Bobby Jenks’ bacon by providing two necessary insurance runs in the top of the ninth. Two innings later, he gave the Sox another two-run lead that Sergio Santos held up. Santos got his first career victory, the Sox won a series against the Tigers on the road, and Kotsay finally got to [...]
