State of the Sox 2010
White Sox game recaps for the 2010 seasongood beckham
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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 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 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 13: White Sox 8, Tigers 4
The game had just become official when an impending severe storm threatened to cut the game off early. With a scoreless tie, Ozzie Guillen decided to play for one run. The White Sox offense gave him four. Where was this yesterday? After A.J. Pierzynski bunted runners over to second and third, Mark Kotsay hit a [...]
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 [...]
July 29: White Sox 9, Mariners 5
Freddy Garcia survived the Mariners’ hardest punches. His counterparts? Not so much. Garcia minimized the damage in each of his tough innings for a quality start en route to his 10th win of the season, bolstered by four homers of support as the Sox won their 11th straight game at home. The Sox actually trailed [...]
July 27: White Sox 11, Mariners 0
Bullet points only seem fitting for how hard they hit Ryan Rowland-Smith: *The Sox jumped on Rowland-Smith for all 11 runs over five innings, including three homers. He was clearly out there to take a beating after allowing seven runs over the first three. *It started with a Juan Pierre single, a stolen base, an [...]
July 21: Mariners 2, White Sox 1 (11 innings)
This one hurts. The White Sox and Gavin Floyd outlasted a dominant Felix Hernandez, getting a scoreless game into extra innings. They did so by using only Sergio Santos and Erick Threets in high-leverage situations. They did so by getting terrific defense and horrific baserunning from the Mariners. They finally got on the board with [...]
July 19: White Sox 6, Mariners 1
Tonight proved to be quite the palate-cleanser for Daniel Hudson, Alex Rios and the rest of the White Sox, brushing themselves off after the debacle in Minnesota for a convincing victory to open up a West Coast swing. Rios drove in three runs, tying the game with a sac fly after Hudson fell into a [...]
