State of the Sox 2010
White Sox game recaps for the 2010 seasongood kotsay
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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 shutoutSeptember 22: White Sox 4, Athletics 3
It took nine games, but the White Sox finally found some late-inning fight. They also benefited from some late-inning mistakes by Oakland and its manager. Either way, the Sox finally reached 80 wins, snapping an eight-game losing streak with a late comeback. The offense looked as dead as ever through six innings. Edwin Jackson pitched [...]
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 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 [...]
July 11: White Sox 15, Royals 5
I’m going to go out on a limb and say if the Sox score 15 runs every fifth day, they’re not going to miss Jake Peavy. Daniel Hudson wasn’t sharp in his 2010 MLB debut, and he didn’t need to be, because the Sox brought the thunder. Anthony Lerew, who shut down the White Sox [...]
July 2: White Sox 5, Rangers 3
This game started 2 1/2 hours late due to massive rains in the aftermath of Hurricane Alex, and the delayed start seemed to lead to pretty flat baseball. That benefited Freddy Garcia, who met the minimum for a quality start per usual, but with the ball not carrying the way it usually does in Arlington, [...]
June 29: White Sox 4, Royals 3
The Royals conjured up all their vengeance power, with three former Sox getting the job done. But Gavin Floyd, Matt Thornton and J.J. Putz made four quick runs stand up as they ended a two-game losing streak. Gavin Floyd looked dominant early (he retired nine of 10 at one point) and was backed by some [...]
June 18: White Sox 2, Nationals 1 (11 innings)
Everybody expected Steven Strasburg to eat the White Sox alive, and he lived up to the billing. Not everybody expected Gavin Floyd to outlast him, but that’s exactly what he did. Floyd’s eight strong innings allowed the game to move into a battle of the bullpens, and White Sox relievers reigned supreme tonight. Juan Pierre [...]
June 8: Tigers 7, White Sox 2
This disaster unfolded with one of the softest line drives imaginable, one off the bat of Ramon Santiago headed toward Matt Thornton. Thornton was expecting something more difficult, reacting too fast, and then adjusting too late as the ball rattled in and out of his mitt. With that small step, the Tigers were on their [...]
May 26: White Sox 5, Indians 4
It seems that Joe West had something in mind for Mark Buehrle, unbeknownst to the White Sox. With two outs in the second, West called a balk on Mark Buehrle after he picked off Matt LaPorta, and then made a show of dismissing Buehrle when asked for a clarification. That made Ozzie Guillen charge out [...]
