State of the Sox 2010
White Sox game recaps for the 2010 seasongood pena
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Jered Weaver used to dominate the Sox, but now it’s Tony Pena who has the upper hand. For the second time this season, Pena earned the “W” while Weaver took the loss. And this time, Pena filled in for an injured starter from the get-go. The Angels got to Pena early, but the Sox got [...]
September 20: Athletics 3, White Sox 0
“Let’s win one for Tony Pena!” must not be the most inspiring rally cry, because the much-maligned reliever pitched a brilliant six innings in emergency relief of Gavin Floyd with nothing to show for it. Floyd threw exactly seven pitches before exiting the game with shoulder tightness. Pena went from sitting 200 feet down the [...]
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 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 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 6: White Sox 4, Angels 1
In 34 2/3 innings against the White Sox in his career, Jered Weaver had allowed two runs. So when Jake Peavy left the game in the second inning with a scary-looking lat injury, it looked like another cakewalk in the making. Nope. Instead, the Sox played the kind of game that makes you think there’s [...]
June 6: White Sox 8, Indians 7
When you step back, you still realize that the Sox lost a series to one of baseball’s worst teams at home. But up close, this game was a lot of fun. It didn’t look like it at the onset, as Mark Buehrle was awful. He left a ton of cutters over the heart of the [...]
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 [...]
May 20: Angels 6, White Sox 5
One bad bounce turned what could’ve been a thrilling comeback into yet another disheartening loss. With the White Sox trailing 6-3 with two outs in the eighth inning, A.J. Pierzynski came to the plate against Fernando Rodney and promptly drove a double over the head of Juan Rivera. There was just one problem. The ball [...]
April 9: Twins 4, White Sox 3 (11 innings)
This kind of game is a fan murderer. I’m not sure what was the most frustrating part… No. 1: Watching Tony Pena strike out J.J. Hardy once, if not twice, with two outs in the 10th inning, only to have home plate umpire Chris Guccione disagree. Hardy, of course, grounded a single through the left [...]
