Poor Brent Lillibridge.He hits his first career White Sox homer -- an absolute bomb, by the way -- and this is what he has to compete with.
Congratulations to the Blackhawks and all of us fans. And I'll point you to my Hawks blog of choice, The Fifth Feather, for more reading material throughout the celebration.
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Minor league roundup:
- Charlotte 7, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3
- Tyler Flowers may be back: 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI. He struck out once.
- Dayan Viciedo went 0-for-2 with two walks and a strikeout.
- Brent Morel went 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Lucas Harrell allowed three runs on seven hits and two walks over 5 2/3 innings, striking out five.
- Mobile 3, Birmingham 0
- C.J. Retherford went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a sac bunt.
- Christian Marrero singled, walked and struck out over four trips to the plate.
- Myrtle Beach 3, Winston-Salem 2
- Brandon Short went 3-for-3, but was unsuccessful on a stolen base attempt.
- Eduardo Escobar and Jon Gilmore went 1-for-3; Gilmore walked, Escobar sac bunted.
- Justin Greene went 0-for-4 with a K.
- Terry Doyle was good: 7 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Kannapolis OFF
