Is it wrong that I have just started to expect that White Sox baseball is going to suck? That there will be no hitting, terrible defense and then something else that will happen to make me want to throw stuff at the television? Today had some moments like that, but then it was very interesting. I thought perhaps I might see the PITA Kansas City Royals perhaps get no-hit.

so Addison Reed wasn’t watching a home run ball sail out today, but those walks sure did suck!

Yes, you read that right. The Kansas City Royals for a while were not getting any base runners. By a hit or free pass. It took until the fifth inning for the Royals to finally break through with a base hit. This coming off the bat of Mike Moustakas. The the flood gates opened for the Royals as another defensive gaffe by Jeff Keppinger allowed the PITAs to take a 3-1 lead. Given how the season has gone, you’d be excused if you walked away thinking, so much for a pretty good pitching performance by Jose Quintana.

But WAIT! The Sox would come back and add four more runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 5-3 lead again. Could it be that this team has figured out a way to win in Kansas City? All they would need to do would be to hold the Royals down for a couple of innings and then go relax until tomorrow afternoon.

If you chose to think it was over, you’re excused because our guy, Addison Reed, blew it in the ninth inning. Addy was in to close and we’ve come to expect him to make closing a high-wire act. Addison didn’t disappoint today with walking the first two men he faced in the ninth inning. He did get the next two guys out. Unfortunately, Billy Butler came up and hit a double that would lead to those walks to come around and score to tie the game up.

A blown save for Mr. Reed. If he had nailed things down, he would have been tied with the great Mariano Rivera with 11 saves on the season. » Continue reading “Enthralling Baseball? Why Yes As White Sox Bested By Royals”

Two pitchers from tonight's game, including the winner Jesse Crain

Well, it appears that is what the White Sox did tonight as they beat their old rivals by a final of 8-6. Things started out uneventful, but then the slugfest that I was expecting kind of happened.

The Brewers got the scoring going in the top of the second. The Sox would go on to tie the game and go ahead in the bottom of the second inning.

After that, things went back and forth between the two teams. Finally, the Sox would go ahead in the seventh inning. For added insurance, another run was plated in the eighth inning.

Dylan Axelrod surprised me and other fans I am sure. He managed to pitch decently tonight. He did run into trouble in the sixth inning when he allowed the Brewers to go ahead again (thanks to base runners he allowed to score due to ineffectiveness of relievers.) Will Ohman came in to the game to face George Kottaras. Unfortunately, George was lifted for a pinch hitter and the pinch hitter was a righty. Not exactly welcome news for a guy who is primarily a LOOGY. » Continue reading “Showing Up For Prime Time”