It always happens. After a pitcher throw a no-hitter, talk in the very next game is how long will the no-hitting go? If the no-hitter was a perfect game, the additional question asked is when the first baserunner will get on base.

Today, we didn’t have to wait long to see when the Mariners would get a baserunner and a hit. Dustin Ackley, the second hitter of the game for the Mariners got on base thanks to a dropped third strike. Then Ichiro hit a single to right field for the first hit. No one scored  in that inning.

No matter as today’s game ended up as a see-saw back and forth in scoring. The Sox struck first. then the Mariners came right back with runs. That all happened in the third inning. » Continue reading “White Sox Bring The Brooms Today!”

Seven. 27. Those are the numbers the White Sox are facing as they head to Seattle to conclude their brief trip through the West Coast. Still a chance? Sure, but this weekend looks to be make or break. Lose the games and fork / dagger to team and fans. Now we wait with baited breath to see if the upcoming homestand and month of September will be tense because of a battle or laughable because the Sox are just bad who they are. Here is what we can expect this weekend:

2011 Record: White Sox 63-65, 3rd in AL Central. Mariners 56-73, 4th in AL West. Season series: 4-2

2010 Record: 9-1

All-Time series record: 209-183 (The Sox are 87-103 in Seattle)

The following pitchers are expected to start in the series:

Jake Peavy: 5-6, 5.06 ERA, 74K v. Charlie Furbush: 3-5, 4.64 ERA, 37K

John Danks: 5-9, 3.88 ERA, 104K v. Michael Piñeda: 9-7, 3.73 ERA, 148K

Gavin Floyd: 11-10, 4.45 ERA, 117K v. Jason Vargas: 7-11, 4.18 ERA, 102K

Friday and Saturday’s game begins at 9:10 pm, Sunday’s game begins at 3:10 pm. All times CDT.  » Continue reading “Series Preview: White Sox at Mariners”

The home stand is not off to the best of starts. So far, two games have been dropped, but it is a new series to begin today and with it, a new start. Here is what we can look forward to the next few days.

2011 Record: White Sox (28-33; 3rd in AL Central) Mariners (31-28; 2nd in AL West) Season series: 2-1

2010 Record: 9-1

All-Time Record: 207 – 182 (The Sox are 118-78 at home against the Mariners)

The following pitchers are expected to pitch in the series:

John Danks: 0-8, 5.25 ERA, 46K v. Michael Pineda: 6-2, 2.30 ERA, 73K

Phil Humber: 4-3, 3.06 ERA, 38k v. Felix Hernandez: 6-4, 3.04 ERA, 92K

Gavin Floyd: 6-5, 3.84 ERA, 57k v. Jason Vargas: 4-3, 3.96 ERA, 48K

All three games begin at 7:10 pm CDT.  » Continue reading “Series Preview: White Sox v Mariners”

Decked out in pink for Mother’s Day, the White Sox finished their three-game set in Seattle with a series win, beating the Mariners 5-2 in ten innings.

The Sox scored their first two runs in the fourth inning. Paul Konerko, who went 5-for-5, doubled to center with one out, and Alex Rios followed with a single. After Brent Lillibridge struck out, Ramon Castro singled to left, scoring Konerko and Rios on a missed catch error by Mariners catcher Miguel Olivo.

The Sox scored three runs off Seattle’s closer, Brandon League, in the top of the tenth. Brent Morel led off the inning with a single and moved to second on Juan Pierre’s sac bunt. Alexei Ramirez doubled to left, scoring Morel and then scored on Adam Dunn’s double to right. Konerko singled to center, moving Dunn to third, and he scored on Rios’s single to center, giving the Sox a 5-2 lead.

The Mariners scored both of their runs in the fifth. Jack Cust led off the inning with a double to center, and Jack Wilson singled on a pop bunt to Sox starter Mark Buehrle, moving Cust to third. After Michael Saunders struck out swinging, Brendan Ryan singled to right, scoring Cust and moving Wilson to third. Ichiro hit a sac fly to center, scoring Wilson and ending the Mariners’ scoring for the day.

The Sox continue their West Coast road trip in Los Angeles tomorrow night as they face the Angels who took their series against the red-hot Cleveland Indians (thank you!). Edwin Jackson (2-4, 4.98) faces Ervin Santana (1-3, 4.43), and the Sox hope to keep this short win streak alive!

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A night of semi-snarky tweets about the Sox and they decide to win. I thank them for this because if they’d have lost, it would have topped off an otherwise great day for me in a rather crappy way. The Sox got the scoring going early in the first inning with — TWO OUT SCORING! Adam Dunn got a double, his third of the season and The King drove him in on a single. Paul Konerko did end up with the final out of the inning due to getting involved in a rundown. Debatable whether he needed to do this to ensure Donkey scored, but a run is a run at this point.

Gavin Floyd had his pitches working in this game. He kept the Mariners off the board the entire night, limiting them to three hits the entire night. Tony Peña also looked good in his inning of relief only walking one batter and striking out Jack Cust to end the game. » Continue reading “Offensive Eruption? What Is This?”

The White Sox seem to enjoy last place in all of baseball, as they lost another game, this time to the Mariners. Something is wrong with this team, and they need to try and fix it quickly. How much farther down in the standings can this team go?

Phil Humber faced Felix Hernandez tonight and pitched well again. He lasted seven innings, giving up two runs on three hits and three walks. This brings his ERA to 2.97 on the season. For a Jake Peavy replacement, he is pitching incredibly well.

Matt Thornton came on in the eighth in relief. In 1.2 innings, he gave up a run on four hits. Thornton pitched decently, and he is gradually getting back to the Matt Thornton we have come to know and love.

The offense is still lackluster. A run scored in the fourth and in the seventh. The Sox had only five hits. Juan Pierre was batted in during the fourth on a Paul Konerko sac fly. The run in the seventh was Carlos Quentin’s seventh home run of the season.

The Mariners scored two of their three runs in the sixth. Humber walked Ichiro to lead off the inning. Ichiro advanced to second on a sac bunt from Chone Figgins and scored on a double from Milton Bradley. Bradley scored on a ground-rule double from Justin Smoak.

Bradley was ejected in the eighth inning. With one out, Figgins doubled to right. Bradley was called out on strikes and Figgins stole third on an attempted “strike him out, throw him out” play. Bradley argued with home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski and was ejected.

The last run for the Mariners was scored on a walk-off. With one out, Thornton gave up back-to-back singles to Jack Cust and Jack Wilson. Michael Saunders flied out for the second out, but Brendan Ryan singled to center, scoring pinch runner Adam Kennedy.

Hopefully the Sox can get back on track tomorrow as Gavin Floyd faces Doug Fister.