Remember when I said the Sox had a schedule was supposed to be favorable to the south siders? Well, they proved to disappoint again. In six games against the heavy-hitting little pitching Rangers and second worst team in the AL Indians, they could only manage claiming two victories. They went one for three in each series, both of which took place in Chicago.
I will skip over the first five games, luckily for them. On Sunday, they were able to overcome another poor performance by their so called ace, Mark Buerhle. He was chased out only after three innings and six runs. When was the last time we saw Buerhle only go three innings? It actually was his last outing versus the Indians when he was thrown out of the game for arguing balk with first base umpire Joe West. Either way, Buerhle has not Buerhle. He says he is feeling better than ever. If that's the case, then fix it.
The team's struggle goes beyond Mark Buerhle. How about the rest of the starters? John Danks, arguable the best starter all year, was tagged on Friday early, causing once again for Ozzie to go to bullpen. And Sox fans, if it wasn't for our bullpen, we would be in last place right now.
Luckily, out hitting has started to come around. They need to keep it up. Rios and Konerko need to quarterback this thing. Stay hot and the rest will follow. Buerhle, Danks, Floyd and Peavy, pick it up. Garcia, you’re doing fine.
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