aside from an almost no-hitter and all around great performance by Gavin Floyd we neeed that win yesterday! if we can sweep them we are right back in first where we belong. not that losing 6 in a row means we belong in first but our record until then says so. however i don’t think there is an excuse for not scoring a run at all in a game or being outscored 19-9 on this road trip. yea, i am sure that Toronto’s pitching was good but you can’t win if you don’t score at least a run.
i can’t really comment on specifics of the games of this last road trip because i have been out of town and therefore not able to catch a game. i can comment on yesterday’s game though. i thought Gavin Floyd did an outstanding job, obviously. there were a couple of walks that were close and could have gone a different way. but overall a 1-hitter is not to shabby. there was not much we could have done to prevent that Joe Mauer hit from dropping. it was hit hard to the gap and Nick Swisher made a nice attempt to run that ball down. at least there was no scoring, and i am glad whenever the relievers go after the hitters.
Jermaine Dye (and well the White Sox as a whole) was all kinds of aggressive in the batter’s box yesterday. i just knew when JD walked up to the plate in the 6th that there were going to be some fireworks. and what about Juan Uribe?? he seems to be standing a little more straight up in the box, and maybe the new batting stance is going to change the way he sees pitches. i mean, i hope he starts to see pitches better because he tends to swing at all the crap and let the cookies fly right by.
i can’t end this story without some reference to Nick Swisher’s facial hair. WTF is my only comment on that. i guess it is what it is and i’ll take it if it means we win!
GO SOX!