Christmas in April as the Sox Give The Orioles Gift Win with 6-5 Loss (Game 15, '08)

Every team is going to lose a third of their games and win a third.  It is the 'other' third that decides the ultimate fate of a baseball team.  This is one of those ballgames the Sox gave away.  They had it won going into the ninth inning, but Bobby Jenks couldn't close it out.  Still, I blame the three unearned runs as the ultimate demise of the Sox this evening. Errors that did not appear likely to cost the Sox going into the ninth, were costly after all.  The Orioles didn't beat the White Sox.  The White Sox beat themselves.  These are the losses I find most difficult to swallow.  Against the A's, the Sox lost the first game, but they got beat.  Not so tonight. I don't like losses, but I know there are games every team is going to lose at some point or another.  The games you give away are the ones you can look to at the end of the year if you lose the division by a game or two.  This White Sox defense which has been good so far, failed the Sox tonight.  The relief pitching was not good either.  Bobby Jenks' and AJ's fascination with his curveball, especially when he had gotten beat on it in a previous at bat, is something I don't understand.  Boone Logan could not do anything either, giving up the game-winning hit.  Garbage.

On the positive side, Quentin hit two homers, with one to the opposite field to show he is probably here to stay in the big leagues.  Crede continued his offense with a home run, and Gavin Floyd pitched well enough to win.  The Sox have not played well in Tampa in the recent past, but I hope they can change all that starting tomorrow night.