White Sox Bounce Back With 9-2 Spanking of Rays (Game 16, '08)

After blowing one last night, the White Sox came back tonight to put a hurting on the Rays fo earn their tenth win on the season behind a fine starting pitching performance by Javier Vazquez and good offense from Thome and Konerko in particular, with back-to-back home runs.  Timely hitting combined with home runs is how the White Sox have been getting it done lately.  The emphasis of on-base-percentage with guys like Nick Swisher at the top has been working out very well so far.  He reached base four out of four times tonight, and while the stolen base total is very low for the White Sox at just 2 on the year, they are still sacrificing and driving runs in to get the job done. 

It is not surprising to me to learn Jerry Owens has been optioned to Triple A Charlotte after being activated from the DL.  His speed is great, but I'm happy the Sox have decided to keep the team as is since they are having success.  Even though Jerry Owens could give the Sox more speed at the top, I have been very pleased with the high on-base-percentage of Nick Swisher even if he doesn't have the speed of Owens.  Obviously, the White Sox feel the same way.