Easy As 1-2-3 as the White Sox Get Swept with 1-0 Loss (Game 31, '08)
The Chicago White Sox are getting fantastic starting pitching. Unfortunately, they have forgotten how to hit apparantly. Vazquez, with nine strikeouts and just one earned run over seven and two-thirds pitched is about as well as you can expect your starter to pitch. He definitely did not deseve to get the loss. Uribe standing at third on a goundout stood out very big in retrospect. Still, this team had runners on second and third with no outs and could not capitalize. Then, after having the bases loaded all on walks in the ninth inning, Ozuna could only hit the ball back to the pitcher for a 1-2-3 double play to end the game. It is scary to think what might happen to this team if the pitching falters at all. The only thing keeping the White Sox near the top of this division is poor play by most other teams in the Central. I'm glad to see Ozzie tried to shake things up by altering the batting lineup a bit. It didn't work out, but I'm glad to see he tried. This is something the White Sox just have to work through because the only thing a team can do is work through slumps. For now, it seems we as fans have to just sit and take it until things turn around.

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