Sox Win Game and Another Series With 7-2 Win Over Indians (Game 46, '08)

The White Sox are looking very good, having now won seven games in a row - a feat the White Sox never accomplished last year.  For a while, as the Sox struggled to get anything done against the soft-tossing Paul Byrd, I thought they might have reverted back to their anemic offensive ways.  They got things going with a three-run blast by Jermaine Dye to put the Sox ahead 3-2 in the sixth, and capped off the inning by two more runs that inning, and they added another two runs in the seventh.  With the Indians pitching as well as they have coming into this series, it made these past two wins over their division rivals all the more impressive.  As I watched the home run derby, I shook my head saying to myself 'this is a powerful team.'  Jim Thome homered to the opposite field, and looked great going up the middle for a base hit.  He looked different at the plate tonight.  When he pulls off the ball, he struggles.  When he goes with the pitch, he does much better. I was glad to see Jim do that tonight. 

Javier Vazquez was great, as the starters have been for the most part this season.  Javy surrendered only two runs over seven innings.  Scott Linebrink has been practically unhittable, picking up Boone Logan who could not find the strike zone.  Ozzie wanted this ballgame so he pulled him.  I chuckled a bit as the camera caught at least two, maybe three F-bombs from Ozzie to Boone when he came out to visit him on the mound.  As Steve Stone said..."It was short, but not so sweet." I had to laugh. 

Still, all's well that ends well.  As Steve Stone also said, if the White Sox can continue to support this incredible pitching they have been getting, this year has a chance to be something special.