Late Inning Heroics Get it Done for the Sox With 3-2 Win Over Indians (Game 84, '08)

This was a fantastic ballgame.  When I saw this matchup initially, I wasn't sure how it would go because Cliff Lee came in as an 11-game winner and second in ERA, with John Danks right behind him in ERA.  Besides the homerun to Shoppach for the only earned run off Danks in 8 innings, he was excellent.  Thornton gave up the homerun to Blake, but the team picked him up.  With the Sox down to their last strike, Alexei Ramirez just cleared the left field wall with a homerun of his own to tie the game.  After Wise reached base with a hit and stole second, Cabrera knocked in the winning run for his only hit and RBI of the game.  It couldn't have come at a better time, that's for sure. Timely hitting, home runs, and outstanding pitching is how the White Sox won their first title in 88 years.  What was so beautiful about the way the Sox won tonight is the way they used a variety of offensive tools - the home run, the stolen base, and a couple base hits.  Beautiful. 

And while he didn't get the win, John Danks has done far more than carry his share of the pitching burden this year.  As far as I'm concerned, he deserves a trip to New York in this year's All Star Game.  Danks, Floyd, Carlos Quentin, Wise, and Alexei Ramirez have all been wonderful surprises, enabling the White Sox to be quite deep and consequently, quite dangerous.  They have a variety of tools and have changed the complexion of this team considerably.  Wonderful.  Let's go for the sweep tomorrow.