Chicago White Sox - 2008 and beyond

[Dauis]

4/24/2008
AMERICAN LEAGUE SCORES
Los Angeles (A) 3
Minnesota 5
W: S. Baker (2-1) L: J. Lackey (2-1) S: J. Nathan (4)
HR – LAA: M. Napoli (4)

Angels right fielder Vladimir Guerrero will be out a week with a strained rib cage muscle. He's hitting .338 with 3 home runs and 15 RBIs this season.

Cleveland 6
Baltimore 10
W: J. Guthrie (2-0) L: T. Mastny (0-1) S: R. Bierd (1)
HR – CLE: L. Gonzalez (4), R. Garko (2)

Baltimore shortstop Tomohiro Nioka went 5-5 in the victory. This season he's hitting .328 with 5 RBIs and 7 runs scored.

Detroit 11
Oakland 7
W: B. Seay (2-0) L: J. Duchscherer (0-3)
HR – OAK: J. Cust (2), R. Bowen (1)

Tampa Bay 8
Boston 4
W: J. Shields (2-1) L: T. Wakefield (0-2)
HR – BOS: C. Crisp (1), K. Youkilis (1)

Texas 4
Seattle 10
W: R. Rowland-Smith (3-0) L: K. Millwood (0-3)

NATIONAL LEAGUE SCORES
Washington 6
Philadelphia 7
W: B. Myers (2-2) L: J. Weaver (2-2) S: J. Moyer (1)
HR – WAS: L. Milledge (3), A. Escobar (4) PHI: J. Rollins 2 (8), R. Howard (3)

Cincinnati 8
Milwaukee 4
W: B. Livingston (2-0) L: D. Bush (1-1)
HR – CIN: J. Peralta (3), J. Bruce (2) MIL: J. Hardy (3)

San Francisco 9
Arizona 6
W: P. Moylan (2-0) L: T. Pena (1-1) S: P. Misch (1)
HR – SFN: K. Frandsen (1), G. Rodriguez (1) ARI: G. Lombard (3)

New York (N) 3
San Diego 1
W: O. Hernandez (2-0) L: M. Prior (0-2) S: B. Wagner (6)
HR – SDN: K. Kouzmanoff (4)

[Dauis]

4/25/2008
Game #16 – Minnesota [6-9] (P. Humber 0-2, 16.20 ERA) at Chicago (A) [6-9] (J. Contreras 1-1, 4.63 ERA)
Minnesota lineup: CF C. Gomez – C J. Mauer – 3B M. Lamb – DH J. Morneau – LF J. Kubel – 2B A. Casilla – RF C. Monroe – 1B H. Clark – SS A. Everett
Chicago lineup: CF J. Owens – SS O. Cabrera – DH J. Thome – LF N. Swisher – 1B P. Konerko – RF C. Quentin – 3B J. Fields – 2B D. Richar – C C. Armstrong

Minnesota 5
Chicago (A) 10
W: J. Contreras (2-1) L: P. Humber (0-3)
HR – CHA: P. Konerko (5), J. Thome (3), J. Fields (4)

Nothing like having a relatively stress free game. We put up 7 runs in the second, thanks in part to a Paul Konerko grand slam, and never looked back. Jim Thome went 2-5 with a home run, a run scored, and 4 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE SCORES
Baltimore 7
New York (A) 8
W: L. Hawkins (1-0) L: C. Bradford (2-1)
HR – NYA: A. Gonzalez (2)

Boston 3
Toronto 4
W: B. Tallet (2-0) L: C. Buchholz (1-1) S: B. Ryan (6)
HR – BOS: C. Koskie (3) TOR: S. Rolen (3), V. Wells (2), A. Rios (4)

Tampa Bay 1
Texas 4
W: N. Robertson (1-3) L: M. Garza (0-3) S: J. Benoit (4)

Rangers third baseman Hank Blalock will be out at least a week with a fractured finger. This season he's hitting .233 with 5 home runs, 15 RBIs, and 11 runs scored.

Cleveland 2
Kansas City 6
W: G. Meche (4-0) L: C. Sabathia (4-1) S: Y. Yabuta (1)
HR – KCA: J. Rivera (3)

Detroit 3
Seattle 0
W: J. Verlander (2-0) L: M. Mussina (1-1) S: T. Byrdak (2)
HR – DET: G. Sheffield (1)

Los Angeles (A) 6
Oakland 3
W: J. Weaver (2-1) L: H. Street (0-1) S: F. Rodriguez (5)
HR – OAK: J. Cust (3)

NATIONAL LEAGUE SCORES
Atlanta 4
Washington 8
W: J. Towers (2-2) L: M. Hampton (2-2) S: B. Fuentes (1)
HR – ATL: M. Teixeira (2), J. Francoeur (1)

Florida 4
Philadelphia 1
W: J. Johnson (1-0) L: Y. Petit (2-1) S: M. Lindstrom (5)
HR – FLO: D. Uggla (2), D. McPherson (4)

Cincinnati 3
Milwaukee 1
W: K. Lohse (3-1) L: M. Parra (0-2) S: F. Cordero (7)

Pittsburgh 12
Houston 6
W: P. Maholm (3-1) L: W. Rodriguez (0-3)
HR – PIT: J. Bay (6), S. Pearce (3) HOU: L. Berkman (5), M. Tejada (4)

Chicago (N) 8
St. Louis 3
W: C. Zambrano (2-1) L: J. Pineiro (1-2) S: C. Marmol (2)
HR – SLN: B. Ryan (3)

San Francisco 10
Colorado 4
W: J. Hedrick (1-2) L: C. Capuano (1-2) : V. Chulk (2)
HR – SFN: R. Aurilia (1), J. Crede (4), B. Molina (2), A. Rowand (3)

New York (N) 4
San Diego 1
W: P. Martinez (2-1) L: R. Wolf (2-2) S: J. Borowski (1)

Arizona 2
Los Angeles (N) 3 (10)
W: J. Broxton (1-0) L: B. Lyon (1-2)
HR – ARI: M. Reynolds (3), G. Lombard (4)

[Dauis]

4/26/2008
Game #17 – Minnesota [6-10] (K. Slowey 1-0, 3.38 ERA) at Chicago (A) [7-9] (J. Danks 1-1, 6.23 ERA)
Minnesota lineup: CF C. Gomez – RF D. Young – 3B M. Cuddyer – 1B M. Lamb – LF C. Monroe – C J. Mauer – 2B B. Harris – DH A. Casilla – SS A. Everett
Chicago lineup: CF J. Owens – SS O. Cabrera – DH J. Thome – LF N. Swisher – 1B P. Konerko – RF C. Quentin – 3B J. Fields – 2B D. Richar – C C. Armstrong

Minnesota 8
Chicago (A) 4
W: K. Slowey (2-0) L: J. Danks (1-2) S: J. Nathan (5)
HR – MIN: M. Cuddyer 2 (3), C. Monroe (1), J. Mauer (2) CHA: P. Konerko (6), D. Richar (1)

As good as yesterday's game was, this one was that bad. Danks lasted only 1.2 innings before having to be pulled. He'll be out 1-2 weeks with a dead arm. He was able to give up 2 runs before he left the game, though. Thanks, John. We never really threatened this game. Joe Mauer went 3-4 with a home run, a run scored, 3 RBIs, and a walk to lead the Twins hit parade.

AMERICAN LEAGUE SCORES
Baltimore 4
New York (A) 3
W: R. Seanez (1-1) L: M. Rivera (0-1) S: C. Bradford (3)
HR – BAL: J. Gibbons (1) NYA: B. Abreu (1)

Boston 7
Toronto 10
W: J. Accardo (1-0) L: J. Switzer (0-1) S: B. Ryan (7)
HR – BOS: M. Lowell (2), G. Laird (1) TOR: V. Wells (3), R. Adams (2)

Los Angeles (A) 1
Oakland 9
W: C. Gaudin (1-1) L: J. Saunders (0-2)
HR – OAK: D. Barton (2)

Cleveland 0
Kansas City 1
W: B. Bannister (1-1) L: J. Sowers (2-2) S: J. Soria (4)

Tampa Bay 3
Texas 4 (10)
W: J. Benoit (1-2) L: T. Percival (0-1)
HR – TBA: A. Iwamura (1) TEX: M. Bradley (2)

Detroit 4
Seattle 6
W: M. Batista (2-2) L: K. Rogers (1-3) S: J. Putz (6)
HR – DET: M. Cabrera (3)

NATIONAL LEAGUE SCORES
Cincinnati 10
Milwaukee 3
W: B. Arroyo (3-0) L: J. Suppan (2-1)
HR – CIN: R. Mackowiak (1)

Rob Mackowiak went 5-5 today. He singled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, hit an RBI triple in the 6th, singled in the 8th, and hit a grand slam in the 9th. This year he's hitting .313 with 1 home run and 5 RBIs.

Chicago (N) 5
St. Louis 4
W: A. Harben (1-1) L: B. Looper (0-3) S: H. Iwase (7)
HR – CHN: A. Ramirez (4) SLN: C. Duncan (7), C. Rasmus (1)

Pittsburgh 2
Houston 8
W: C. Sampson (2-0) L: J. Wright (1-2)
HR – PIT: J. Bay (7) HOU: K. Matsui (1)

Kazuo Matsui went 5-5 in Houston's victory. He singled in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 6th, and hit a solo shot in the 8th. This season he's hitting .424 with 1 home run and 5 RBIs.

Atlanta 2
Washington 5
W: M. Chico (2-0) L: T. Glavine (0-3) S: C. Schroder (7)
HR – WAS: R. Zimmerman (3)

Florida 9
Philadelphia 7
W: C. Martinez (1-0) L: J. Romero (1-1) S: M. Lindstrom (6)
HR – FLO: D. Uggla (3) PHI: C. Utley 2 (7), R. Howard 2 (5)

San Francisco 0
Colorado 3
W: A. Cook (2-2) L: O. Perez (0-2) S: L. Vizcaino (1)
HR – COL: M. Holliday (5)

Rockies closer Manny Corpas is expected to miss 5 weeks with a strained elbow ligament. In 6 appearances, he has 4 saves with a 1.42 ERA.

New York (N) 4
San Diego 1
W: J. Westbrook (3-1) L: G. Maddux (1-3) S: B. Wagner (7)
HR – NYN: R. Church (3)

Arizona 9
Los Angeles (N) 1
W: J. Sosa (3-0) L: J. Schmidt (0-2)
HR – ARI: J. Sosa (1), C. Young (5), M. Reynolds (4)

[Dauis]

4/27/2008
Game #18 – Minnesota [7-10] (N. Blackburn 0-3, 11.68 ERA) at Chicago (A) [7-10] (J. Vazquez 0-2, 5.20 ERA)
Minnesota lineup: CF C. Gomez – 2B A. Casilla – 3B M. Lamb – DH J. Morneau – LF J. Kubel – RF M. Cuddyer – C M. Redmond – 1B D. Deeds – SS A. Everett
Chicago lineup: CF J. Owens – SS O. Cabrera – DH J. Thome – LF N. Swisher – 1B P. Konerko – RF C. Quentin – 3B J. Fields – 2B D. Richar – C C. Armstrong

Minnesota 3
Chicago (A) 2
W: N. Blackburn (1-3) L: J. Vazquez (0-3) S: J. Nathan (6)
HR – CHA: J. Thome 2 (5)

Things were looking ok until the sixth. Javy got Chris Gomez to ground out to start the inning, but then gave up 3 straight singles to Clark, Lamb, and Morneau, before giving up a double to Kubel. With guys on second and third and 1 out, Cuddyer was intentionally walked, and Redmond grounded out to second to score Morneau, and that was it for the scoring. At least Thome had a good game, hitting 2 solo shots and walking twice.

AMERICAN LEAGUE SCORES
Baltimore 5
New York (A) 7
W: B. Bruney (1-0) L: R. Bierd (0-1) S: M. Rivera (5)
HR – NYA: W. Betemit (1)

Orioles pitcher Erik Bedard will be out 1-2 weeks with a tender elbow. This season in 5 starts he has 34 strikeouts and 6 walks. He is 1-2 with a 3.66 ERA.

Boston 1
Toronto 3
W: R. Halladay (5-0) L: J. Beckett (1-2) S: S. Downs (2)
HR – TOR: V. Wells (4), R. Johnson (2)

Tampa Bay 4
Texas 1
W: S. Kazmir (2-0) L: K. Loe (2-1) S: T. Percival (3)

Cleveland 4
Kansas City 3
W: F. Carmona (2-2) L: L. Hudson (1-2) S: R. Betancourt (5)

Detroit 11
Seattle 9 (11)
W: J. Grilli (1-0) L: G. Sherrill (0-1) S: F. Rodney (4)
HR – DET: M. Ordonez (5), G. Sheffield (2), M. Cabrera (4) SEA: M. Morse (2), A. Jones (4)

Los Angeles (A) 4
Oakland 7 (14)
W: J. Marshall (1-0) L: J. Speier (0-1)
HR – OAK: T. Buck (1)

NATIONAL LEAGUE SCORES
Florida 8
Philadelphia 7 (10)
W: T. Tankersley (2-1) L: R. Madson (0-1)
HR – FLO: D. Uggla (4), D. McPherson (5), J. Piedra 2 (2) PHI: J. Rollins (9), S. Victorino 2 (5)

Pittsburgh 9
Houston 1
W: I. Snell (3-1) L: B. Backe (1-3)
HR – PIT: N. McLouth (4), A. Ethier (1) HOU: H. Pence (1)

Cincinnati 5
Milwaukee 9
W: Y. Gallardo (3-2) L: A. Harang (1-1)
HR – CIN: A. Dunn (4), J. Peralta (4), J. Votto (4) MIL: M. Cameron (1), C. Hart (3), R. Braun (6)

Chicago (N) 4
St. Louis 3
W: J. Mateo (1-0) L: R. Springer (1-2) S: H. Iwase (8)

San Francisco 11
Colorado 1
W: T. Lincecum (1-1) L: J. Francis (2-3) S: R. Messenger (1)
HR – SFN: J. Crede (5), B. Molina (3), R. Winn (2), K. Frandsen (2)

New York (N) 5
San Diego 4 (12)
W: J. Borowski (2-0) L: C. Meredith (1-1) S: A. Heilman (1)
HR – SDN: K. Kouzmanoff (5)

Arizona 3
Los Angeles (N) 2
W: B. Webb (3-2) L: B. Penny (2-3) S: B. Lyon (3)

Atlanta 5
Washington 0
W: J. Smoltz (3-2) L: S. Hill (2-3)

John Smoltz shut down the Nationals, holding them to 2 hits. He struck out 10 and didn't walk a batter. This season he's 3-2 with a 3.34 ERA.

[Dauis]

WEEKLY REVIEW
Not a terrible week, going 3-3. We're still not where we want to be, though, so we made quite a few changes to our major league roster. First, we placed John Danks on the 15-day DL. We took quite a few of our prospects off the 40-man roster, including Rick Porcello, Aaron Poreda, Chris Withrow, Charlie Haeger, Jose Martinez, Nick Noonan, and Kanekoa Texeira. We also designated Oneli Perez for assignment. Assuming he clears waivers, we expect him to accept an assignment to the minors.

To replace those guys on the 40-man roster, we added CF Brian Anderson, C Donny Lucy, SS Robert Valido, 1B/C Francisco Hernandez, 3B Micah Schnurstein, LF Ricardo Nanita, and 3B Tim Olson. We called up CF John Shelby, who was hitting .264 with 5 home runs and 12 RBIs in Charlotte. We also called up SS Robert Valido from Charlotte, where he was hitting .136 with 5 RBIs. 1B/C Francisco Hernandez was also called up from Charlotte, where he was hitting .273 with 2 RBIs in 6 games since moving up from Birmingham. We sent down Andrew Sisco to Charlotte, where he can get some more time. Overall, this improves our balance on our major league team, as we had become too pitching-heavy. Even though some of these guys aren't the kind of guys we want playing in the majors, we need them up here to give some of our starters a day off every once in a while. Our depth is something I will continue to try and improve. I know it's a lot in one day, but I think we've figured out who our contributors are going to be on the pitching staff, so it was time to balance our roster.

AL Player of the Week
LF Carl Crawford (TBA) - .519, 5 RBIs, 3 R

NL Player of the Week
LF Matt Holliday (COL) - .696, 3 HR, 9 RBIs

[Dauis]

4/28/2008
Game #19 – Chicago (A) [7-11] (M. Buehrle 2-1, 6.04 ERA) at Seattle [13-7] (F. Hernandez 4-0, 1.15 ERA)
Chicago lineup: CF J. Owens – RF C. Quentin – DH J. Thome – LF N. Swisher – 1B P. Konerko – 3B J. Fields – SS D. Richar – 2B A. Ramirez – C F. Hernandez
Seattle lineup: CF A. Jones – SS M. Morse – RF I. Suzuki – 3B A. Beltre – 1B R. Sexson – DH W. Balentien – C R. Johnson – 2B M. Cairo – LF R. Ibanez

Chicago (A) 2
Seattle 3
W: F. Hernandez (5-0) L: M. Buehrle (2-2) S: C. Reitsma (1)
HR – SEA: A. Beltre (2)

Once Seattle scored a run in each of the first three innings, I knew we were in trouble with King Felix on the mound. We did score 2 in the top of the 4th, but Carlos Quentin struck out with the bases loaded to end the inning and our only threat of the game. King Felix went 7.1 innings, gave up the 2 runs on 9 hits and 2 walks, and struck out 7.

AMERICAN LEAGUE SCORES
Oakland 14
Texas 7
W: K. Calero (1-1) L: K. Fukumori (0-2)
HR – TEX: B. Broussard 2 (2)

Detroit 6
Los Angeles (A) 7
W: F. Rodriguez (2-0) L: F. Rodney (1-2)
HR – DET: R. Raburn (2) LAA: R. Branyan (2), C. Kotchman (5)

NATIONAL LEAGUE SCORES
Cincinnati 9
Washington 2
W: M. Belisle (1-1) L: T. Clippard (0-2)

Florida 7
Chicago (N) 2
W: A. Miller (3-0) L: R. Hill (2-1)
HR – FLO: J. Hermida (5)

Colorado 5
Philadelphia 9
W: K. Kendrick (2-1) L: U. Jimenez (0-1) S: F. Rosario (1)
HR – COL: B. Hawpe (4) PHI: R. Howard 2 (7)

Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins had a great day, going 5-5. He singled in the 1st, doubled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, hit an RBI single in the 6th and hit an RBI single in the 8th. He's hitting .420 with 9 home runs, 23 RBIs, and has scored 23 runs.

Atlanta 19
Milwaukee 4
W: T. Hudson (2-2) L: B. Sheets (0-1)
HR – ATL: B. Jones (3) MIL: J. Baker (4)

Left fielder Matt Diaz of the Braves had a great 5-6 day. He hit a 2-run single in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 5th, doubled in the 7th, and flied out in the 7th. He's hitting .349 with 1 home run and 12 RBIs.

Los Angeles (N) 9
Houston 7
W: C. Billingsley (2-0) L: R. Oswalt (1-1) S: T. Saito (4)
HR – LAN: A. Jones (7)

Pittsburgh 9
St. Louis 10 (12)
W: R. Flores (1-1) L: J. Adkins (0-1)
HR – PIT: J. Wilson (4), N. Walker (2) SLN: T. Glaus (4), C. Duncan (8)

Arizona 4
San Diego 5
W: J. Peavy (1-2) L: T. Pena (1-2) S: H. Bell (3)

New York (N) 0
San Francisco 3
W: M. Cain (1-2) L: J. Maine (1-2) S: P. Misch (2)
HR – SFN: S. Hatteberg (2)

Matt Cain ruptured his bicep tendon and will miss the rest of the season—11 months. In something kind've odd, the box score shows him pitching 9 innings, and Misch coming in to throw 1 pitch for a strike—no hit, no walk, no strikeouts—no nothing. What makes it a special case is that they “combined” to pitch a no-hitter.