The
work of the White Sox front office was on full display last night. James Shields, their big in-season acquisition,
started and was relieved by offseason pickup Jacob Turner. Maybe I should mention here that the Sox lost
to the Twins, the worst team in baseball, by a score of 11-3.
Shields
went 2-2/3 innings, giving up five earned runs on five hits (only three of
which were hit out of the park) and four walks.
That puts his ERA on the season at 6.07, 7.50 with the Sox. Turner’s ERA went down to 7.58 even though he
gave up six runs in 1/3 of an inning. If
Jose Abreu digs the throw out of the dirt, the Twins don’t score any more, in
the third, that is. I’m pretty sure
Turner would’ve come out for the fourth, though. Maybe I should mention here that the only out
he recorded, what with the five hits and a walk, happened on an outfield assist,
a Twins’ runner thrown out at the plate.
I
really like that the Sox are managed by Sponge Bob, my new nickname for Robin
Ventura; Clare doesn’t like it because she’s a fan of the cartoon. Anyway, Robin the Sponge said after the game,
“The way they were hitting homers, it wasn’t good for us.”
Ya
think?
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