Ask and You Shall Receive

Holy-moly, the White Sox did it for two straight games, employing pitching, hitting and defense to take the rubber game against the Twins, 8-0. Kyle Teel had three singles and two RBIs as the DH while Edgar Quero did the catching, and some hitting of his own, with two singles and three RBIs. And then we have the curious/hopeful case of Colson Montgomery, who missed his chance at hitting grand slams in two consecutive games when he flied out to right field with the bases loaded in the bottom of the first. Did I mentioned Montgomery hit a two-run homerun in the second? Luis Robert Jr. collected a single and run scored, which was OK, but his defense, oh my. Robert made two run-denying, diving catches. The one in the fifth inning was especially impressive, as he raced hard into left-center to make a backhand grab. Are you going to be able to replace this level of defense, Chris Getz? Think long and hard before you move this guy, who finally seems comfortable with the team around him. Starter Yoendrys Gomez also seemed comfortable, throwing 4.2 innings of shutout ball for what would’ve been his third win for the Sox, who picked up the 25-year old righthander on waivers from the Dodgers back in May. Other pitchers find success by switching from starting to relieving; Gomez is trying to go in the opposite direction. The Sox have won all three games he’s started. Why isn’t he 3-0 for his new team? No one knows because no one asked manager New-Mickey Venable on why he pulled Gomez, one out short of qualifying for the win. Gomez didn’t mention an injury in his postgame comments, and Venable didn’t say anything, either. God bless Ozzie Guillen for calling out the Sox beat writers for not asking Venable to explain. You gotta love the guy.