Texas reliever Anthony Ranaudo entered Tuesday’s rain-soaked game against the White Sox in the third inning when the game’s starter, Derek Holland, was unable to complete the frame after the game resumed following a 78 minute rain delay. Ranaudo somehow managed to record four outs for Texas in what wound up a 13-11 Rangers victory, but not before walking […]
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Rangers 6, White Sox 5: Bullpen shows signs of vulnerability in Texas
For the second straight game, the White Sox bullpen coughed up a lead to the Texas Rangers, falling 6-5 and bringing their record to 23-12. For the first time all year, the White Sox fell in a game started by Mat Latos. Of course, this was bound to happen, and looked increasingly inevitable in Latos’ […]
Rangers 13, White Sox 11: Lots of hits, lots of runs, one loss
A game that started out as a hit fest, took a rain break, and picked up where it left off ended in a 13-11 Texas win as the White Sox and Rangers combined for 30 hits. Rain delay or not, when a game ends close to midnight, it’s not a shock that 11 runs isn’t enough […]
Putting Together Another Big Streak — Game Preview & Lineups 5/10
Monday night’s effort from Miguel Gonzalez set beside Todd Frazier’s heroics put the White Sox in a bit of a house money situation for the series. Their first win of the season with the fifth starter pitching in the bag, they’ll try to further capitalize and extend their win streak to five games, which would be […]
South Side Morning 5: Everything is still good for now
1. With the White Sox flying out to an unreal six-game lead in the AL Central on May 10, it seemed like it would be a fun exercise to find the last time an AL Central winner had to claw back from a six-game deficit. It turns out, it was not a fun exercise. The last club […]
Next Up: Miguel Gonzalez – Game Preview & Lineups 5/9
Recently, the White Sox faced the Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field, and the results heavily favored the home team, as they completed a sweep against the then-first place Texas team, outscoring them 13-4. The matchup this time around isn’t likely to be quite that friendly. The home team advantage obviously shifts, the Sox are presenting the lesser […]
White Sox 4, Rangers 1: Latos’ magical April continues, Sox complete sweep
Sunday was another low-scoring affair, and another White Sox victory caps off a sweep of previously first-place Texas. 26,058 saw a Sox team suddenly providing an entertaining product. 1. Mat Latos has the finest dancing shoes in the American League. His ERA is now sitting at a healthy 0.74 on the young year. After giving […]
White Sox 4, Rangers 3: Long, weird day at the Cell somehow produces Sox victory
The Rangers waited to use their closer through 11 innings, and will wind up having to wait for Sunday for a lead. 1. With a swiftly draining pen in the 11th inning, Rangers manager Jeff Banister didn’t reach for closer Shawn Tolleson, but instead stuck with Nick Martinez — a hot starter at this point last […]
Rodon’s road to recovery – Lineups & Game Preview for 4/23
If you can pull yourself away from replays of the White Sox triple play from Friday night, a far bigger factor in the team’s hopes for a playoff bid will be addressed today. Young prodigy Carlos Rodon make his first start Saturday after Monday night’s disaster where he lost all sense of the strike zone and […]
White Sox 5, Rangers 0: This one feels pretty different
On bad nights, the White Sox scrape together minimal scoring and depend on their starter to completely immolate the opposing lineup — in spite of shaky defense — to prop up a razor thin margin of victory. The formula seems unsustainable, and screams for offensive upgrades to be made. 1. Friday, however, was a good night. Jose Quintana, getting […]