It was difficult to watch as Bobby Jenks gave up two solo home runs in the bottom of the ninth against Seattle to tie the game at three. Jenks picked up his 6th blown save of the season, matching his career high from 2007. After the demoralizing blow, the Sox bullpen held the Mariners to four scoreless innings until Scott Linebrink gave up an RBI single to Ichiro Suzuki in the bottom of the 14th. Mark Kotsay was the offensive star for the Sox, going 4-6 with two RBIs.
The Sox missed a golden opportunity to make up ground on the Tigers as they lost to the Royals. The White Sox hope to (and must) cool down the Royals for their next series if they are going to make the playoffs. The series starts Friday with Mark Buehrle facing Luke Hochevar.
Although the Sox aren't mathematically eliminated they are running out of time. They are 6.5 games back with just 15 to go. One positive is that nine of those 15 are at home.
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