After the big loss on Sunday to the Angels, the White Sox playoff hopes continue to dwindle. Mark Buehrle pitched well, giving up only three runs (2 earned) in seven innings of work. On the bright side, Gordon Beckham continued his rookie of the year hunt by going 2-5 and scoring one of the White Sox's two runs in the first. Paul Konerko scored the other run when Carlos Quentin knocked both of them in with a single. The killing blow was when perennial White Sox killer Torii Hunter homered. With the game tied in the seventh Hunter homered off Buehrle to make the score 3-2.
This loss and Monday's off day left the Sox 6.5 games behind the Tigers with just 18 to play. Yet I'm still not ready to give up on the Sox. Peavy just had his best bullpen session yet and could return for the next series against the Royals. Gordon Beckham is back from injury and should continue to provide a steady bat. Yes, our outfield, besides Podsednik is consistently underachieving, but hopefully they realize that the end of this season could have serious implications for what happens next season. Because as Kenny Williams said back on August 10, "I have a tendency to get rid of people when we don't win."
The thing that gives me the most optimism about catching the Tigers is that we still have six games left against them. I'm not saying that it is going to be easy, but stranger things have happened. However, it won't matter if the Sox don't start winning now. It begins tonight as Freddy Garcia goes against Ian Snell and the Seattle Mariners. Garcia has pitched well his last two outings and needs to continue it tonight for the Sox to have a chance at making the playoffs.
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