It took 13 innings but the Sox were able to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Wednesday's game. The win gave the Sox a split in the two game series and helped them pull to six and a half back of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.
Freddy Garcia looked good, giving up just two runs in six innings. However, he did allow the A's to steal a season high five bases. A.J. Pierzynski did throw out three base runners when it really counted in the later innings, but it was his bat that stole the show. A.J. drove in Alexi Ramirez in the bottom of the 13th inning to win the game. Octavio Dotel went three shut out innings to get the win.
Of note: Jake Peavy could start in place of rookie Carlos Torres on Tuesday against Seattle. Peavy threw a bullpen session today and looked good. The White Sox are in need of a replacement for Torres as he did not get out of the first inning in his last start against the Athletics, a game which the Sox lost 11-3.
Rookie of the year candidate Gordon Beckham was a scratch again in Wednesday's game. The soon to be 23-year-old is hitting .274 with ten homers and 52 RBIs and is still day to day while recovering from an oblique strain. He suffered a minor setback today as he took two ground balls off of his middle finger, causing it to bleed.
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