The Chicago White Sox got off to a good start as they took on the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday night in the beginning of a four game series.  The White Sox were able to beat the Rays 5-1 as they out hit the Rays 11-7.

Paul Konerko and Joe Crede both hit home runs for the White Sox.  Both were solo shots in the sixth and eighth innings.  Carlos Quentin continued to hit the ball very good as he added another rbi for the White Sox.  Orlando Cabrera and Jim Thome also had one rbi for the Sox as they had a blanced scoring attack.

John Danks tossed six inning and allowed six hits and one run to pick up the win for the White Sox.  Danks is now 4-4 on the season.  He really tossed the ball really well tonight against the Rays and had good control as he only walked one batter and struckout eight others.

Matt Thornton, Octavio Dotel, and Boone Logan all threw one inning of scoreless relief to finish the game.

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The Cleveland Indians sure made things interseting in the bottom of the ninth inning but the Chicago White Sox held on to beat the the Indians by the score of 6-5.  The game tying run was on third base and the game winning run on second base for the Indians with one out before Bobby Jenks was finally able to get the last two outs of the game for the White Sox.

Jenks picked up his 14th save in the game.  Starting pitcher Gavin Floyd got the win to improve his record to 5-3.  Floyd threw six inning and gave up eight hits and five runs.  Floyd also had seven strikeouts in the game.

Octavio Dotel and Scott Linebrink both tossed scoreless innings of relief after Floyd left the game.

Jermaine Dye hit his ninth home run of the season in the fourth inning for the White Sox.  Carlos Quentin once again led the White Sox at the plate however with three rbi in the game.  A.J. Pierzynski had the other two rbi for the White Sox.

The White Sox will now start up a series with the Tampa Bay Rays.  The Rays have been playing some good baseball so the White Sox are going to really have to come to play.

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The Chicago White Sox picked up a nice win over the Cleveland Indians by the score of 4-1 on Tuesday night.  Jose Contreras outdueled C.C. Sabathia in a great pitching matchup that went the White Sox way this time.

Contreras pitched six innings while giving up four hits and one run to pick up the win.  Contreras is now 5-3 with a 3.17 era on the season.  Matt Thornton, Octavio Dotel, Scott Linebrink, and Bobby Jenks all combined to throw four scoreless innings to finish the game.  Jenks picked up his 11th save of the season as well in the game.

Carlos Quentin hit a solo home run in the first inning and then was followed by a solo home run by Jim Thome in the second inning.  Pablo Ozuna then had a rbi single in the eighth inning which was followed by a rbi groundout by Nick Swisher.

Joe Crede was ejected in the fourth inning when he aruged balls and strikes with the home plate umpire.

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Jim Thome singled in A.J. Pierzynski for the go ahead run in the top of the ninth inning as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 to salvage a sweep in the series.  Thome delivered a single off of Angels closer Francisco Rodriquez.  Maybe this will get Thome out his slump that he has been in lately.

Three other White Sox batters had a rbi in the game besides Thome.  Orlando Cabrera, Juan Uribe, and Pierzynski all had a rbi at the plate.

Octavio Dotel ended up getting the win which improved his record to 2-2 on the season and Bobby Jenks recorded the save which was his eighth. Starting pitcher Javier Vazquez tossed 6 2/3 innings while allowing nine hits and three runs.

The White Sox will now begin a series with the San Francisco Giants.  White Sox Blog

The Chicago White Sox offense was shut down by Jered Weaver and the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.  The White Sox only had one hit of Weaver in seven innings of action, and then got a couple of hits off the Angeles bullpen but it wasn’t enough as the White Sox lost 2-0.

Carlos Quentin, A.J. Pierzynski, and Joe Crede were the only White Sox players to record a hit in the game.

John Danks pitched 6 1/3 innings while giving up seven hits and no runs.  Octavio Dotel took the loss as he pitched 2/3 of an inning and gave up the first run of the game in the eighth inning on a sac fly.  Matt Thornton then came into the game and gave up one more run on a single in the eighth inning.

One bad inning on the mound for Dotel and Thornton, combined with only three hits for the White Sox and you see why the Sox lost to the Angels.  White Sox Blog hopes the Sox can turn things around and get a win on Wednesday!

Mark Buehrle was roughed up for ten hits and eight runs (six earned) on Monday night as the Chicago White Sox lost to the Los Angeles Angels by the score of 10-7.  Buehrle was only able to throw 5 2/3 innings before having to be taken out of the ballgame.  Buehrle is now 1-5 on the season.

Ehren Wassermann, Boone Logan, Octavio Dotel, and Matt Thornton all seen action out of the bullpen for the White Sox.  The bullpen did not allow a run to cross the plate, as they stopped the bleeding.  To bad they were already in a huge hole to try to come back from.

At the plate Juan Uribe and Joe Crede both had two rbi in the game.   Pablo Ozuna, A.J. Pierzynski, and Alexei Ramirez all had one rbi each to finish out the game.  Orlando Cabrera had a terrible game as he left seven guys on base and went 1-5.

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The Chicago White Sox got back on the winning track as they beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Thursday afternoon.  The White Sox beat the Twins two out of three games in the series to improve their record to 15-17.

John Danks tossed five innings six hit ball to pick up the win.  Danks allowed two runs as he improved his record to 2-2 on the season.  Octavio Dotel pitched two scoreless innings while Scott Linebrink and Bobby Jenks both threw one inning each without allowing a run.

Jermaine Dye and Juan Uribe both hit home runs for the White Sox in the game.  Urbie finished the game with two rbi, while Carlos Quentin, Toby Hall, and Dye all had one rbi in the game.

Good win for the White Sox as they try to get back on the winning ways and get back over the .500 mark.

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The Chicago White Sox were leading the New York Yankees heading into the seventh inning but Jose Contreras ran into trouble and the Yankees score four runs on a grand slam and eventually went onto beat the White Sox 9-5.  The White Sox gave up three home runs in the game as the pitchers couldn’t keep the ball in the park.

Contreras pitched 6.1 innings as he gave up seven hits and four earned runs.  He was cruising until that seventh inning.  Boone Logan, Octavio Dotel, and Matt Thornton let another four runs cross the plate as they pitched in relief of Contreras.

Juan Uribe had two RBI for the White Sox.  A.J. Pierzynski, Paul Konerko, and Joe Crede all had one RBI each as well.  Pierzynski’s RBI came off a solo home run in the ninth inning.

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The Chicago White Sox have picked up their first win in the 2008 season as they defeated the Cleveland Indians 2-1 on Thursday afternoon.  The White Sox held the Indians to only two hits, the first coming in the 6th inning.

John Danks pitched a great game for the White Sox as he lasted 6.2 innings.  He did get the no decision however as Octavio Dotel picked up the win and Bobby Jenks picked up the save.  Great job by the pitching staff today.

It was two solo homeruns that scored the White Sox runs today.  Joe Crede and Juan Uribe both connected for solo shots.

The White Sox now travel to Detroit to take on the Tigers.  This will be a tough series for the White Sox, lets hope they can pick up atleast two wins in Detroit.

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On Friday the Chicago White Sox announced that they signed relief pitcher Octavio Dotel to a two year contract worth $11 million dollars.  That is quite a bit of money if you ask me for someone who has only pitched 30 innings since 2004!  Talk about earning your money lol!

What do all the White Sox fans think?  You agree with spending $11 million on Dotel when there were possibly some other options out there that you could have probably got in a Joe Crede trade.

 ***Quick Update:  Dotel’s agent is saying the deal isn’t finalized and there are five other teams in the running for Octavio.  We will keep you updated.***

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