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Getting no love from across town, the Sox were beaten once again by the Cubs by a score of 7-1 as the Cubs completed the sweep of the Sox at Wrigley Field.  The Sox have now lost a season high nine games in a row at home and need to get back on track to [...]

Only if the Sox could subtract the fourth inning of game two against the Cubs, they would have destroyed them 7-2.  However, the baseball gods won’t allow that and the nine run inning that featured two home runs by Jim Edmonds and put the Cubs on top for good.  One devastating inning cost the Sox [...]

Not only a battle of in state rivals, but also a battle of two first place teams which has set the table for one hell of a series between the Cubs and the Sox.  Up 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Derrick Lee and Aramis Ramirez hit back to back home runs off of [...]

A day after putting up sixteen runs against the Pirates, the Sox bats continued to roll by scoring eight runs including three home runs from some likely and not so likely sluggers.  Toby Hall hit his first home run in two years while Carlos Quentin hit his seventeenth of the season.  Brian Anderson also contributed [...]

With interleague play in full force, the Colorado Rockies beat the White Sox 5-3 to give the Sox their fifth loss in six games.  Down by two in the bottom of the ninth, the Sox got a lead off single by Juan Uribe and then a couple of two out walks to load the bases.  [...]

Down 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh and on the brink of losing four straight, Juan Uribe sparked the Sox to a three run inning and put them on top 5-4 for the win over the Colorado Rockies.  This was the club’s ninth straight win at home in Chicago.  Despite only six hits on [...]

After racking off seven straight, the Sox lost three straight and got swept by division rival Detroit.  The Sox bats really cooled off scoring only six runs in the entire series.  With a 1-1 tie going into the bottom of the ninth, Miguel Cabrera finally came through for the Tigers and hit a walk off [...]

After dominating the Detroit Tigers in their prior meetings this season, a Tiger team whom many thought to be the favorite coming into this year, slowed down the red hot White Sox and took the first game of the series by a score of 6-4.  Jose Contreras started the game for the Sox and lasted [...]

Cruising to their seventh straight win, the White Sox capped off a sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 7-5 come from behind victory.  This was their second straight series sweep and both teams are in the same division as the Sox, the AL Central.  Sox’ bats have been on fire, scoring at least six [...]

The White Sox bats exploded against the Minnesota Twins as nearly everybody contributed to the 10-6 win over the second place team in the AL Central.  Combining for sixteen hits, including four home runs and no strike outs, the Sox offense was pretty close to perfect on the night.  Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye both [...]

Rejuvenated by the always entertaining Ozzie Guillen, the Sox completed the sweep over the Kansas City Royals by taking the their third game in a row by a score of 6-2.  Jim Thome helped the cause by hitting his twelfth home run of the season.  Jose Contreras won his fourth straight decision by controlling the [...]

After Ozzie Guillen went on a tirade and called for changes to be made to the team, nothing was done…and it worked out just fine.  The Sox bats got their swagger back, and a little more.   Four home runs by the Sox helped to fuel the team to a 9-5 victory over the Kansas City [...]

In the bottom of the tenth inning, the White Sox were beaten once again by a walk off home run by the Tampa Bay Rays to win the game 4-3.  After winning the first of the four game series, the Sox lost the next three including two walk off home runs.  The series for the [...]

A good battle between to divisional leading teams ended in good fashion, except for the Tampa Bay Rays and not the White Sox.  Tied up in the bottom of the ninth, Cliff Floyd got his only hit of the night and it was a big one.  Scott Linebrink served  him up one that he hit [...]

In the first of a four game series against the AL East leading Tampa Bay Rays, the White Sox slowed down one of the hottest teams in the league with a 5-1 win at Tropicana Field.  John Danks started the game for the Sox and pitched a gem.  Danks lasted six innings and gave up [...]

Cleveland Indian hitters jumped off to a quick start on Mark Buehrle when Franklin Gutierrez hit a grand slam in the first inning to put the Indians up 5-0.  Despite a two run third inning for the Sox, they could never get that spark to get back in the game.  The Indians ended up winning [...]

Two heavyweight pitchers battled to avoid making that one mistake that would cost their team the game.  Jose Contreras matched up against ace John Lackey and they each put on a big time show.  Lackey pitched eight innings giving up six hits and three earned runs.  Contreras also went eight innings and gave up three [...]

Behind a stellar pitching performance by Jered Weaver, the LA Angels beat the White Sox for the second day in a row by a score of 2-0.  The Sox line-up could not seem to figure out the pitching of the Angels and only managed three hits on the day.  In a big game between divisional [...]

Behind clutch hits by the Sox line-up, Chicago completed a three game sweep of divisional foe Cleveland by a score of 3-1.  This win makes it eight in a row for the Sox, which is their longest win streak since 2006.  All tied up in the eighth, Carlos Quentin hit a tie breaking single to [...]

The White Sox have been on a roll as of late with their latest win coming over the Cleveland Indians by a score of 7-2, making that seven wins in a row and now the team is five games over five hundred and are still on top of the AL Central and are making space [...]

Having won five in a row on a west coast road trip, the Sox now stand alone on top of the AL Central with a 23-20 record and a one and one-half game lead over the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins.  In their last game against the Giants, the Sox offense came alive and [...]

The struggling Mark Buehrle faced off against the winless and ex-Cy Young winner Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants and pitched a good game leading the White Sox to a 3-1 win and their fourth straight.  Buehrle lasted six and two-thirds innings and gave up seven hits and one earned run.  The Sox offense [...]

Ozzie Guillen mixed up the batting order and put Carlos Quentin in the number three spot for the first time this season, and it paid off.  With a 1-1 tie in the top of the eighth inning and the bases loaded, Carlos Quentin stepped up and jacked his first career grand slam to not only [...]

In the second game of the series against the LA Angels, the Sox only managed to hit safely three times in the entire game and did not manufacture any runs to support John Danks.  Danks came out with a no decision and pitched pretty well but just did not have any insurance from his offense [...]

In the first game of a four game series with the LA Angels, the Sox came up short by a score of 10-7 and let the Angels snap a four game losing streak.  Mark Buehrle started the game and continued to struggle to get outs and control the game.  Buehrle lasted five and two-thirds innings [...]

With their third straight win, the White Sox pulled into a tie in the AL Central with the Minnesota Twins.  Battling the slumping Seattle Mariners, the Sox earned their second win in Seattle by a score of 8-4.  In the second inning Carlos Quentin and Brian Anderson each homered and combined for five RBI’s as [...]

The Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins on Thursday 6-2 in a game that helped them take the series with Minnesota two games to one.  Jermain Dye hit a home run in his third straight game to fuel the Sox to the win.  Despite only eight hits in the game, the Sox had key [...]

Gavin Floyd pitched a spectacular game which helped lead his Sox to a 7-1 lead and broke up their six game losing streak.  Floyd had a no hitter going into the ninth inning, with one out Joe Mauer hit a double into the gap ending Floyd’s bid for a no hitter.  All in all, Floyd [...]

Javier Vazquez faced off against Dustin McGowan and the Toronto Blue Jays in a game that was characterized by great pitching on both sides of the mound.  Vazquez went seven and two-thirds innings, giving up eight hits, one earned run, and nine strike outs.  McGowan lasted seven and one-third innings giving up four hits and [...]

Despite Jose Contreras pitching a complete game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Roy Halladay’s pitching out shined Contreras for the 4-3 win.  Handing Chicago their fifth straight loss, Halladay last seven and one-third innings giving up three hits, one earned run, and seven strike outs with no walks.  Throughout the game Contreras gave up six [...]