Garza and Offense stumble, WhiteSox Force Game 4
By Joel Verlin | October 6th, 2008 | Posted in General
The fast facts from ESPN says it all:
The White Sox won their fourth straight postseason game at home.
• Dewayne Wise drove in two runs for Chicago. He owns five of the White Sox’s 11 RBIs in this series.
• Rays starter Matt Garza fell to 0-3 in last six starts dating back to the regular season.
• The first three hitters in Tampa Bay’s lineup were 6-for-15. The rest of the team went 2-for-20.
– ESPN research
You can’t put all the blame on Garza but he gets some of it. You can’t put all the blame on the lineup but they get some of it also. At least Aki and BJ Upton got RBI’s but there weren’t enough of them. You also have to wonder why when Garza was getting lit up, Maddon kept him in there. When the line up goes 8 for 35, it’s not a good day for scoring. Maybe you can even blame it on the rain (that was a song, wasn’t it?) that KO’ed the Rays BP or even blame it on the pigeon that Navi and Garza were trying to shoo away in the second.
That’s it, we have our official scapegoat for losing game three.
We’ll blame everything on the pigeon.
It’s up to Andrew Sonnastine now, let’s finish the job and give Carlos Pena an extra day or two to heal.
GO RAYS!
October 6th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
6 more outs
October 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I got the text message at work! Rays 6 WhiteSox 2. Rays are going to the ALCS. I say again, RAYS ARE GOING TO THE FREAKING ALCS!
October 7th, 2008 at 1:29 am
What happened to, “if the just play 500″. What a year. An ALCS series at the Trop. BJ and Pena getting hot together. See you all Friday. Damn living a dream. Go Rays.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:49 am
This is amazing!!! Boston and Tampa Bay in the ALCS!!! Who would have thought that, huh?! There is going to be a blowup in this series, and everyone can feel it. Shields gets the ball for Game 1 on Friday night. The Trop might have to get replaced next year, simply because the place might explode with excitement of this series! You can bet that I will be trying to get tix for Friday night! Hope to see everyone down there!!!
October 7th, 2008 at 10:08 am
If they could have fixed BJ this well by shutting him down for a week, it makes you wonder why they didn’t do it in July, but better late than never. Glad to see the old BJ turning on pitches. Congrats to Maddon and the coaching staff; he managed a beautiful series and had those guys ready to win.