Lost Ball Leads to Loss

Game Date: September 2, 2006
Game Score: White Sox 5, Royals 3 / Box Score
WP: Buehrle (12–11), LP: Perez (1–3), SV: Jenks (39)
Royal Home Runs: None
Royals Record: 50-87

With the score tied 3–3 in the seventh inning, Tadahito Iguchi his a fly ball to center with two outs and a guy on second. Joey Gathright, who was just inserted into the game for “defensive purposes,” lost the ball in the “twilight” and the White Sox scored the winning run. It was sort of symbolic of the way our season has gone.

Odalis Perez wasn't exactly sharp, but he kept the Royals in the game until the mishap by Gathright. Afterward, he said that he didn’t blame his teammates for the loss because they often pick him up. For a guy who has exhibited an attitude problem in the past, this was nice to hear.

The middle of our line up had quite a night. Mark Grudzielanek was 2-for-4, Mark Teahen was 2-for-4. Mike Sweeney was 3-for-4 with an RBI. And Emil Brown was 2-for-4 with an RBI. But it wasn’t enough to put us over the top.

This afternoon, Mark Redman (8–8, 5.47) goes against Freddy Garcia (13–8, 5.05). Redman is 3–4 in his career against the White Sox with a 5.59 ERA. Garcia is 8–8 against the Royals with a 5.61 ERA.

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