2007 State of the Sox

September 12: White Sox 7, Indians 4

Javier Vazquez toyed with trouble in the first two innings, allowing the first two baserunners on each time.  OK, Josh Fields dropping a flyball after calling off Juan Uribe contributed to that, but still.

Nevertheless, Vazquez battled back.  He caught Grady Sizemore sleeping off third when he caught a soft liner hit right back up the box and doubled him off.  A.J. Pierzynski caught Kenny Lofton halftway towards stealing second to help Vazquez get out of the second inning relatively unscathed (one unearned run).

Finally, the Sox had some errors to take advantage of after giving both the Twins and Indians plenty of extra outs. 

They took a commanding 5-1 lead in the fifth when Josh Fields appearned to hit a 4-6-3 double play ball.  But Josh Barfield had trouble getting the ball from mitt to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, and by the time he did, Cabrera was in the air as Scott Podsednik slid underneath him.  Pods was safe at second, Fields was safe at first, the bases were loaded, and three runs would come in on back-to-back singles by Jim Thome and Paul Konerko.

Konerko and Thome each drove in three runs, and each hit a homer as well.

Record: 62-84 | Box score | Play-by-play