2007 State of the Sox

September 26: White Sox 3, Royals 0

Take last week's Jon Garland-Zack Greinke game and reverse the outcome, and tonight's ballgame is what you get.

Greinke was good -- the only real mistake he made was the pitch Jermaine Dye blasted into the left-field seats for a two-run homer.  Jim Thome's first-inning solo shot wasn't a bad pitch at all, but Thome was anticipating fastball and got down on it.

Instead, Garland was just better.  He only allowed three hits and two walks over nine innings, including retiring the last 11 batters after Toby Hall threw out John Buck at second base.  His sinker was working, but I was most impressed with his curveball.

Record: 69-89 | Box score | Play-by-play