Three pitchers, three stories:
1. Gavin Floyd. Gavin Floyd threw another strong outing -- once again versus the Detroit Tigers. He kept his fastball down most of the night, and his curveball was dynamite. One good hitter beat him (Carlos Guillen with a solo homer), but because he didn't walk anybody, he didn't put himself into too many uncomfortable situations.
When he had to deal with baserunners, he toughened up. He worked around a Curtis Granderson double leading off the game, and pitched out of a two on, one-out situation in the second. After that, it was pretty much smooth sailing.
When he left the game, he was in line for the win with a 2-1 lead, with both runs coming on a Jim Thome two-run moonshot.
2. Boone Logan.It took all of one pitch for Logan to relegate Floyd to No Decision Land. Marcus Thames took a low, outside-half fastball the opposite way over the right-center fence to tie the game.
But it set up...
3. Ehren Wassermann....The Wassermann Redemption.
The sidewinding righty earned his first decision in the form of
a loss against the Royals Tuesday, and it wasn't his fault. So it was good to see the rookie get a chance to even up his record when he came in the ninth and got the final two outs in relief of Logan.
It came with a little bit of controversy. Darin Erstad led off the ninth by drawing a tough walk off Fernando Rodney, then advanced to second on a controversial call by old friend Doug Eddings.
Eddings had helped the Sox earlier in the game when he got in the way of Jermaine Dye scrambling back to second after overrunning the bag. He would've been tagged out easily, but Dye collided with Eddings, making Dye safe at second no matter what.
This time, Eddings ruled that Ivan Rodriguez's throw to second on Scott Podsednik's sacrifice bunt attempt pulled Omar Infante off the bag. Replays showed that Infante's toe was still touching when he caught the ball, but Erstad remained safe at second while Jim Leyland got the thumb from Eddings.
Juan Uribe put himself in a hole by fouling off two sacrifice bunt attempts, but it all worked out in his favor. On a 2-2 pitch, Uribe shot a single past Sean Casey into right field. Razor Shines sent Erstad, but there was no play at the plate, as Mike Raburn couldn't pick the ball to make a throw.
Record: 72-89 |
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