Walks doom Sox

Phil Humber worked in and out of trouble in his six innings of work and White Sox pitching walked eight Indian hitters to help them score six runs in tonight's 6-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians. 

The Sox were riding high a Adam Dunn fourth inning solo home run when the 1-0 lead was quickly erased the following inning on Carlos Santana's two out, three run home run way back into the empty concourse in right field.

Unlike recent games, the Sox showed some brief signs of fight. In the home half of the fifth, Alexei Ramirez (hitting in the two hole tonight) tied the game on a two run single. 

Alas, the usually steady bullpen couldn't keep the Indians down. The Tribe broke through in the eighth inning on a Jack Hannahan single to give the Indians a 4-3 lead. They slammed the door in the ninth on Travis Hafner's two run home run off Matt Thornton.

For now, first place in the AL Central belongs to the Cleveland Indians who have a record of 12-10. The Sox fall to 12-12 and sit with the Detroit Tigers in second place who have the same record. What a bunch of mediocrity. It's a shame that Sox are dropping all these early games when they have chances to build a lead in the division while the Tigers are trying to figure things out.

John Danks and  Justin Masterson will pitch for their respective clubs in tomorrow night's finale. A win would be nice seeing that the Sox will face the Tigers over the weekend in Detroit then see the Indians again next week for four games.