You would never know by watching tonight's game, but the White Sox actually lead the A.L. in batting average with runners in scoring position at .291 coming into tonight's game.
Unfortunately, that didn't factor into tonight's first of three against the Detroit Tigers.
The Tigers were basically giving the game away but the Sox would have none of it. They stranded 12 on base including a bases loaded nobody out situation in the 4th. To make it even uglier, the Sox went 0-13 with RISP. That's pretty talented.
Matt Thornton have up a bases clearing double to Delmon Young in the 7th to break a 4-4 tie. Young was thrown out at third but the damage was already done. The Tigers led 7-4 and the Sox wilted the rest of the way.
Jake Peavy wasn't good either. He lasted 6+ innings responsible for six of the Tigers' runs. Tigers' starter Doug Fister didn't impress, but the Sox let him off the hook in just about every inning.
The 7-4 loss puts the Tigers 2 games behind our division leading Sox with the series continuing Saturday and Sunday night.
It would be nice not to get swept, boys.
Dunn needs to do something this series. And by that I mean, DUNN NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING THIS SERIES.
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