Buehrle>Wood Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 09:44 PM) Great game to witness! The energy was spectacular and it seemed like it filled in nicely by the time the game really starting rolling. Beautiful! SOX up 3 games! 29k. Not bad. Vendor I talked to said they were told to expect around 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettie4sox Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm just glad my boss gave me the opportunity to go. Back to work for me. I have to make up the time but that was well worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 04:46 PM) 29k. Not bad. Vendor I talked to said they were told to expect around 15. Paid was 29k. probably more like twenty actually there. I will say they were into the game and loud as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 04:52 PM) Paid was 29k. probably more like twenty actually there. I will say they were into the game and loud as hell. It sounded like some Tigers fans were there too, which I bet helped pump up the Sox fans even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 10:51 PM) I'm just glad my boss gave me the opportunity to go. Back to work for me. I have to make up the time but that was well worth it! Tell your boss he's a cool guy. That's impressiver you got to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 09:54 PM) It sounded like some Tigers fans were there too, which I bet helped pump up the Sox fans even more. There were a lot of homeless Tigers fans there. Probably still in from last week since they don't have jobs to get back to. How they get the tickets is a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 04:10 PM) There were a lot of homeless Tigers fans there. Probably still in from last week since they don't have jobs to get back to. How they get the tickets is a mystery. Touch 'em all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Despite Fielder missing that throw, Tiger's pen seems to be falling apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) Since we've been putting other games affecting the pennant race here: Rays have a no hitter through 5 (Cobb) but tied with Boston 0-0 going into the bottom of the 5th in Tampa. Baltimore plays later at Seattle, 9 p.m. start. So cheering against TB, cheering against Baltimore, simply because having some insurance in case DET goes on a tear will help alleviate some of the pressure and stress that we felt in 2005 down the stretch. Balt 2 games ahead of the White Sox for 2nd WC. Although the Orioles have a pretty easy schedule down the stretch, mostly BOS and TOR. 2-1 BOSOX, no hitter broken up on an Ellsbury 2 run tater... Edited September 18, 2012 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 "I just told him that might be the play of the year," said White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham of Rios' slide. "Every second baseman knows we're coming in hard. It was a clean slide, and we took advantage," Rios said. "We scored two runs on that play and ended up winning the game, so it was a big play." "How many times do you see a guy slide or pull up and this or that?" Dunn said. "Alex went in hard and essentially won us a game." Rios' slide was followed by White Sox bullpen domination. Delmon Young's run-scoring single with nobody out in the fifth was the last hit of the day for Detroit, with Jones recording three outs in relief of Jose Quintana to end the fifth and the Tigers going 12-up, 12-down on 48 pitches from the sixth through the ninth. Robin Ventura played the ninth like a trained musician would work a finely-tuned instrument. The White Sox manager started with Myers, who retired pinch-hitter Quintin Berry on a ground ball to third baseman Kevin Youkilis. Left-hander Matt Thornton came in for left-handed-hitting pinch-hitter Andy Dirks and struck him out on three fastballs. Then it was Reed, who jumped ahead 0-2 on Austin Jackson and induced a game-ending fly ball to Rios. White Sox relievers possess a 0.69 ERA over the last four games, covering 13 innings pitched. "It wasn't just about the bullpen," said Jones, who made his 15th consecutive scoreless appearance. "It was about the guys making plays behind us and the offense kicking in when it needed to. It's about Quintana. He kept it close enough to where we could do our job. It's all about the team." In Monday's victory, the White Sox found much greater success against Doug Fister (9-9) than the two-hitter he threw at them over seven innings last Tuesday. Fister was staked to a 3-0 lead in the third, and even pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the frame by striking out Youkilis and Dunn. Fister wasn't so fortunate in the fourth, hitting Beckham with a 1-0 pitch to force home a run with two outs. Dewayne Wise then connected on a 3-1 fastball to single home two more to tie the game. Detroit regained the lead in the fifth on Miguel Cabrera's leadoff double off Quintana, Prince Fielder's infield single and Young's single. On Fielder's grounder to Dunn at first, Quintana was late getting off the mound but still appeared to beat Fielder to the bag. First-base umpire Mike Muchlinski disagreed. Despite holding these two early advantages, the Tigers missed on three prime chances to take total control. Jhonny Peralta hit into a double play with runners on first and second and nobody out in the second, and Brennan Boesch followed with a swinging strikeout against Quintana. Boesch struck out swinging on a 3-2 pitch to strand the bases loaded in the third, before Peralta hit into a second rally-killing double play and Boesch grounded out to shortstop Alexei Ramirez to end the fifth. A Wise baserunning mistake in the eighth, where he tagged up and was thrown out at third by Avisail Garcia for the final out before Beckham could score on Dunn's fly ball to left, cost the White Sox an insurance run. Fortunately, it didn't change the outcome or the look of the standings. Basically, the AL Central hasn't changed since last Monday night, when the White Sox, who are 2-9 in their last 11 games against the Tigers, took the series opener from Detroit and held a three-game advantage. The only difference is taking six more games off the schedule. Monday's outcome marked the Tigers' 10th straight one-loss. The game certainly featured major playoff ramifications, but no postgame concessions. "That doesn't bother me at all," said Tigers manager Jim Leyland of the deficit. "It's right there in front of us. There's no secrets. There's plenty of time, but you have to win games." "Tomorrow becomes a whole different game and different team," said Ventura, whose team returns to its nine-game road trip in Kansas City. "Be sure you worry about yourself and not worry about anything else. There's nothing you can do about [the Tigers]." chisox.com (Scott Merkin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shago Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 04:06 PM) Good call. FU Wise Wise won the game for us, so there's that...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) Wise won the game for us, so there's that...... And Rios. And the bullpen/Ventura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 10:02 PM) Wise won the game for us, so there's that...... He tied the game for us and he's lucky the bullpen showed up with an attitude or else he'd be the goat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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