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BY DOUG PADILLA STAFF REPORTER
Dan Wright assured himself of the second-highest victory total on the White Sox with a solid performance against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.
Wright (14-12) gave up two runs and just three hits in 71/3 innings of the White Sox' 3-2 victory. Wright finished the season winning four consecutive starts and six of his last seven. The right-hander was 9-4 with a 4.61 ERA after the All-Star break.
''I was obviously hoping for a run like that earlier in the year, but it's nice to finish out on a good note,'' said Wright, who entered the season with five career victories in 13 appearances last season. ''It's been a weird year. We've had some good run support. As long as you can go out there and eat up some innings, with the offense we had, you have a chance to get the win.''
Sox management has stated publicly that it is in the market for a No. 2 starter, but it suddenly might have confidence in Wright taking that spot. The Sox are looking for a solid starter to go along with 19-game winner Mark Buehrle.
''Some of the teams that you're looking at heading toward the playoffs right now--with the exception of the Oakland A's, who have three or four guys--they have that one thing in common,'' general manager Ken Williams said. ''They have two guys that can go out there and you're pretty well assured that they will go out there and give you a quality outing.''
END CREDIT: Keith Foulke was used in a traditional closer's role for the first time since before the All-Star break and fought through nerves to record his 100th career save. He had a perfect ninth inning to pick up his 11th save of the season.
''It was nice to be out there in a save situation,'' said Foulke, who has 15 consecutive scoreless innings and has allowed just one run in his last 31-1/3 innings.
''I don't like to pitch real excited. It kind of felt like a rookie and how you do it for the first time. Sometimes that makes you throw bad pitches.''
Foulke, who has been rumored to become a starter next season, said he wants to know of the Sox' plans before he heads home to Texas in order to have enough time to put in the proper offseason preparation.
GOING HOME: Carlos Lee left for his home in Panama on Thursday to be with his wife, who is giving birth to the couple's first child. Lee will not be on hand for the Sox' three-game series at Minnesota, meaning his season is finished.
Lee closed out his fourth season batting .264 with 26 home runs and 80 RBI. His home runs are a career high.
''Carlos Lee is one that is looked upon kind of unfavorably around here, but I have articulated to Carlos that we are very happy with his performance,'' Williams said. ''This guy, I think, is going to be a force in this game, and the growth that he has had this year, we're very pleased with.''
