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QUOTE (Mike F. @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 08:18 PM) I love Rodon. You could tell that he didn't have his best stuff out there but he battled and kept the Sox in the game. He's going to be a hell of a pitcher in a few years. He was actually throwing his hardest in the last two innings, which is always a good sign to get stronger as the game goes on. Very rare quality seen in guys like Bartolo Colon or Justin Verlander in their primes.

34.6 IP, 35 hits, 35 K's, 22 BB, 3.12 ERA.....1.64 WHIP needs to come down (mostly the walks). Realistically, he's outpitched those numbers by quite a bit because of the poor defense behind him.

Petricka warming up. Uh-oh. This doesn't bode well.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 08:02 PM) Gallardo didn't have his best command tonight, but it's still surprising he went 6 and didn't give up an earned run. And he threw 88-90 MPH the whole night on their slow gun...so not dominating stuff by any stretch of the imagination.

LaRoche would have had an easy steal there....3 steps running head start and a curveball to boot.

Gallardo's not long for this game. Has only been over 100 pitches three times this season, 118 is his high. "Garcia isn't a fast baserunner." Way to not do your homework, Eric Nadal.

10 swinging strikeouts, 9 coming on sliders. None called strike 3's.

Wow....10 K's in 15 outs. Impressive. Not unlike what he did to the heart of the Royals' line-up in spring training.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 07:49 PM) Carlos is throwing a change. Is that new? Him having the confidence to use it in big league games more than a couple of times is... 25th multi-hit game for Fielder....leads the AL and maybe the majors (if not, probably Dee Gordon).

Career and season high in K's for Rodon... "We are beginning to think we have a cold (radar) gun." Really? Helped him out there a bit...but that slider's hard to lay off even for major league hitters. Btw, Sanchez seems to have more confidence going to his left (glove hand) than to his right side...fwiw.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 07:13 PM) You can say the same about the Sox lol. Only 2.5 games out. Except there are 11 teams in striking distance in the AL. The NL...there are no teams between the Cubs and the two WC spots at the moment. Big difference in positioning.

Well, that was a futile half-inning. At least Jordan4life is happy (and entertained) so far tonight.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 07:14 PM) this makes no sense, but thanks The White Sox tried to shore up their struggling offense by benching their best defensive player for their worst...another factor in falling apart that 2nd half in 2006, and that pretty much ended Anderson's White Sox career in terms of him believing the organization had his back.

Beckham 14/39 on the road trip (.359, and .302 the season against RHP, about 60 points less vs. LHP...which doesn't bode well for split time with Conor) Alexei Ramirez now playing in his 1,000 game as a White Sox SS.

Is it too much to ask to have a catcher who doesn't embarrass the fans, lol?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 07:03 PM) I gotta admit that this is where I agree with Hawk. If your team is struggling to score runs why sacrifice defense? I like Gordon at 3rd because Gillaspie is just too inconsistent. Tell that to Brian Anderson/Mackowiak in 2006....or Andruw Jones/Kotsay over Thome in 2010.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 06:58 PM) Can't you ever just say you were wrong? BTW. No runs scored. I'm describing exactly what the Rangers' announcers were providing to the audience (they should also be more familiar with their own stadium's gun readings). If I had a t.v. feed and could actually SEE what was going on, then I would gladly admit to being wrong...like criticizing the Astros' front office all last year.

At least Ventura has the excuse to play LaRoche now at 1B because of Abreu's finger injury.

Sanchez made the adjustment defensively and saved two runs. Rodon can't keep throwing this many pitches. Our shaky bullpen will get overexposed in the 6th and 7th.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 06:48 PM) 4 ks in a row for the not crisp Rodon. I womder what will happen if he ever is crisp. There's almost a Newtonian law on this board whenever you get too belligerent or bellicose (this bullpen is nails! Rodon is crisp) that something bad will happen next. You know, Martinez also struck out the side yesterday in the 2nd when he gave up all those runs.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 06:44 PM) I still can't believe Houston didn't pick Rodon Or the Marlins. Tyler Kolek hasn't been all that amazing so far. Wouldn't surprise me if he never makes it to the majors. That's how it goes with high school pitching prospects that have huge velocity increases...

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 06:40 PM) and how did that red flag go with Sale? IIRC it amounted to jack s***. Well, if you'd like to come here to "second tier city" China and improve the internet infrastructure so I could get MLB.TV to work without freezing every 30 seconds, that would be greatly appreciated. The ferry that sank with 458 on board earlier this week happened just 95 miles away. Somehow, cyclones/tornadoes/rainstorms don't exactly improve the bandwidth.

Rangers announcers wondering why Eaton or a faster runner doesn't challenge Gallo with a bunt defensively. Still hasn't had a chance to make a play yet....two nights ago, LaRoche hit one he had no chance at, last night he DHed.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 06:37 PM) Lololololol. Just not that crisp. Lolololol. All I can go by is what the Rangers' radio announcers are saying. Using logic now, it's obvious that the gun down there is off by 2-3 MPH. Because if the velocities were correct, it would be a red flag...like the start where Sale was maxing out at 87-90 MPH in Arlington.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 06:35 PM) Rodon pitches out of his own jam. On the other hand, if Avi was positioned correctly (DeShields has been on a tear offensively, but not respecting his bat at all) and Carlos Sanchez took a different angle to that grounder (misreading the speed of the infield)....then there wouldn't have been any jam at all. Then you've got a veteran umpire in Dana DeMuth squeezing him.