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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 09:27 PM) Diaz called Cabrera out on strikes on what should have been ball 4. It probably save at least one run if not more. I'd call it even. We got our first run on with DeAza on the Cabrera error allowing him to reach. OTOH, Dunn left two runners at 3B with one out. I'd call that even, too.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 09:26 PM) I didn't know hitting with runners on depended on how cohesive you were with your teammates. Maybe it's because we've so rarely rallied in the 7th/8th/9th or extra innings this season. Obviously, the Sox are bouncing back this inning but that doesn't mean Ozzie overusing Ohman there was correct, or that Dunn should have any place in that line-up at this point in the season.

There's just no way we can't start getting DeAza and Lillibridge more at-bats with Dunn, Rios and Beckham all struggling. Morel had been better too, but we need all the pop in the line-up we can muster.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 09:22 PM) I missed Santana's hit, where was it to? Right through the hole at 2B where Beckham would normally play. Choo with a Francouer-esque heave from RF almost got DeAza on his 2nd triple of the night. That's 3 triples for the Sox in one game.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 09:21 PM) How do you get that from a couple of walks and grounders up the middle? A cohesive team doesn't prevent Ohman from just missing those strikes. Why do we leave 22 runners stranded per game? Even the games we've been winning in this stretch feel like losses with how horrible our hitting with RISP has been. We've left SO MANY runners at 3rd base with 0 or 1 outs this season. NOW WE BRING in Sale. Great, Ozzie. Way to go, but one inning too late.

Nice advanced scouting on Santana, by the way. Totally played the wrong defensive alignment there or the score would still be 5-3. And we're babying Sale instead of actually trying to win the game. It's too late to conserve our best relievers at this point.

It's so easy to hate this White Sox team. Even though the score is still tied, it's clear the Indians play much better as a team than the Sox. We're just a collection of talent. That's it. A cohesive team we are not.

Nice signing WILLIAMS. FREAKING IDIOT. He should never ever be allowed to pitch when the game is tied or the Sox are winning.

Can this team EVER get over the hump just ONCE this season? This is almost unbelieveable that they can't get back over .500 at least once the entire season after April.

Why is there a "Santana shift" when he couldn't pull Floyd's fastball? That would have been right to the second-baseman if they were positioned normally. Gavin continues his struggles in "clutch" situations when he really needs to come up with the big pitches to get out of an inning unscathed. To add further insult to injury, Brandon Allen has been on fire for the A's so far this season. Ohman, basically you suck when it's an important situation...

Crap. Not sure how much I'm willing to trust Ohman in this situation. Don't let him get his arms extended, Gavin.

Floyd, just throw strikes. No time for nibbling at the corners or throwing 2-0 offspeed stuff.

Great job, Tyler. Between Flowers, DeAza and Lilly, hopefully we can cover for the sins of Dunn and Rios. 12 LOB for Sox so far, only 2 for the Indians.

JESUS. We can't just keep giving up those runners on 3rd with Dunn up there. Have to score at least one of those. What's the major league average, about 56% success rate? Jimenez already over 100 pitches. Not long for this game. C'mon Tyler!

Was that really a nice play by Dunn or the fans are just trying to be "extraordinarily encouraging" of anything he does?

Okay, Gavin. Limit the damage to just one run.

Dunn still has a higher OPS than Morel and Rios. Nice play by Choo. 68 pitches for Jimenez through only 3 innings. 7-0 Tigers, you had a feeling that Verlander was going to win that one...18-5 now for the season.

7/9 K's...incredible run for Gavin to start this game. But no let-up's in the middle innings tonight, hopefully.

Atta boy, Alejandro. Huge pick-me-up run there, momentum to Sox now.

3-0 Tigers. Cabrera/Martinez duo has been quite deadly tonight. Beckham somehow safe at 2B, five steals. Avila single, 4-0. Bad luck with the ball hit off the side of the hill kicking to Donald. Should be 3-0 right now, at least. These missed opportunities have seemed to come back to bite us all season long.

Seems like the only way for Beckham to reach base these days. C'mon Brent, get him into scoring position. Productive at-bat, por favor.

Verlander with only 8 pitches in the top of the 5th. 80 through 5. 4 k's in a row for Floyd. Since when did Gavin add that flat slider or cutter? He's been using that effectively in this game so far. 6 outs/5 K's Why isn't Kipnis playing? Just decided....Morel looks like Edward Burns with a bigger nose

What new, Dunn? You just can't play him any longer. They're going to have to use Lillibridge or DeAza. Have to knock pitchers like Jimenez out in the first couple of innings before they get a rhythm. The longer this goes on, with Rios and Dunn both coming back in 2012, it gets harder and harder to sell any season tickets.

Verlander with 72 pitches to get through 4 innings...2-0 going into bottom of 4th.

Gardenhire, why in God's name are you pitching to Miguel Cabrera with 2nd/3rd, 2 outs and a base open? Must be from the Ozzie Guillen School. 2-0, Tigers. Twins had a good chance to escape 2nd and 3rd, no outs and blew it.