Jose Abreu

The undefeated, first place White Sox take on a familiar foe in RHP Chris Bassitt. Only one Sox hitter has ever faced Bassitt, and it is Alex Avila, who is 0-5. Some notable Oakland stats vs. Quintana: Billy Butler: 5-30 (.167), 0 HR, 1 RBI Jed Lowrie: 3-7 (.429) Josh Reddick: 1-9 (.111), 1 HR, 1 RBI Danny Valencia: 2-17 (.118) 0 HR, 2 RBI

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 06:00 AM) well i left when JA had that great at bat .... what was it, 13+ pitches??? too bad he later pop-up to rf. this is a great start. i do not care it is only 1 game, but it all the positive thing i am seeing. a great start., Hell of a lot better than 2015 Opening Day, that's for sure

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 12:07 AM) Hey! Above .500 at least once this season! First time since we were 18-17 in May of 2015, IIRC

White Sox player of the game: Marcus Semien

Tomorrow's game thread will be up at like, 830ish AM central. Must sleep

thank you marcus semien

YES

Oakland fans screamed as if that was out of the park

pinch hit all the lefties!

Coghlan is pissed but it was in the zone

great pitch there

well, winning run is up now. Such a White Sox type of game.

I do not have a good feeling about this

Let's go Robertson, none of those 2015 shenanigans. Get the win.

So you guys are all fine with Robin leaving Navarro in to bunt rather than PH'ing Saladino and having Avila catch the remaining 1/2 inning? I'm shocked that I'm the only one who would've rather had Saladino bunt.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:55 PM) Lawrie seemed too busy trying to take out Semien's leg. He and Chase Utley may be friends

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:53 PM) If it was a 3 run game, maybe.. Just isn't worth it. If you're that concerned about your catcher, where you don't trust him... catching... then you need a new catcher

We absolutely suck at baserunning.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:51 PM) With Avila's injury history I would not do that You don't trust him to catch 1/2 innings (pending a blown save)?

I'd pinch hit Saladino for Navarro since he's our best bunter and then sub in Avila. Come on Robin.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:48 PM) Davis swings 110% on every pitch. I was thinking we should have traded for him this off-season, but I'm not so sure anymore. Agreed, he'd be a huge Soxtalk whipping boy. Approach reminds me of Viciedo.

I do think we need another lefty reliever FWIW, as Jennings is a reverse-split pitcher so he basically functions as a righty, matchups-wise

An insurance run or two would be nice, but I doubt we get it. Pretty weak showing for our offense today. Just one good inning aided by defensive mishaps.

Nate Jones I love you

Damn, Jones challenging Davis with the fastball right in that perfect HR-hitting zone on back to back pitches.