September 1, 200520 yr I was reading on Page 2 a fake interview of Ty Cobb, which is very funny, but at the end Caple has his Box Score Line of the Week: BOX SCORE LINE OF THE WEEK It might have been the best game of the season. It just might have been the most exciting pitching matchup in the Metrodome since Jack Morris dueled John Smoltz in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. It definitely was good enough to win this week's award. Cy Young champion Johan Santana faced fellow Venezuelan Freddy Garcia on Aug. 23 and neither disappointed. Garcia held the Twins hitless for the first seven innings but unfortunately for the White Sox, Santana held Chicago scoreless for eight innings. So when Minnesota's Jacque Jones led off the eighth inning with a home run, that was enough to send Garcia home with a 1-0 loss. And Roger Clemens thinks he has it rough? Check out Freddy's disheartening line: 8 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (L) Thanks to the amazing database available at Retrosheet.org, we can tell you this was only the second time in the past decade that a pitcher has thrown a complete-game one-hitter and lost. The only other time in the past 10 seasons was when Ted Lilly did it with the Yankees in April of 2002. The winning pitcher that day? Garcia. Baseball is a great game, isn't it? Caple Article on Page 2 I guess Freddy had it coming!
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