If Semien doesn't hit it right at Sanchez this could be another really bad inning and it still has a chance to be

Shark, our rally/streak killer

Jeez, we'll take it!

At least Crisp is garbage.

21 pitches already

Yikes

For anyone listening to the TV broadcast, Aaron Rowand had a really good breakdown on Samardjiza searching for his mechanics on the mound. He can't find the arm slot and release point for his slider.

that inning could have been a disaster

Crisp does his best Lexi impersonation and swings at the first one

Get after Kaz again, 40 pitches after 2 and were looking good.

so a guy that can't throw a strike you swing at the 1st pitch. Thank god that Crisp sucks. He seems like a guy Ozzie would continue to play. Don't they have other options?

Getting really sick of Samardzija, doesn't he know he's pitching for a contract?

It's all about his slider. Once he finds it he will pitch as advertised. The pitch is a big negative until then.

 

From reading this game thread you would have no idea the Sox were up 1-0. Always comical.

 

Shark continues to look awful, 1-0 lead aside. "it's all about his slider" -- easier said than done. He also has s*** command on his fastball.

so a guy that can't throw a strike you swing at the 1st pitch. Thank god that Crisp sucks. He seems like a guy Ozzie would continue to play. Don't they have other options?

 

Gentry was called up today, but they need Crisp to be good for them to be effective. Kind of like the Sox and Eaton.

It's all about his slider. Once he finds it he will pitch as advertised. The pitch is a big negative until then.

 

From reading this game thread you would have no idea the Sox were up 1-0. Always comical.

 

His first couple sliders were down and away and looked a lot better than his previous starts but then hung one to Butler. I think he is close to finding it

Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 14m14 minutes ago

 

#WhiteSox first inning runs this season:

First 30 games: 7

Last 4 games: 6

so a guy that can't throw a strike you swing at the 1st pitch. Thank god that Crisp sucks. He seems like a guy Ozzie would continue to play. Don't they have other options?

They really dont. Their offense is being carried by like 4 guys the rest are Tyler Flowerses.

For anyone listening to the TV broadcast, Aaron Rowand had a really good breakdown on Samardjiza searching for his mechanics on the mound. He can't find the arm slot and release point for his slider.

Rowand has been outstanding.

It's all about his slider. Once he finds it he will pitch as advertised. The pitch is a big negative until then.

 

From reading this game thread you would have no idea the Sox were up 1-0. Always comical.

 

He needs his splitter to be a punch out pitch again.

nice Alexei. Can't hit it much harder than that that was a rope.

Getting really sick of Samardzija, doesn't he know he's pitching for a contract?

 

I'm sure he doesnt. Why dont you go tell him?

Rowand has been outstanding.

He was a mess in the first game, he's coming into his own though since yesterday.

Rowand has been outstanding.

 

He's not much for numbers, but he still thinks like a guy who is playing the game. His eye for mechanics and thought processes are great.

The multiview is the worst. Why so much dead screen space?

Rowand has been outstanding.

He's been awful. So boring compared to stone and hawk.