Author: david bancroft

SERIES #36. TWO GAMES, WON BOTH. MILWAUKEE VS CHICAGO Chicago remains in a virtual tie for first place with Oakland in the American League West Division, after winning a two game set with the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-1 and 5-2. Oakland beat Baltimore on August 14th. They did not play on the 15th and won again…

SERIES #35. FOUR GAMES, SPLIT SERIES. CHICAGO AT OAKLAND. Upon completing a tense, action packed four game series with their arch rivals, the Oakland A’s; the Chicago White Sox find themselves in a tie for first place, leading Oakland by a hundredth of a percentage point. The White Sox lost the first two games in…

SERIES #34. TWO GAMES, WON ONE, LOST ONE. CHICAGO AT CALIFORNIA The White Sox split a two game series against the California Angels, while Kansas City was beating Oakland twice. As a result, Chicago is in first place alone for the first time since July 12th. Game one: Eddie Fisher(8-7) dropped a tough, 3-2 decision…

SERIES #33. FOUR GAMES, WON THREE OUT OF FOUR. TEXAS AT CHICAGO The White Sox dropped the August 4th opener, 8-6, then won, 7-2 on August 5th and swept an August 6th doubleheader, 2-0 and 7-6; all against the Texas Rangers. Game one: Chicago led by a run, 5-4, when Texas scored four runs in…

SERIES #32. TWO GAMES, WON BOTH. CALIFORNIA VS CHICAGO. The White Sox won both games of a short series with the California Angels. They took the first game, 6-2 and the second was an 11 inning comeback thriller, one of their best games this year. That game saw Dick Allen break out of a slump,…

SERIES #31. TWO GAMES, LOST BOTH. CHICAGO AT MINNESOTA Chicago dropped both games in a short, two game series at Minnesota against the Twins. The first game was close, a 4-3 loss, the second; a 9-1 blowout defeat. That puts the White Sox 3.5 games behind the Oakland A’s in the A.L. West. Eddie Fisher(8-6),…

SERIES #30. FOUR GAMES, SPLIT SERIES. KANSAS CITY AT CHICAGO. Shout out to Sebastian, in the stands. The White Sox won two games out of four against the Kansas City Royals, first splitting a doubleheader on July 27th, then dropping a 6-4 decision on July 28th, before winning the final game on July 29th, by…

SERIES #29. FOUR GAMES, LOST THREE OF FOUR. CLEVELAND AT CHICAGO Chicago’s latest homestand got off to a dismal start, when the Cleveland Indians took three out of four games and nearly pulled off the sweep with a ninth inning rally in the final contest. The White Sox lost 2-0 on July 21, then dropped…

SERIES #28. THREE GAMES, WON ONE, LOST TWO. CHICAGO AT DETROIT The White Sox finish up a road trip in which they barely managed to keep their heads above water, finishing 5-5 over the last ten games. They were only able to nab one out of three against the Detroit Tigers, while Oakland beat Milwaukee…

SERIES #27. FOUR GAMES, SPLIT SERIES. CHICAGO AT BALTIMORE The Chicago White Sox won two of their four games with the Baltimore Orioles. All the games were low scoring and close. Meanwhile, Oakland won all three of their games against the New York Yankees. Chicago won the first one, 3-2, behind Eddie Fisher(8-3). The Sox…