Danks You Very Little

(12-9) TIGERS 6, (11-9) SOX 2

Chad Durbin isn't a great pitcher, but the lineup Ozzie trotted yesterday made him look like he is.

With Jim Thome and Jermaine Dye both out of the lineup, the Sox were held scoreless by the redoubtable Durbin for 8 innings, while John Danks did the honors of giving up the ceremonial 3 first inning runs the Sox seemingly give up every game lately, and the Sox limped to an ugly 6-2 loss on an ugly, cold, drizzly night at the Cell.

I dunno, I may be an idiot, and I know it's cold outside and you want to keep your stars from getting hurt, but trotting out the C team against a team you figure to be jockeying for position with all season long seems kind of stupid to me. The Sox are now 2-2 against the Tigers, 1-1 against the Twins, and 2-4 against the Indians, and no matter what they do against anybody else, that just isn't going to get it done.

Game Scores- Tigers- Durbin 85, Sox- Danks 44

AL CENTRAL ROUNDUP
WED- (11-7) INDIANS 8, RANGERS 7
The Tribe had a 6-0 lead with CC Sabathia on the mound, and still found themselves playing extra innings before a Jhonny Peralta single ended it in the 11th.
Game Scores- Indians- Sabathia 45

(7-14) ROYALS 4, (11-10) TWINS 3
The world has gone insane. Now every AL Central team except the White Sox gets beat up on by the Royale. I no understand. I eagerly await the inevitable day later this season when Sidney Ponson throws a nine inning shutout against the Sox, who field a lineup with Pablo Ozuna batting cleanup.
Game Scores- Royals- Perez 50, Twins- Ponson 42


THU- (12-7) INDIANS 9, RANGERS 4
Sammy's 2 home runs are not enough to stop the rampaging Indians. Joe Borowski is the only man who can stop this team I tells ya.
Game Scores- Indians- Byrd 46

(12-10) TWINS 1, (7-15) ROYALS 0
KC and Minnesota are currently locked in an 11 inning death struggle as I type this. Boof Bonser walked 7 guys in 5 innings, yet the Royale somehow managed not to score off of him. That's what I call Grinder Ball. Oh wait, the Twins just singled in the winning run. Yaaaay. I heard Torii Hunter got hit in the face with a pitch in this game. At that very moment, the hair on the back of Jamie Burke's neck stood up.
Game Scores- Royals- Greinke 69 , Twins- Bonser 62

Game Score Corner
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The Sox now have been on the receiving end of two of the 12 best game scores of the year, which is not a good thing. When you throw in Buehrle's no-hitter, three of the top 12 game scores this year have happened at US Cellular Field, which is considered one of the worst parks to pitch in in baseball. Must be the shitty weather. Congrats also to Jake Peavy, who earned his seat on Mount Olympus against the D-backs last night despite his team losing the game.

1. 94 Mark Buehrle SOX (v. Tex 4/18)

2. 89 Felix Hernandez SEA (at Bos 4/11)

3. 86 Felix Hernandez SEA (v. Oak 4/2)

3. 86 Cole Hamels PHI (at Cin 4/21)

3. 86 Jake Peavy SD (at Ari 4/25)

6. 85 Kyle Lohse CIN (at Cubs 4/15)

6. 85 Chad Durbin DET (at SOX 4/25)

8. 84 Paul Maholm PIT (v. Hou 4/24)

9. 82 Ben Sheets MIL (v. Lad 4/2)

10. 81 Johan Santana MIN (at SOX 4/8)

10. 81 Kip Wells STL (at Hou 4/8)

10. 81 James Shields TB (v. Cle 4/22)