The Chicago White Sox challenged the the Boston Red Sox yesterday at Fenway Park with the White Sox earning the win 9 to 5. It was one heck of a game that devotees with White Sox tickets will definitely cherish.
White Sox pitcher John Danks (3.82 ERA) got the win, while Junichi Tazawa (6.65 ERA) took the loss for the Red Sox. John Danks went 6 innings for the White Sox, allowed 6 hits, 2 home runs and 2 earned runs with one walk and 6 strikeouts. Also pitching for the White Sox was Octavio Dotel (3.33), Randy Williams (1.93), and Bobby Jenks (3.77). The Red Sox’s starter Junichi Tazawa went 4 innings, allowed 10 hits, one home run and 9 earned runs with one walk and 2 strikeouts. Manny Delcarmen (3.31), Ramon Ramirez (2.67), and Nick Green (0.00) also pitched for the Red Sox. With the win, Danks’s record goes to 12-8, while Tazawa is at 2-3.
In addition to the 9 runs, the White Sox scored 14 hits and committed no errors. Jim Thome led the White Sox in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Jayson Nix’s 2 hits, and Alexei Ramirez with 2. Scott Podsednik had a tough day at the plate, leaving 6 runners on base. The Red Sox didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Red Sox got 5 runs, 9 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Jeff Nelson, Gary Cederstrom, Field Culbreth and Adrian Johnson. There were 38,003 Red Sox ticket holders in attendance at Fenway Park.
The win puts the White Sox at a record of 64-64, (4 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Red Sox to 73-54, (6 games behind the division leader). Next up for the White Sox are the New York Yankees (79-48) at the Yankees’s New Yankee Stadium. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for New York Yankees tickets because that game should be a good one. The Red Sox will next take on the Toronto Blue Jays (58-67) at Fenway Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Toronto Blue Jays tickets today and take in all the thrills.