April 9: Minnesota 12, White Sox 5
The Good: Swisher, Konerko, and Crede hit homeruns after the Sox fell behind 7-0 in the 2nd inning, at least making it relatively close at one point. Massett threw a couple of solid inning in relief before falling apart. Other than that, the only good thing was me finding a shitload of hot pictures of Kate from ‘Lost’ on the interwebs.
The Bad: John Danks had horrible control and got shelled. Massett’s troubles began in his fourth inning of work, and he was eventually charged with allowing 5 runs. Jim Thome’s cold streak continued after an 0-for-4 with 2 strikeouts performance. He is now hitting .156 on the season and doesn’t have an RBI since opening day.
Final thought: Games like this are going to happen, and when they happen after a 5-game winning streak, they are pretty easy to take. But Thome’s struggles concern me. I try not to get too high or too low on the team this early in the season; but a #3 hitter with an average hovering around .100 with 0 home runs and 0 RBI since his third at-bat of the season scares me. I hope this is just a slump and not a more permanent trend.
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