August 31, 2006
Iguchi Guchi Gone!
The White Sox pulled off a huge comeback win last night, scoring three runs in the eighth inning for a 5-4 win over Tampa Bay. Tim Corcoran gave the Rays 5 1/3 strong innings, striking out 7. But Brian Meadows couldn't get the job done in the seventh. Tadahito Iguchi launched a two-run homer to tie the game. Then Jermaine Dye singled and stole his second base of the game, setting up Jim Thome's go-ahead single. Jenks pitched the ninth for the save.
With the Twins losing 4-3 and the Tigers splitting with the Yankees, the White Sox gain on both their central opponents, extending their wild card lead to 1 1/2 games, and cutting the Tigers lead to 4 1/2.
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Other items of note...
Jon Garland is now tied with Halladay and Wang for most wins in the AL in 2006. Note that Garland has the most wins in the AL since the start of 2005.
The game ended on an appeal play after Dye's running grab of the 2nd out in the ninth. The runner returned to first in time, but failed to tag second base on the way back. Shouts from the White Sox bench sent AJ up the line to tell Paulie Baseball to try the appeal.
Also...What? No questioning whether Gooch is on the juice?