August 20, 2008
Back to the Shutouts
The Chicago White Sox pitching staff started the season strong. They pitched three shutouts in April and owned the second best ERA in the AL that month. They only recorded two more scoreless games from May through July. Lately, however, the shutouts returned. Clay Richard pitched six scoreless innings Tuesday night as the White Sox shut down the Mariners 5-0. It's their third shutout of August and third in their last eight games. In that stretch the team allowed just 15 runs.
I thought this division race would come down to the good, young pitching of the Twins against the power hitting of the White Sox. Given the number of high scoring games by Minnesota lately and the excellent pitching coming out of Chicago, these two teams are turning out to be very well balanced. That's going to make this race even more interesting.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Minnesota scored thirteen runs last night while only hitting two home runs. Their offense is the closest thing to a deadball era attack that you'll see nowadays. They just base-hit you to death - nine more singles last night to add to their league-leading total of one-base bingles.
They also lead the league in triples, another throwback to the ancient days. Meanwhile, they're tied with Kansas City for second-last in homers. Only the Blue Jays have hit fewer, and not by much.