Bobby Jenks gives up 2-run homer in ninth and Sox rally falls short
By Mark Gonzales
Facing Joe Crede and not Joe Mauer in a Minnesota Twins uniform will seem odd to the White Sox when they play their American League Central rivals this weekend at U.S. Cellular Field.
Much has changed for both sides since the Sox beat the Twins in a one-game tiebreaker to advance to the American League playoffs.
Even with a shaken-up lineup that produced just one ninth-inning run Thursday to snap a 17-inning scoreless drought, the Sox remain convinced they will start getting enough offense to support their starting pitchers.
"If all of a sudden you start looking at your average on the third day of the season, that's not going to help you at all," manager Ozzie Guillen said Thursday after the Sox lost 2-1 to the Royals on Coco Crisp's two-run homer off Bobby Jenks in the ninth. "But we're going to hit."
The Sox led in only two of the 27 innings against a stubborn Royals pitching staff that limited them to seven hits over the final two games.
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Much has changed for both sides since the Sox beat the Twins in a one-game tiebreaker to advance to the American League playoffs.
Even with a shaken-up lineup that produced just one ninth-inning run Thursday to snap a 17-inning scoreless drought, the Sox remain convinced they will start getting enough offense to support their starting pitchers.
"If all of a sudden you start looking at your average on the third day of the season, that's not going to help you at all," manager Ozzie Guillen said Thursday after the Sox lost 2-1 to the Royals on Coco Crisp's two-run homer off Bobby Jenks in the ninth. "But we're going to hit."
The Sox led in only two of the 27 innings against a stubborn Royals pitching staff that limited them to seven hits over the final two games.
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