Sox Reach .500 Mark, Cubs On Deck
By Chicago White Sox
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Today’s News
The Game
Final: White Sox 5, Marlins 3
Highlights: The Sox completed the three-game sweep of Miami this afternoon and moved to 24–24…Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer, his 12th blast of the season and 418th of his career; Alejandro De Aza collected a pair of doubles and two RBI; and Alex Rios delivered a run-scoring single for an insurance run in the eighth inning…Dylan Axelrod earned his third victory in 5.1 IP and Matt Lindstrom, Matt Thornton, Jesse Crain and Addison Reed pitched scoreless ball the rest of the way. Reed chalked up his 17th save, just one behind league leader Mariano Rivera of the Yankees…Defensively, Rios and Dayan Viciedo each threw out a man at the plate.
Memories of ‘83
Floyd Bannister (pictured below), one of the stalwarts of the 1983 White Sox pitching staff, talks about that year’s American League West champion Sox: http://atmlb.com/139m3nP
A Must For Sox Fans
Chicago sports media columnist Ed Sherman, a lifelong White Sox fan and the man behind the popular website, the Sherman Report, reviews a book that he says should be on every Sox fan’s bookshelf.
Quote of the Day
Robin on reaching the .500 mark:
“You have to get there first. Once you’re there…you just continue to come in with the expectation that you’re going to play hard and you’re going to win a game.”
Play of the Day
Props to the bullpen for their 3.2 innings of yeoman’s work.
Tomorrow’s Schedule
White Sox vs. Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field (6:10 p.m., CT, WGN) in the first game of a four-game series, two on the South Side and the final two on the North Side. Starters: Jose Quintana (3–1) for the Sox, Jeff Samardzjia (2–6) for the Cubs.
Did You Know…
…that Crain, who struck out the side in the eighth inning today, has now made 20 straight scoreless outings? His ERA is now a miniscule 0.78.
Photo/Video of the Day
Dunn’s opposite field homer put the Sox on the scoreboard in the first inning.
