Chan Ho Park turned in another performance that makes one think that he might be at least decent during the season instead of the steaming pile he’s been the last two years. But he did good last Spring Training, so I’m not terribly excited yet. His line was 6 innings, 3 earned runs – technically a “quality start”. He did also only allow three hits over six innings, but one of ’em was a two run home run. 3 walks though.
Joaquin Benoit continues to make a case for himself out of the bullpen. He did well there again, and I’m convinced he’ll start there.
Offensively, it was the game of the longball. Of the seven runs scored total, 5 of them were the result of a home run. Three of ours were solo home runs, including the game winner by Laynce Nix. Nice to see the home runs come a bit more regularly.
Line Score CAC FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI WHITE SOX 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 TEXAS 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 4 8 1 FINAL WP - JOAQUIN BENOIT (3-1) LP - ESTEBAN LOAIZA (0-1) SAVE - RON MAHAY (2) HOME RUNS: CHA - JOE BORCHARD (1) OFF CHAN HO PARK IN THE 2ND TEX - MARK TEIXEIRA (3) OFF ESTEBAN LOAIZA IN THE 2ND KEVIN MENCH (2) OFF ESTEBAN LOAIZA IN THE 2ND LAYNCE NIX (2) OFF ESTEBAN LOAIZA IN THE 7TH TIME: 2:01 ATT: 5,668 Box Score CHI WHITE SOX (3) AT TEXAS (4) CHI WHITE SOX AB R H BI TEXAS AB R H BI W Harris 2b 4 0 0 0 M Young ss 4 0 1 0 K Dransfeldt 2b 0 0 0 0 M Alexander ss 0 0 0 0 J Valentin ss 2 1 1 0 H Blalock 3b 4 1 1 0 J Uribe ss 1 0 0 0 D Newhan 3b 0 0 0 0 J Crede 3b 3 0 2 0 A Soriano 2b 3 0 1 0 P Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 J Bourgeois 2b 0 0 0 0 P Konerko 1b 2 0 0 1 B Fullmer dh 3 0 1 1 A Rowand cf 3 0 0 0 A Webster ph 1 0 0 0 B Anderson cf 1 0 0 0 M Teixeira 1b 3 1 1 1 J Reed lf 3 0 0 0 D Dellucci lf 3 0 0 0 M Olivo c 3 1 0 0 K Mench rf 3 1 1 1 J Burke c 1 0 0 0 J Conti rf 0 0 0 0 J Borchard rf 2 1 1 2 L Nix cf 3 1 1 1 R Sweeney rf 2 0 1 0 G Laird c 3 0 1 0 M Rivera dh 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 3 5 3 TOTALS 30 4 8 4 CHI WHITE SOX 120 000 000 -- 3 TEXAS 021 000 10x -- 4 E--G Laird. DP--CHI WHITE SOX 1. LOB--CHI WHITE SOX 6, TEXAS 3. 2B--J Crede 2, G Laird. HR--J Borchard 1 (1) (off C Park), K Mench 1 (2) (off E Loaiza), L Nix 1 (2) (off E Loaiza), M Teixeira 1 (3) (off E Loaiza). SB--M Olivo 1 (3). SF--P Konerko. IP H R ER BB SO HR CHI WHITE SOX E Loaiza (L,0-1) 7 8 4 4 0 2 3 S Takatsu 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 TEXAS C Park 6 3 3 3 3 2 1 J Benoit (W,3-1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 E Ramirez 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 R Mahay (S,2) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 WP--R Mahay. HBP--A Soriano by E Loaiza, J Crede by C Park. SO--CHA: J Burke, A Rowand, J Uribe, J Valentin, J Reed, B Anderson. TEX: H Blalock, K Mench, L Nix. BB--CHA: P Konerko, J Valentin, J Reed. T--2:01. A--5,668.