Sox Win Rubber Match 7-0

Mark Buehrle improved his record to 7-1 on Wednesday afternoon by shutting out the Rangers, scattering 9 hits over 7 1/3 innings. His only hiccup was in the second inning when after getting 2 quick outs he allowed 3 consecutive singles to load the bases. He escaped without any damage by getting Young to flyout to Paulie to end the inning. His performance makes you wish that he were going up against the Cubs on Friday, rather than Garcia.
The Sox offense exploded for 7 runs on 11 hits, with Paulie and Dye each going 3-4. Dye started the day off going 3-3 with all of his hits being doubles. AJ added on some insurance with a 2 run homer in the 8th. Things did not start off that well though, with the Sox giving away 3 outs in the first 3 innings. Ozuna and sPod were caught stealing, and AJ was picked off of 1st in the 1st. That was easily forgotten in the 4th though, as the Sox rallied for 4 runs after having 6 consecutive batters reach base safely.
My g/f and I did end up heading out to the game, her first of the season. I parked in Lot G, the employee lot, for the first time. I had heard that it's 1/2 price to park over there, $8 rather than the $17 they charge in every other lot. The only thing about it is that I also heard it's only 1/2 price if you get there early, around when the gates open, which we did, and it was only $8 when we parked. I've got to find out if it is always that cheap, meaning upto game time, or if the discount is only around when the lots open. For future reference for you fellow Sox fans out there, Lot G is on the west side of the Metra tracks that run along side Lot C, on the north side of 35th street (between 35th and 33rd). Goto chisox.com and look up their parking lot map if you don't understand my directions. If anybody out there knows any more about this, drop me a comment and help me fill in the blanks.
Anyway, we decided to sit on the fan deck for the first few innings of the game before heading to our seats. I had not been up there since the year it was built when it was just a platform without any seating. I couldn't believe how comfortable the seats were, and on top of that you've got the bar-table in front of you to eat on. I was also keeping score for the first time in about a decade, so it was great to have a surface to write on. The only drawback was that the table's are chrome, and the glare from the sun was killing my eyes. After the first few innings I started to have trouble focusing and I wasn't able to see the all the way to the plate as well as I was able to at first. Other than that one little drawback, which is my fault for not having sunglasses, I was really impressed with what they did up there. I can't believe that they have not yet started selling tickets for those seats. It's still first come, first serve. I doubt that will last much longer...enjoy it while it lasts.