Sox Take Series From Yanks

The White Sox sent out their no. 3, 4 and 5 starters to the mound for their series vs. The Bronx Bombers and took 2 of the 3 games in the series. They very well could have pulled off the sweep, having lost 3-2 in Monday evenings contest. On the other side of the coin, the Sox could very easily have been swept also. In the three games in the series the Sox offense scored just 6 runs.
The reason the Sox left NY with 2 more wins under their belt is because their starting pitching surrendered only 4 runs in the series and Sox relievers surrendered just one. Sox pitching doesn't deserve all the credit though, they were supplied with some outstanding defense, particularly from Aaron Rowand who put on a defensive clinic in the spacious pastures of center field in Yankee Stadium. I doubt there were very many, if any at all, Yankee fan's wondering if Rowand was available to be bought this off-season after watching him play the field in this series.
In my eyes, aside from Rowand and his defense, Jose Contreras' performance Tuesday night was the highlight of the series. In a high pressure game that you would expect him to crumble in, Jose pitched one of if not the best game of his career since coming to the Majors. He pitched 7+ innings of shut-out ball, surrendering just 3 hits in front of the sold out Yankee Stadium crowd.
By winning the final two games vs. The Yankee's, the Sox won for the first time on a Tuesday or Wednesday since July 5th and 6th, a span of 5 weeks. (They actually lost on Tues. and Wed. for only 3 weeks in a row because of the All-Star break.) Now the Sox can focus all their attention on continuing to win games on Sunday with Ozzie's scrub lineup that he makes up every single week.
To end on a high note, I have to say that I've been on cloud 9 since beating the Yankee's and their $200M+ payroll. They finally get some solid starting pitching, only to face better pitching and lose 2 of 3. Two thirds of the Yankee lineup consists of current or former All-Stars, yet they were held to 3, 1, and 1 run(s) respectively.

Tomorrows matchup features a duel of Southpaws with the Sox sending Mark Buehrle (13-4 2.79) out to the bump to face the Other Sox' Boomer Wells (9-5 4.45).