Sox Win Another Series vs. KC

Although they didn't look pretty doing it, the Sox took 2 of 3 from the lowly Kansas City Royals to move their season record against the worst team in baseball to 12-3. Were it not for strong outings from Sox starters, we very well could have lost 2 of 3 thanks to pathetic at-bats against mediocre, at best, pitching. Yesterday the Sox scored just 2 runs, and they had to steal home to score one of them. This is off of a guy who came into the game with an ERA over 7.00.
I attended Wednesday nights game which offensively, was more of the same. A Paul Konerko solo shot in the 3rd was the only run for the Sox on the night. Jose Contreras allowed 11 men to reach base (6 hits and 5 BB) and yet pitched 7 2/3 innings of shutout ball. Jose was the only Sox starter I had not seen pitch in person this season, including McCarthy. Although he looked more like the old Contreras than what we've witnessed from him lately, he was able to get out of jam after jam all night long and that is something he struggled to do early in the season.
The nail biting theater didn't end after Jose's exit. After Bobby Jenks recorded the final out of the 8th and first out of the 9th, Ozzie elected to go with Damaso Marte to face the two upcoming lefty's. Damaso joined in on Jose's tightrope act by hitting both of the hitters he saw to put the potential winning run on base. Hermanson came on to mop up and record an ugly save, giving up a walk which brought Sox Killer Mike Sweeney up to the plate with the bases loaded in a 1-0 game to record the final out of the game. The Sox record when I'm in attendance now stands at 7-2. Both defeats came against Oakland.

It's Half-Way to St. Patty's Day at the Sox game tonight. The Sox will be wearing green-pinstripe jersey's and green hats. Tonight also just so happens to be a guy's night out for me. Guess where I'll be. It will be a battle of southpaw's with Buehrle (15-7 3.00) facing off against LAAAAAAA's Jared Washburn (7-8 3.18).