It was a Chicago White Sox victory Friday night, thanks to Josh Fields and yes, once again Jim Thome. Thome had one home run, while the rookie, Fields, added two homers in the victory against the Minnesota Twins. The Sox did an overall good job offensively, especially considering last Thursday’s game against the Royals where their bats were a little cold.
On Friday night the Sox faced Johan Santana, which wasn’t an easy task since Santana is considered to be one of the best pitchers in the league. Josh Fields stated it pretty well when he said, “"Honestly, against that guy, you just close your eyes and swing.” Well that puts it pretty bluntly don’t you think? Close your eyes and just pray that you make contact. So Santana wasn’t any easy obstacle to overcome, but the Sox did it. As a matter of fact, the last time the Sox won against Santana was in April of 2006. (Which I should probably mention that the Sox were also #1 in the AL Central at that time) So it wasn’t any easy task and it doesn’t happen often.
So how did Buehrle do? Well not too bad I might say. He picked up his 10th victory, which also made this the seventh straight season that Buehrle will ended the season with a double-digit winning record.
Any finally it came down to Bobby Jenks, who received his 39th save this season with a perfect 9th inning.
The win put the Sox back in 4th place in the AL Central.
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