West Coast Trip: Quick Look Back

 

The White Sox (31-33) experienced more downs than ups in the last week. They were away for U. S. Cellular as they faced the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

They face both teams in separate three game series. In between each series, they got a day off to recover, which actually proved to prolong the headaches they would soon endure.

They started with facing the Dodgers. The big news that came on that game was the return of the rookie sensation Jose Abreu. He came back with a vengeance after spending time on the 15 day disable-list with an ankle injury.

He homered in the first two games of the series, giving him 17 homers on the year.

The Sox proved to able to withstand the long travel conditions of flying coast to coast and the Dodgers as they won the series 2-1. This included a nice 4-1 win in game 2 as Abreu had three runs batted in for the contest.

Then the Sox rested up and played the Angels, where is was apparent that the halos didn’t hang over the their heads. The series proved to show that Sox bullpen is super suspect. In the opening game of the three -game series, the bullpen gave up eight runs as the Sox got beaten badly 8-4.

Only bright spot of the game was Adam Dunn going yard for career home run 450. The big hit came in the ninth inning when the Sox were down 8-2.

The pain continued as game 2 kicked off. The Sox jumped out to a 5-o lead including another home run from Dunn. As the eighth inning approached, the Sox’ ace Chris Sale was 92 pitches in until he game up a grand slam to Mike Trout. This tied the game and the Angels would eventually score one more to secure the win.

Another blown game by the Sox and miscues are the cause.

They lost the last game as well, proving to be a walk in park for Angels. The Sox have serious improvements to make as they come back home to face Detroit on Monday. They have started off June the way it should.

The downs are outweighing any of the positives they are making. They cannot continue at this pace if they want to contend for the A.L Central crown.