Uribe starts off the 8th with a lucky hit of his own, a broken bat, strange bounce ground that he beats out for a single.
Update: Podsednik can’t execute a bunt, then strikes out looking with two strikes. The White Sox are not doing a good job of executing smart ball tonight with the caught stealings and the missed bunt.
Update: Iguchi pops to short, no advance by the runner.
Update: Wow. Dye single to right, Uribe rounds second and decides not to go to third. He walks back to second and the throw from Rivera almost gets him. That should get him yelled at for not hustling.
Update: Konerko flies out to shallow center to end the threat. K-Rod will get to face the weak part of the Sox order in the bottom of the ninth.
That was a nasty, nasty pitch to strike out Podsednik.
Let’s see if Uribe finds a way to run into an out.
But it’s not like the batters afterwards did anything anyway…..
Another McCarver gem, after the bouncer: “It’s possible sometimes to make too good of a pitch.”
No, no it isn’t Tim. I’m pretty sure the pitching coach isn’t going to go up to Shields and say, “The problem is you’re making all of your pitches… go hang a curveball or something…”
Well, Uribe almost got himself thrown out inexplicably.
Yikes.
Big at bat for Konerko here
Now we’ll see if K-Rod is the real thing. He was hittable last night, but he got the job done.