Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...
That changes might be in store for the White Sox.
The defending AL Central champs lost 3-2 to the Blue Jays, finishing off a four-game sweep by Toronto, and have lost 12 of 15.
"I don't think Kenny's going to sit on that very long," said an official from another team who has monitored the White Sox recently, referring to Chicago general manager Kenny Williams.
His track record shows that Williams would rather act than wait for things to change. The Sox offense is last in the AL in runs per game, and in the past 18 games, Mark Buehrle is the only starter with a win.
"I can't describe it, becase we lose a game different ways all the time," said manager Ozzie Guillen, who missed the Saturday and Sunday games to attend his son's graduation from college. "Late in the game, early in the game, by a lot of runs, by little runs.
"We should be embarassed. We should feel bad. Because I think we have a better ballclub than the way we've played."
From the Trainer's Room ...
Reds first baseman Joey Votto, who is hitting .366 with a 1.059 OPS and is tied for the team lead with 27 RBI, was unable to fly home with the team after its series in San Diego because he has come out of two recent games with dizzy spells. Votto, who was pulled from Saturday's game and sat out Sunday, was sent to a San Diego hopsital for tests and is expected to be re-examined Tuesday in Cincinnati.
Numbers Game ...
Oakland has been out-scored 47-13 in losing the first four games of its seven-game trip, at Detroit and Tampa Bay. Athletics starters are 0-4 with a 15.92 ERA in the four games, and the team this year is 5-12 away from home.
In Their Own Words ...
"That's unbelievable. I can't explain why or how or anything. But he actually missed the base. ... To me it's just hard to miss third base. ... That was a bad game on our part, very bad." – Mets manager Jerry Manuel, whose team lost as Ryan Church missed third base on his way to the plate in the top of the 11th before two errors in the bottom of the inning – a ball that fell between outfielders Carlos Beltran and Angel Pagan and first baseman Jeremy Reed's wild home on the final play
Advance Scouting ...
Toronto is 27-14 but has yet to play Boston or Tampa Bay. Well, the Red Sox – three games behind the Blue Jays – get a chance to gain ground as the teams open a three-game series tonight (7:05 PM ET) at Fenway Park. Since April 16, Toronto is 20-11 and Boston is 19-10 – the second- and third-best records in the AL in that span, after Texas.
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5-19-2009 @ 12:15PM
Tom Fornelli said...
I think Kenny will wait a few weeks before doing anything. The Sox are about to play 17 of their next 23 games at home, and he's probably hoping things turn around during that span.
If they continue to suck after that, then yeah, changes will definitely come.
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