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Game 117 – August 20
4 – Royals
5 – Chicago
WP – Britt Burns (15-7)
LP – Mark Gubicza (8-11)
SV – Bob James (25)
We traded single run innings with Chicago putting up fence posts for the first 4 innings. Frank White hit a solo shot in the 2nd, his 14th. McRae went 2-4 with a solo HR in the 8th. But other than that, nothing completely clicked today.
McClure seems to have lost his shine, or is running through a cold spurt. I brought him in to pitch to Harold Baines and Baines put the first pitch into the right field Comiskey bleachers.
Game 118 – August 21
9 – Royals
0 – Chicago
WP – Charlie Leibrandt (13-9)
LP – Floyd Bannister (7-15)
Leibrandt scattered 7 White Sox hits, and 4 Chicago errors led to 6 unearned runs.
The bottom 3 of the lineup (Cowens, Royster, Wathan) went 6-14 with 7 RBI's. Royster hit his first Royal home run in the first, a 2-run shot. Cowens and Cooper tripled, and 7 of our 10 hits were for extra bases. 21 total bases for the game.
Brett went 0-5, so I think I'll give him a day off.
Game 119 – August 22
4 – Royals
2 – Chicago
WP – Bret Saberhagen (13-10)
LP – Bob James (3-5)
SV – Dan Quisenberry (22)
Forgot to give Brett his day off, but he went 2-4, with his 21st home run, and he scored the game-tying run.
Saberhagen rolled giving up 2 runs, both unearned on a Jerry Royster error. He struck out 8 against 1 walk, and has struck out 118 this year against 19 walks. Rich Dotson pitched just as well, giving up only 1 run (Brett's homer) through 8 innings. The White Sox closer Bob James blew his 5th save of the year.
Brett reached first to lead off the 9th on a Daryl Boston error. Cooper struck out, but Orta doubled to put runners on 2nd and 3rd. The Sox pitched to White rather than walking the bases loaded for a double play, and he flyed out to deep right field and Brett scored. Sundberg drove in the lead run on a single, with Orta scoring from second, and Jim went to second on the throw. Cowens then capped off the comeback with a double, driving Sundberg in from 2nd.
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A good series win after the last few against the AL East.
The West now sports 3 teams at or above 500 – Chicago, Texas, and Minnesota.
We have a double header against Milwaukee after our next series against Texas. David Cone hasn't excelled at AAA Omaha, but he's an option to start. I'll be using Gura more in the bullpen with McClure running cold. Scott Bankhead is also an option.
Bankhead (AA) – 9-8, 3.91 ERA; 3.32 FIP
Cone (AA) – 2-1, 3.00 ERA; 3.70 FIP
Cone (AAA) – 3-6, 5.43 ERA; 5.75 FIP
Gura (ML) – 1-4, 3.99 ERA; 4.74 FIP as a starter
I think I'm leaning towards Bankhead. He would not be the first player from the '84 Olympic team to reach the majors.
Will Clark (.167, 4 HR, 14 RBI in 59 starts) – San Francisco
Mike Dunne (1-4, 2 SV, 6.42 ERA in 21 AAA games) – Just promoted to the Seattle rotation
Barry Larkin (.225, 2 RBI, in 10 starts) – Cincinnati
Oddibe McDowell (.239, 12, 56, 26 SB in 100 starts) – Texas
Mark McGwire (1-4 with 3 strikeouts) – Oakland, but now back in AAA
Cory Snyder (.324, 3, 12 in 4 starts/52 games) – Cleveland
Bill Swift (3-1, 1 save, 4.91 ERA in 28 relief appearances) – Seattle
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My record 55-64; 5th; 5 games behind Minnesota and Texas
Real Life: 66-52; 2nd; 1.5 games behind California
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