The Morning After: Sox Power Past Rangers

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 4, 2010 3:20PM

The Sox used the long ball to score all the runs they needed to edge the Rangers 4-3, avoiding a sweep in the series finale. Andruw Jones smacked a solo homer in the second to put the Sox up 1-0 but the Rangers would score three runs - one in each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings - off of starter Freddy Garcia to take the 3-1 lead. An Alex Rios homer in the bottom of the sixth would cut the lead to 3-2, but it was Carlos Quentin who would play the hero. Quentin, who made an error in the fourth inning which led to the first Rangers run, belted a two-run shot in the bottom of the seventh to put the Sox up for good. Garcia went seven innings and earned the win while Matt Thornton held in the eighth and Bobby Jenks pitched a scoreless ninth for the save. Ozzie was happy with the pitching staff performance, saying, "I think if we take the lead and we've got the right guys out of the bullpen doing it ... six, seven innings for the White Sox starters [is great for us], because I know the bullpen is going to be pretty good if we do that." The Sox are now 23-30 on the year, 7.5 games back of division-leading Minnesota. The homestand at The Cell continues tonight when the Sox welcome the rival Cleveland Indians to town (7:10 p.m., CSN).

After two days off, the Cubs are back in action, visiting the Houston Astros (7:05 p.m., WGN).

And don't forget: Blackhawks vs Flyers, Game Four, is tonight (TV: Versus, Radio: WGN 720 AM).