The Sox continued to struggle vs. AL Central opponents, going 6-8 thus far. This series was yet another missed opportunity after miss opportunity. With RISP the Sox went 6/28, a .214 average. The Sox won the first game 6-4 but dropped the final 2 by decisions of 4-2 and 7-3.
The starting pitching wasn’t perfect. Mark Buehrle earned the win in game 1 going 6 solid innings, the patented Mark Buehrle start lots of hits (10) low runs (3). Edwin Jackson looked rough early but regained his composure and turned in a decent start, allowing 2 ER in his 6 innings. The killer was Jake Peavy’s start, in the finale. Peavy was on cruise control through the first 3 but ended up only going 4 innings giving up 6 ER, all in the 4th.
The White Sox hitting, as a whole, left much to be desired. Carlos Quentin, despite going 9/36 in his previous 10, turned in a strong series going 3/7 with 3 RBI and a HR. Brent Morel also had an excellent series compiling a .545 batting average. The problems were the usual suspects; Adam Dunn, Alex Rios and Gordon Beckham all 3 were below the Mendoza line for the series.
| AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | |
| Adam Dunn | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.167 |
| Gordon Beckham | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.182 |
| Paul Konerko | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Brent Lillibridge | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.182 |
| Brent Morel | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.545 |
| Juan Pierre | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| AJ Pierzynski | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.154 |
| Carlos Quentin | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.429 |
| Alexei Ramirez | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.308 |
| Alex Rios | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.143 |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
| Buehrle(W, 5-4) | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.95 |
| Jackson, E | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Peavy(L, 2-1) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4.66 |
| 16 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6.19 | |
| Thornton(H, 6) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 |
| Santos(S, 10) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.29 |
| Sale | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Crain(L, 2-2) | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.16 |
| Ohman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 |
| Ohman | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.63 |
| Bruney | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Bruney(H, 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Thornton | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 |
| 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3.27 |
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