Home, sweet home. Says who?
Not the White Sox, that’s for sure.
The Cell has suddenly become very confining.
With Sunday’s 6-5 loss to Boston, the White Sox have lost 13 of their last 17 games at U.S. Cellular Field after losing only 17 of their first 47.
Thank goodness for the upcoming road trip to Detroit and Cleveland because the White Sox just finished a stretch of playing 13 of 16 games at home–and finished it with a 4-9 record. During those games, their batters hit only .256 their team was outscored 80-69.
However you look at it, it adds up to trouble for the Sox, who are now eight games behind Minnesota.
“This is do-or-die. It’s up to this road trip to see what we’re made of,” manager Ozzie Guillen said.
At least the White Sox made this one somewhat enjoyable for fans. And part of the reason was Paul Konerko, one of the few White Sox who actually likes The Cell.
Konerko hit his second homer in two games, bringing his season total to 31 (two behind Boston’s Manny Ramirez, the AL leader). Carlos Lee also hit a homer, but the White Sox managed only eight hits and Guillen was not happy, again.
“The thing about this club, we don’t execute,” Guillen said.
