Let the Title Defense Begin...

[ISUMatt]

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[bobcatfan06]

Go TRIBE!!! (only because I think Ozzie Guillen is a pompous ass)

[*****]

Didn't the Cubs beat them? :)

[ISUMatt]

RBI Groundout by Podsednik, RBI single by Iguchi, Sac Fly for Konerko

White Sox 3
Indians 0
-top 4th

[ISUMatt]

RBI Double by VMart and a 2 run HR by Perez

White Sox 3
Indians 3
-Bottom 4th RAIN DELAY

[*****]

rain delay, great time for retrospectives... like last year:

Game 1
North Side
38,988 Sox 5, Cubs 1
* Freddie Garcia gives Cubs 5 hits one unearned run in 7 innings
* Sox score 4 off Maddux, including solo shot from Joe Crede
* Jermaine Dye homers in each game at Wrigley

Game 2
North Side
39,461 Sox 5, Cubs 3
* Zambrano gives up 1 hit in 7 innings, leaves with 1-0 lead
* 2 on in 8th, Patterson runs, dives for Konerko liner...
* Ball bounces off his glove, Sox score 2, add 2 more in frame

Game 3
North Side
39,334 Cubs 4, Sox 3
* Sox rookie makes big league debut against Cub Ace Mark Prior
* Sox up 2-1 in 6th, Ozzie flinches, yanks Brandon McCarthy
* Reliever Vizcaino goes on to give up 3-run HR to Jason Dubois

Game 4
South Side
39,610 Sox 12, Cubs 2
* Weather: Sizzling hot; ditto Garcia: 3 hits and 1 run in 7 frames
* Thomas homers in 1st, Pierzynski in 5th, Crede in 7th
* Cubs score on solo shots from Hollandsworth and Dubois

Game 5
South Side
39,241 Cubs 6, Sox 2
* Cub 1st: leadoff bunt, then HBP, WP, BB, and Ramirez slam
* Sox 2nd: back-to-back HRs from Everett and Dye & that's it
* Maddux and bullpen retire last 14 Sox batters in order

Game 6
South Side
39,143 Cubs 2, Sox 0
* Mark Prior comes off the Disabled List, gives Sox 1 hit
* Corey Patterson homers off Garland in the 6th
* Great relief from Williams and Dempster preserve win for Prior

[ISUMatt]

After a 3 hour rain delay...Jim Thome crushes his 1st WHite Sox HR

White Sox 6
Indians 3
-Top 5

[ISUMatt]

RBI single for Pierzynski, 2 RBI single for Brian Anderson

White Sox 9
Indians 3
-Bot 5th