White Sox Crush Pilgrims in 7 Innings (5/31/01)

The bad news was the Chicago White Sox beat the daylights out of the Boston Pilgrims in today's game. The silver lining was the tortue only lasted 7 innings. John Skopec of Chicago allowed 5 runs through 7 innings but Ted Lewis (4-3, 5.16 ERA) was rocked for 11 hits and 10 runs before the game was called on account of darkness. Buck Freeman, Charlie Hemphill and Chick Stahl all had 2 hits with Freeman driving in 2 runs, but it wasn't enough. The White Sox crushed the Pilgrims 10-5 at South Side Park.

                                                      John Adams hates bad pitching

Jackass of The Night is Ted Lewis. He got hammered for 11 hits and 10 runs to take the loss.

                                                               Jackass Lewis

The Good:

Charlie Hemphill was 2 for 4.

Chick Stahl was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored.

Jimmy Collins was 1 for 3 with an rbi, walk amd a run scored.

Buck Freeman was 2 for 2 with 2 rbis, 2 walks and 2 runs scored.

Freddy Parent was 1 for 2 with 2 walks and an rbi.

The Bad:

Tommy Dowd was 0 for 5.

The Ugly:

Hobe Ferris was 0 for 3 but walked.

Ossee Schrecongost was 0 for 3 but walked.

Final Thoughts:

The distance between the White Sox and the Pilgrims is appalling. The Pilgrims just don't have the pitching to match the White Sox. Ted Lewis, Win Kellum, etc isn't going to get it done. Cyclone Young can't pitch every day and be effective. The Pilgrims are going to have to start finding anyone they can to throw the ball better than what they have or they're not going to win many games going forward. The offense was pretty good in this one but allowing 10 runs isn't going to cut it. The White Sox are damn good, the Pilgrims have a lot of work to do. The loss dropped the Pilgrims to 11-14, 9 games behind the White Sox for first place in the American League. The Sox look to avoid a four game sweep tomorrow afternoon against the White Sox when Fred Mitchell goes for Boston against Zaza Harvey of Chicago. The game begins at 2:05 PM at South Side Park.