The Indians did their scoring early against Mark Buehrle, with Coco Crisp
launching a three-run blast in the top of the second. After two more hits in
that inning, ChiSox pitchers held
Cleveland
to just three hits the rest of the night. CC Sabathia pitched well for the
Tribe, yielding single tallies in each of his last two innings before giving
way to former White Sock Bobby Howry for the eighth and Bob Wickman for the
ninth. Wickman walked Paul Konerko with one out in the ninth, and after Carl
Everett flied out, pinch runner Willie Harris swiped second. On a 1-2 count,
Joe Borchard grounded towards second, reaching safely, but Harris made for the
plate and was cut down by Ronnie Belliard to end the ballgame. At this stage in
the season, it was a moderately important game as both the Indians and the
White Sox ended the night six back of the Twins in the divison and 5.5 back of
the Rangers in the wildcard. Real contention for both clubs would wait until
the next season.
The note indicates this was Roberto Alomar’s first game as a White Sox,
appropriately against the Indians with whom he spent three outstanding seasons.
I used to try to make note of such events as team debuts on my scoresheets, but
gave it up a decade or so ago--uninteresting most cases and perilous to rely on
broadcasters for accurate information. I now limit such notes to especially
notable events and MLB debuts.
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