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great play but they won't over turn it.

sign of life from Baddoo.

FWIW, Beck reported that Skubal's MRI didn't show anything 'alarming'. Of course they said that about Mize initially.

Agree, Sox had put some good pitches in play. Matt is close - a little more inside/outside command and he can be a staple in the rotation. So where is the rotation going to finish the season? Manning, Rodriguez, Alexander, Hutchinson and ???

Yeah - velo still good at 85 pitches. Now the question is, do you set down a guy coming off all kinds of shoulder issues or do you push your luck for another inning?

That was perfect against Garcia- came inside just enough that time.

If I am Haase, I'm going to set up more inside/outside for Manning. He's still throwing too much in the middle but that's where Haase is giving him the target on most pitches.

yeah - working the corners tonight with Hunter is a crap shoot.

not, but that one was. And he even got the call, which given the Kzone tonight could easily have gone against Giolito on a pitch that close to the corner.

Shep and Morris amazed at how much hitting is going on. When the ump has a postage stamp K zone there's going to be a lot of hitting!

Wendelstedt *really* squeezing Manning. Costs another run

That was tip your hat AB. Giolito got him on a perfect pitch.

Last thing for Matt is be able to work in/out while staying in the zone. Too many pitches in the middle third even if he is managing to move them up and down.

Wendelstedt squeezing Manning

Good to see Manning's FB clocking in at >95 even if he's not K'ing enough guys to keep down a line-up like this. One step at a time.

that throw probably should have been cut off. And the idiot scorer gives Reyes an error. Fire them all. But no damage.

Manning getting blooped to death

opps. One too many FBs. I like that he meant to throw it off the plate 0-2 but still left it too close.

K on a fastball. Love to see that from any pitcher.

Wemdelstedts zone is a little offset from where the box is tonight. He gave Carpenter that one but called a ball wide to the on the other side a strike on a Tiger batter earlier.

RILEY!!!

Manning got out of that in pretty good shape all things considered, but Chicago has scored so that's probably ball game.

We'll see if McCarthy beats out McNamara. I think McNamara is steady, but he's not a championship caliber QB. McCarthy might be, if he is good enough to beat out McNamara cleanly. If not then he isn't and to me that puts a ceiling on the O.

They are not only a terrible team, they are snake bit to boot.

The Cabrera discussion doesn't exist in a vacuum. In theory there is a team trying to win games - or not. Unless they hire another totally incompetent GM, I think we can be pretty sure that he will be able to come up with a DH who will be far more productive than Cabrera (assuming there is no miracle forthcoming for the knee). At that point you have only one question - are you trying to win games or not? The only way a one-legged Cabrera should be in the line-up next season is if a new GM comes in committed to another tank job.