The White Sox jumped all over the Cubs on Friday afternoon and never looked back en route to a 10-5 win at Wrigley Field in the year’s first meeting between the crosstown rivals. Randy Wells struggled once again allowing five runs in five innings of work. Jake Peavy took the mound for the Sox and looked like vintage Jake Peavy. He has not had the same success in Chicago yet as he did in San Diego, but that start yesterday was awfully close to the old Jake Peavy.
Now it is time for some more offensive fun facts: runners in scoring position edition! The Cubs went 1-8 with RISP yesterday and are now 4-27 over their last four games. This issue has plagued the team all season and it is not going away. The players have expressed their frustration with the lack of clutch hits and it really has been the story of the season thus far.
Lou Piniella is continuing to take heat for not giving OF Tyler Colvin more playing time. I have come out and said numerous times that he needs to be playing more because every time he is in the lineup, good things happen. Well, yesterday White Sox announcer Steve Stone came out with some negative comments about Piniella’s use of Tyler Colvin. Stone basically said that Colvin should be playing more and that Piniella does not know how to handle his young players. In this situation I tend to agree with Steve Stone. While the Cubs have a surplus of quality outfielders, you still have to put the best players in the game. He is taking the experience of Soriano, Byrd, and Fukudome over the production of Colvin. Fukudome is on the same track that he was on last season when he started out red hot, before fading and eventually leveling off. His average right now is down to .278 with very little to show for in terms of production. At this point, it is hard to justify Colvin’s lack of playing time.
