Slaying the Elephant

It's always good to pick up a win in Oakland's house of horrors, and it was doubly special to do so with good pitching from Jose Contreras. Jose bounced back nicely after his opening day debacle. He had good movement on his fastball and good command of his forkball most of the night.

What happened to Scott Podsednik? Pods had a double and a homerun to go along with a stolen base tonight. It isn't often that Pods goes yard, and it was hilarious watching him sprint around the bases. He must not have realized that he hit it out.

Chalk one up for Kenny Williams and Ozzie ball. Darrin Erstad had a sacrifice bunt in the seventh innning which led to a two run White Sox rally. So much for the money ball notion that you don't waste outs.

Tomorrow, Jon Garland goes up against Chad Gaudin. Garland is looking to bounce back from a poor first outing like Contreras did. The Sox always have trouble winning out west, and hopefully, the momentum gained from tonight's game will be what they need to take a 2-0 advantage in the series.