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Posted: Thursday October 27, 2005 12:43AM; Updated: Thursday October 27, 2005 1:52AM
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Game 4: White Sox 1, Astros 0
Starting Lineup
Scott Podsednik, LF
1-3, 3B
It's fun watching him turn on the afterburners.B
Tadahito Iguchi, 2B
0-3
He didn't do much all Series. Didn't need to apparently.C
Jermaine Dye, RF
3-4, 1 RBI
Nobody had more quality at-bats this Series.A
Paul Konerko, 1B
0-4
Now the drama begins: Will the free agent return?C
A.J. Pierzynski, C
1-4, 2B
At least he doesn't have to hear about what a cancer he is this offseason.B
Aaron Rowand, CF
1-4
Poor baserunning on his part to get deked into slowing down on Crede's seventh-inning double. Rowand might have been able to score if he'd run hard the entire way.C
Joe Crede, 3B
1-4, 2B
Another solid all-around game.B
Juan Uribe, SS
0-4
Forget what he did at the plate. That running catch into the stands for the second out of the ninth inning was a thing of beauty, as was the final out. If that were Derek Jeter making those plays, Tim McCarver would have spontaneously combusted.A
Freddy Garcia, RHP
Win, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 7 K
All you have to know about the Chicago pitching staff is that this guy is their No. 4 starter this postseason. Yeah, they're stacked. Garcia allowed the leadoff man to reach in four of the first five innings. Considering how poorly the Astros hit with runners on base, that might have been his game plan.A
Bullpen
Save, 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB
Before the Series started I was shouting from the hills that these guys were as good as Houston's bunch. They proved me right.A
Bench
Willie Harris scored the game's only run after getting on base with a pinch-hit single off Lidge.A
Manager
Ozzie Guillen
He knew better than to bring Jenks into the eighth inning. He had the guys he wanted on the mound for the most critical outs of the game -- Neal Cotts and Cliff Politte.A
Starting Lineup
Craig Biggio, 2B
1-4
He finally got to play in a World Series. Wasn't that fun?C
Willy Taveras, CF
1-2, SB, Sac
I understand that smallball is all the rage, but why bunt with your fastest player when a double play is unlikely?C
Lance Berkman, LF
0-1, 3 BB
With Ensberg slumping, why give Berkman anything to hit?A
Morgan Ensberg, 3B
0-4
Who gets the goat horns, Ensberg for channeling A-Rod or Lidge for losing two games?F
Mike Lamb, 1B
1-2, 2B, BB
The fact that he bats fifth is all you need to know about this lineup.B
Jason Lane, RF
1-4
The Astros gave him a shot this year and he delivered.C
Brad Ausmus, C
1-3
How do you get thrown out at second on a hit-and-run play?B
Adam Everett, SS
0-3
Ended up at .067 for the Series. He's a good shortstop, but not that good.C
Brandon Backe, RHP
7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K
He kept the White Sox off balance with a steady diet of curveballs and sliders on the edges of the plate. The only thing he didn't do is provide his own offense.A
Bullpen
Loss, 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Lidge left two pitches over the plate and both resulted in hits -- by Harris and Dye. That was the difference in the game.C
Bench
Chris Burke got a cookie on a 2-0 count from Jenks ... and didn't swing. That sums up the Series for Houston.D
Manager
Phil Garner
Bringing in Lidge for the eighth was the right move. It was a desperate moment and Garner had to manage with desperation. It just didn't work out. At least somebody got Garner the memo that Lamb vs. Cotts is not a good matchup for Houston; Jose Vizcaino pinch-hit for Lamb in the eighth and grounded out.B
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