Sox off and running

Sox off and running

Posted by scotgreg on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 13:44

The White Sox host the Cleveland Indians today in Cactus League play. Here's the lineup:
Juan Pierre - LF
C.J. Retherford - 2B
Carlos Quentin - RF
Paul Konerko - 1B
Mark Kotsay - DH
Alex Rios - CF
Alexei Ramirez - SS
Mark Teahen - 3B
Ramon Castro - C
Freddy Garcia – P
A few notes:
*The Sox are third in the Cactus League with a 4.35 ERA through 7 games and 12 of the pitchers, including John Danks, Gavin Floyd, J.J. Putz and Tony Pena, have yet to allow a run.
*The White Sox are fifth in the Cactus League with 43 strikeouts. Carlos Torres leads the way with 5 in 4 innings.
*Adapting nicely to Ozzie's new offensive philosophy, the Sox top the CL with 12 stolen bases. Pierre, Kotsay and Andruw Jones lead the way with 2 steals each.
*After a week of exhibition games, five White Sox are batting above .400: Jayson Nix (.545), Cole Armstrong (.500), Kotsay (.500), Alejandro De Aza (.455) and Jared Mitchell (.444), who was sent to minor-league camp Wednesday.
Josh Fields led the Sox with a .391 batting average last spring, so don't read too much into spring stats.