The Chicago White Sox have outrighted 25-year old lefty reliever Andy Sisco to AAA making him a free agent. Sisco missed the entire 2008 season as he was recovering from Tommy John Surgery. Sisco pitched in 19 games (0 starts) for the White Sox in 2007 and he was 0-1 with a 8.36 ERA and a 2.14 WHIP. Sisco has pitched 3 seasons in the majors covering 151 games (0 starts) in which he was 3-9 with 1 save, a 5.18 ERA and a 1.67 WHIP. Some team will take a chance on Sisco because he’s a lefty but the White Sox won’t lose any sleep over letting him go.

The Red Sox have claimed 28-year old righty reliever Dewon Day off waivers from the White Sox. The White Sox lost patience with Day who regressed big time in the minors in 2008. Day pitched in 35 games (13 starts) in AA+AAA ball this season and he was 1-9 with a 5.93 ERA and a 1.60 WHIP. Day didn’t earn a promotion this season to the show and you can see why based on his minor league stats in 2008. Day pitched in 13 games (0 starts) for the White Sox in 2007 and he was 0-1 with a 11.25 ERA and a 2.33 WHIP. The White Sox shouldn’t miss Day one bit as he’s not much of a pitcher.

The White Sox were in trouble from the very start in this game as Gavin Floyd had one of his worst starts of the season. He worked the first three innings last Monday allowing 5 hits, 4 earned runs, walked 2 batters and whiffed 4 as he was the losing pitcher. Paul Konerko had a solid game as he was 2 for 4 with a run scored, homer and RBI. Jermaine Dye also had a good game with the bat going 1 for 3 with a run scored, homer and RBI. The White Sox just couldn’t get much going with the bats in this game and their season ended because of that as the Rays won this series 3-1.

The White Sox staved off elimination yesterday as John Danks pitched a solid game. He worked the first 6.2 innings allowing 7 hits, 3 earned runs, walked 3 batters and whiffed 7. He was the winning pitcher. Octavio Dotel and Matt Thornton worked 1.1 shutout innings to set up Bobby Jenks for the save. Jenks worked a scoreless 9th inning to seal this win. Dewayne Wise had another huge game with the bat. Wise was 1 for 2 with a run scored, double, 2 RBIs and a stolen base. Ken Griffey Jr. and A.J. Pierzynski eached pitched in with 2 hits apiece yesterday. The White Sox are now down 2-1 to the Rays.

The White Sox scored 2 runs in the first inning and then the Rays’ pitchers got serious shutting out the Pale Hose for the next 8 frames. Jermaine Dye had a really solid game for the White Sox last night as he was 4 for 5. Orlando Cabrera also had a decent game going 2 for 4 with a run scored. Mark Buehrle was the starting and losing pitcher for the White Sox last night as he worked the first 7 innings of the game allowing 10 hits, 5 earned runs and striking out 3 batters. Octavio Dotel also had a rough time working 2/3 of an inning and allowing 1 hit, 1 earned run and whiffing 1 batter. The White Sox are now down 2-0 against the Rays in this series.