The White Sox (24-28) probably thought they were on their way to stealing a series from the contending Red Sox and taking two out of a three-game set in which they sent out two injury replacement starters and their ace was shelled. But in a game otherwise devoid of offense, a tightly held 1-0 lead under the stewardship of Mike Pelfrey blew up when Rick Renteria had the temerity to send out one of the best relievers in baseball this year, Anthony Swarzak, to hold it.
“Got into the game today with our game plan already set up,” Renteria said, “[Pelfrey] was going to give us five, hold them there and then we were going to hand it over to the bullpen, basically.