The White Sox are in the middle of an 11-game, 10-day road trip. Robin Ventura's best two hitters are battling nagging injuries, and he's had to use his three best relievers an awful lot.
The last thing he needed was an 11-inning game.
Yet even though the game required Tyler Flowers to play first base, and later Adam LaRoche, resulting in the loss of their DH ... and even though Avisail Garcia was unavailable for a fifth straight game ... and even though Ventura avoided using David Robertson, Zach Duke or Jake Petricka until the very last inning .