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Game 128: August 24, 2007 Red Sox 11 W: Josh Beckett (16-5)H: Javier Lopez (10)H: Hideki Okajima (24) 77-51, 1 game winning streak26-11-5 series record White Sox 3 L: Jon Garland (8-10) 56-71, 2 game losing streak16-21-3 series record Highlights: Beckett racked up another win, a statistic impressive when reeling out Cy Young criteria but one that belies the fact that this was not one of his better games. The batters picked up their starter by combining for 15 hits, three doubles, and one home run. All the more surprising is that Beckett’s sub-par outing came against one of the worst teams in baseball. Two seasons removed from their championship the White Sox have plummeted to last place in the AL Central. Who would have thought a club that so recently won it all would be vying for last place with the lowly Royals? Even more than Red Sox fans, the adherents to South Siders are plagued with an inferiority complex. The source of their consternation is eleven miles to the north and not even in the same league (literally and figuratively, at least this year) as them. The White Sox were never redolent in the romance that swathes...
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