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Konerko's Error in 8th Leads to Royals Come Back



Paul Konerko dropped Alexei Ramirez's throw from second base that would have completed a double play in the bottom of the eighth inning Thursday night against the Royals. After Konerko's error, things just fell apart. Mike Aviles doubled to score DeJesus. Then Jose Guillen doubled to score Aviles to take the lead 2-1. Then Mark Teahen came up and ripped the ball to right-center field. The entire relay home just seemed to be in slow motion. Swisher lobbed the ball back in to Ramirez at second. Alexei then fumbled the ball and Teahen broke for home. Ramirez's throw was to the right of home. A.J. grabbed it and dove home to tag Teahen but was just a hair late. The play was very close. If Ramirez's throw was on target, Teahen would have been gone. But even if Teahen was tagged out, the Sox would have still been down 3-1.

Mark Buehrle pitched an outstanding game but received the loss. Buehrle went 7 1/3 innings giving up two runs, both unearned, six hits and had a season high eight strikeouts.

It was a definitely a tough one to swallow. The previous two games, Ozzie put in Brian Anderson late in the games to play defense in center field and then moving Swisher over to first base. He did not do that last night and it cost the Sox. Konerko can hold his ground over at first, but I would much rather have Swisher at first than in center field. And Brian Anderson is the Sox best defensive outfielder. Hopefully Ozzie goes back to that strategy the rest of the season.