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Thome HR lifts White Sox over Tigers 5-1 (AP)

 

Published 8/7/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News

John Danks was so good on Wednesday night, White Sox catcher Toby Hall decided to stop calling curveballs. Why torment the Tigers? "I just felt after the first inning that he had good command of his (other) three pitches and we decided to get rid of one," Hall said. Jim Thome hit a three-run homer and Danks worked efficiently into the seventh inning, helping the Chicago White Sox to a 5-1 victory... (link)

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