Back to .500

4, 6 of 7, 10 of 13, 25-25. Those are the big numbers at the moment for the White Sox, as they defeated the visiting Oakland Athletics tonight 6-2.

Gavin Floyd had another fantastic outing, holding the A's to the 2 runs on 4 hits, along with 8 strike outs, and 3 walks. It appears that Floyd has found his stride after struggling for much of the season thus far. Starts like these are obviously what the team needs, as the next guy hits the bump the next day and does the same thing and the assembly line just keeps going. Oh, and way to K Orlando Cabrera with bases juiced in the 7th, Gavin. Reminds me of last year -- the bad parts of last year.

Couple that with an amazing catch by DeWayne Wise, robbing Jack Cust of a potential homer. Not sure if the ball does go out, but that catch saves the game at that point because the Sox hadn't been able to muster anything past 2 runs of their own.

In the 8th, the Sox's bats came alive, as Jim Thome (yes, you read that right) jacked a 3-run home run to left field. They added another run after Jayson Nix walked with bases loaded later in the inning. The offense is interesting at this point. They've gone from flat-out awful to decent during the run, but they still have some games where they get all their runs in one inning. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but balance is preferred.

But hey, they are back to .500, have 10 more games to go on this extended homestand, and are playing their best ball of 2009. If they keep it up they will be in great position to overtake first place.