Dodger Disappointment

For whatever reason, Robin Ventura removed Jose Quintana from Sunday's White Sox loss to the Dodgers. With just 77 pitches thrown, it made more sense to just leave him in there. I believe in sticking with the known quantity; that every day brings a different version of each reliever. You just don't know which Matt Thornton or Addison Reed will show up on any given day. That's why if a Jose Quintana is rolling along with a low pitch count and no signs of fatigue, you need to stick with what you know, and what you know is that you've got Quintana at his best.

That being said, Quintana posted a really odd statline: gamescore of 78, pitch count of 77.

Of all White Sox starts 1918 to current, only one other Sox starter has had a game score of 75+ with a higher gamescore than pitch count.

Jack McDowell 7/14/1991 - pitches: 83, gamescore: 84.

That aside, it would have been particularly cool if Quintana would have finished off the 1-0 win in 9 innings.

The previous White Sox CG SHO against the Dodgers had been exactly 7 years ago to the day - Mark Buehrle had the last 6/17/2005.

And the previous White Sox 9-inning CG with fewer than 90 pitches was Bartolo Colon 6/7/2003... at Dodger Stadium against the Dodgers.

And I was excited about those notes, so I was particularly annoyed when Reed took the mound. Just a whole lot of bad that I care not to relive.