Crosstown Classic Game 2

In stark contrast to yesterday's slugfest, Saturday's 2-1 Sox win was a pitching duel. Carlos Silva came up with the short end of the stick, taking his first loss of the season to move to 8-1. Going into Saturday's game, Silva was one of only three undefeated pitchers who made at least 12 starts.
Silva went 7 innings, giving up 2 ER and striking out six. Paul Konerko singled both Sox runs in.
Silva found himself in trouble in the first inning after giving up a one out single to Alexei Ramirez. Alex Rios followed with a single, and Konerko followed with another single to score Ramirez. After striking out Carlos Quentin, Silva hit A.J. Pierzynski to load the bases. He got out of the inning with a Gordon Beckham groundout.
Silva cruised through the next five innnings, but ran into trouble in the 7th by giving up a leadoff walk to Juan Pierre. Pierre then stole second by avoiding Castro's tag. After striking out Ramirez and getting Rios to groundout to third, it appeared that Silva would be able to get out of the inning. That wasn't the case, as Konerko was able to knock in his second run with a ball to right center that Xavier Nady couldn't get to.
Mark Buehrle threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings en route to his fourth win of the season. Buehrle got into a few jams during the course of the game, but always seemed to come up with a big strikeout to bail himself out. Buehrle struck out seven in the game.

The Cubs scored their lone run in the 9th off closer Bobby Jenks. Geovany Soto walked and advanced to second on a Kosuke Fukodome groundout. Ryan Theriot singled to right center to score Soto.
The Cubs had plenty of chances, but were 1-10 with RISP. Marlon Byrd was the Cubs lone bright spot offensively, going 3-4 with a double. Byrd extended his hit streak to nine games.
The Cubs will try to avoid the sweep Sunday night as Ted Lilly (1-5, 3.28 ERA) faces off against Gavin Floyd (2-6, 6.18 ERA).