McCarthy spectacular in his debut

Brandon McCarthy did an incredible job of stepping to the plate, and going pitch for pitch with Chicago's former boy-wonder Mark Prior. Bmac ended up getting a no decesion after manager Ozzie Guillen made the move to go the pen in the 6th, ensuring Brandon no worse than a no decesion with his great outing. McCarthy went 5 1/3 innings, walking only one, and giving up just 3 hits, which led to one run being scored while he was in, and a second run scoring after he left the game. He also got 6 Ks in the game, many as a result of a nasty curveball which he didn't show off too much in Arizona during spring training. His fastball was crisp, but he stayed away from his change, only really using it to strikeout Derrick Lee.

All in all a memorable major league debut for Brandon.

The team note is that the Sox took two out of three from the Cubs giving them bragging rights on all accounts until at least June. The Sox also continue to have the best record in baseball at all of baseball at 32-13.