White Sox wrap 84-win season with 4-2 home win over Rockies

The Rockies managed to strike first in Game 162, manufacturing a run via a couple base hits and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Connor Norby against Sox starter Anthony Kay with one out in the third inning. But that was almost all the Rockies managed, and it wasn't a lead that lasted long. Kay remained solid for five innings, with nothing more than the one run allowed. When the Sox put up four runs in their half of the fourth courtesy of two-run ding-dongs from Randal Grichuk and Brenton Doyle , Colorado ceased to put up anything resembling a fight.

Sean Newcomb threw two-thirds of an inning of relief to get him to the 90-inning threshold on the season, a gesture of goodwill that will get him an extra $100,000 on top of his base salary. A memo of reprimand from owner Jerry Reinsdorf probably reached Will Venable in the dugout before game's end. Trevor Richards did what he does best and saved the bullpen, eating 3 1/3 innings to close things out with just a solo home run allowed to Cole Carrigg. The regular season was thus brought to conclusion with little fanfare in the big picture but to a thunderous, well-deserved round of applause from a 30,000-strong crowd at Rate Field.

Now that we've talked about the game for the obligated amount of time, let's look at some interesting numbers, now that the season is officially in the books.