blast from past

When Freddy Garcia went seven innings to beat Washington on Sunday, the former Jackson Generals right-hander improved to a remarkable 21-8 in interleague games, one of the best such records since the leagues began battling each other. Not to be overlooked is the fact that Garcia is 8-3 with five straight wins this year for a suddenly resurgent Chicago White Sox club. Garcia, famously traded along with fellow Gens Carlos Guillen and John Halama from Houston to Seattle in 1998 for Randy Johnson, looked to be finished in April of 2009 when he was released by the New York Mets. But the White Sox picked him up last summer, and his surgically repaired shoulder seems to be functioning fine now. Garcia, one of the many Venezuelans recruited by Houston in ’90s, ranks as one of the best pitchers the Astros produced during their Jackson years. And he’s adding on to his resume.