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MLB: Chicago White Sox 5, LA Angels 4

Wed, 08/05/2009 - 10:18 by preet_20

Chicago, Aug. 5: Scott Podsednik's RBI single with two out in the ninth Tuesday gave the Chicago White Sox a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

Kevin Jepsen (3-3) struck out Carlos Quentin and got Chris Getz on a ground out but Jayson Nix doubled and Podsednik lined a single to center to drive in Nix with the winning run.

Matt Thornton (6-2) got the win after pitching 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief for the White Sox, who won for the fourth time in their last five games.

Gordon Beckham hit a solo homer and finished with two RBI, and Paul Konerko and Carlos Quentin each drove in a run for Chicago.

MLB: Chi. White Sox 10, N.Y. Yankees 5

Sat, 08/01/2009 - 10:14 by preet_20

Chicago, July 31: Chris Getz highlighted a four-run seventh with a two-run single Friday and the Chicago White Sox erased an early 3-0 deficit to down the New York Yankees 10-5.

Chicago beat the Yankees for the second straight night, shrinking New York's lead over Boston in the American League East to 1 ½ games.

Mark Teixeira doubled home two of the three New York runs in the first. The White Sox rallied for a 5-3 advantage through three innings and the Yankees came back to tie it in the fourth on Eric Hinske's two-run homer.

Chicago took the lead for good in the fifth on Carlos Quentin's RBI double off losing pitcher David Robertson (1-1) and broke the game open with the four runs in the seventh.