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MLB: Chi. W. Sox 6, Detroit 4 (11 inn.)

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 02:15 by Prince damin

Detorit -- Mark Kotsay tripled in two runs in the 11th inning Thursday, giving the Chicago White Sox a 6-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Detroit's Ryan Raburn had forced extra innings with a two-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth.

But Brent Lillibridge and Andruw Jones reached on one-out singles in the White Sox 11th. Kotsay followed with his first triple since 2008, chasing home the winning runs and making Jose Valverde (1-3), who gave up all three hits, the loser.

Sergio Santos (1-0) picked up his first major-league win with two innings of one-hit relief.

MLB: Chi. White Sox 8, Detroit 4

Mon, 09/28/2009 - 11:19 by shalini.bahadur

Chicago, Sept. 27: Carlos Quentin's three-run homer Sunday lifted the Chicago White Sox to an 8-4 win over Detroit.
His 19th homer this season capped a four-run outburst with two outs in the bottom of the eighth shortly after Mark Kotsay's RBI single.
Gordon Beckham and Scott Podsednik had two hits and one RBI apiece, while Jermaine Dye added an RBI single for the White Sox, who won twice in the three-game series.

Winner Daniel Hudson (1-1) gave up two runs and three hits in six innings.
Reliever Matt Thornton earned his third save.

Detroit's Curtis Granderson had three hits, including a solo homer.

Ramon Santiago, Carlos Guillen and Ryan Raburn also had one RBI each with Santiago getting two of the seven hits for the Tigers, who maintained their two-game lead over Minnesota in the AL Central.

The losing pitcher was starter Edwin Jackson (13-8).

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 3

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 12:04 by shalini.bahadur

Seattle, Sept. 16: Mark Kotsay and A.J. Pierzynski had two RBI apiece Tuesday to lead the Chicago White Sox past the Seattle Mariners 6-3.

Pierzynski singled in the eventual winning run in the seventh inning and Paul Konerko added another RBI single to make it 5-3.

Freddy Garcia (2-2) got the win with three runs on seven hits and a walk in six innings. Bobby Jenks picked up his 29th save.

Ken Griffey Jr. had a solo home run for the Mariners, who have lost seven of their last nine. Shawn Kelly (4-3) took the loss in relief of Ian Snell, who lasted six innings and gave up two runs on five hits.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Oakland 11, Chicago White Sox 3

Wed, 09/09/2009 - 11:13 by preet_20

Chicago, Sept. 8 Jack Cust hit a three-run homer in a five-run first inning Tuesday to boost the Oakland Athletics to an 11-3 thrashing of the Chicago White Sox.

Ryan Sweeney was 4-for-6 with three runs scored and two RBI. Scott Hairston and Kurt Suzuki each had two RBI, Rajai Davis had three hits, three runs and an RBI, and Mark Ellis added a solo homer for Oakland.

Brett Tomko (4-3) got the win after allowing three runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Carlos Torres (1-1), coming off his first big league win in his previous start, didn't make it out of the first inning after surrendering five runs on four hits.

Paul Konerko and Mark Kotsay each homered for Chicago.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Chi. White Sox 12, Boston 2

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:16 by preet_20

Chicago, Sept. 5: Mark Kotsay's two-run homer in the second inning ignited a 20-hit assault Friday that sent the Chicago White Sox coasting past Boston 12-2.

Kotsay and Alexei Ramirez each had three RBI in Ozzie Guillen's 500th game as manager of the White Sox.

The one-sided loss left Boston with just a two-game lead over Texas in the American League wild-card race.

Chicago scored five times in both the third and fourth innings. Ramirez had a two-run single in the third and drove in another run with a base hit in the fourth.

Freddy Garcia (1-2), who got the win, gave up a run on seven hits in six innings.

Losing pitcher Paul Byrd (1-1) allowed seven runs on 10 hits in 2 1/3.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Minnesota 3, Chi. White Sox 2

Thu, 07/30/2009 - 10:27 by surajdogra

Minneapolis, July 29: Alexi Casilla singled in the deciding run in the sixth Wednesday, allowing Minnesota to finish off a series sweep with a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.

The Twins moved a game in front of Chicago for second place in the American League Central, two games behind division-leading Detroit. Minnesota has won 14 of its last 16 home games.

Brian Duensing got the start for Minnesota after Francisco Liriano was a late scratch with swelling in his pitching forearm. Duensing allowed two runs on three hits over five innings, but the win went to Jesse Crain (3-4) after he threw two scoreless frames.