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.
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Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:40 by shalini.bahadur
Chicago, Sept. 19: Miguel Olivo drove in a career-high six runs Friday with the help of a pair of two-run homers, carrying Kansas City to an 11-0 rout of the Chicago White Sox.
Luke Hochevar (7-10) coasted to his second complete game and the first shutout of his three-year major league career.
Olivo drew a bases-loaded walk in the third, hit his first two-run homer in the fourth, delivered a sacrifice fly in the seventh and homered again in the eighth. Kansas City pounded out 13 hits.
Hochevar allowed just three hits -- a lead-off single to Dewayne Wise in the third, an infield single to Scott Podsednik in the sixth and another infield single by Chris Getz in the eighth.
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Thu, 09/10/2009 - 11:18 by preet_20
Chicago, Sept. 10: A one-out double by A.J. Pierzynski drove in Alexei Ramirez from first in the 13th inning Wednesday, giving the Chicago White Sox a 4-3 win over Oakland.
The teams combined for 26 hits, but managed only two runs after the third inning.
Oakland tied it at 3-3 in the eighth on an RBI single by Kurt Suzuki and the relievers then battled on even terms until the White Sox struck against Edgar Gonzalez (0-2).
After Scott Podsednik grounded out to open the 13th, Ramirez singled to right. Pierzynski then hit the first offering from Gonzalez to center and Ramirez raced all the way around from first to score the winning run.
The White Sox, in third place in the American League Central, moved within 6 1/2 games of division-leading Detroit.
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Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:00 by Jaspreet Virk
Chicago, Aug. 18: Scott Podsednik drove in the winning run in the eighth inning Monday and the Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 8-7, despite blowing a three-run lead.
The White Sox were ahead 7-4 when the Royals' Mike Jacobs tied the score with a pinch-hit three-run home run in the top of the eighth. Alex Rios led off the home half of the eighth with a walk, took second on a sacrifice bunt by Alexei Ramirez and then scored the go-ahead run on Podsednik's one-out single.
Jayson Nix and A.J. Pierzynski each hit a two-run homer and Podsednik drove in a run with a double in the fourth for Chicago, which won for the third time in its last four games.
Mark Buehrle started for the White Sox, allowing four runs on nine hits in six innings.
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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.
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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.
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Fri, 07/31/2009 - 11:55 by preet_20
Chicago, July 31: Dewayne Wise singled home Scott Podsednik from second with two out in the ninth Thursday, lifting the Chicago White Sox past the New York Yankees 3-2.
New York tied the game in the top of the ninth, but Phil Hughes put the winning run on base and Phil Coke surrendered the decisive base hit.
The Yankees lost for only the third time in 14 contests since the All-Star break and saw their lead over Boston in the American League East reduced to three games.
Chicago starter Gavin Floyd allowed a run on four hits over 7 2/3 innings. Matt Thornton was then called on to protect a 2-1 lead, but he gave up a two-out homer in the ninth to Nick Swisher.
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Fri, 07/31/2009 - 09:54 by preet_20
Chicago, July 31: Dewayne Wise singled home Scott Podsednik from second with two out in the ninth Thursday, lifting the Chicago White Sox past the New York Yankees 3-2.
New York tied the game in the top of the ninth, but Phil Hughes put the winning run on base, and Phil Coke surrendered the decisive base hit.
The Yankees lost for only the third time in 14 contests since the All-Star break and saw their lead over Boston in the American League East reduced to three games.
Chicago starter Gavin Floyd allowed a run on four hits over 7 2/3 innings, after which Matt Thornton was called on to protect a 2-1 lead.
Thornton, however, gave up a two-out homer in the ninth to Nick Swisher.
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Thu, 07/23/2009 - 10:28 by surajdogra
Chicago, July 22: A triple by Alexei Ramirez keyed a three-run seventh inning Wednesday that brought the Chicago White Sox from behind to a 4-3 victory over Tampa Bay.
The White Sox moved to within a game of division-leading Detroit in the American League Central.
A solo homer by Pat Burrell in the fourth and a two-run shot by Gabe Gross in the sixth staked the Rays to a 3-1 lead, but Chicago erased its deficit in the seventh despite Tampa Bay sending five pitchers to the mound in the inning.
Starter James Shields retired the first two batters in the seventh, but walked Gordon Beckham and was relieved by Randy Choate.
Scott Podsednik greeted Choate with an infield single and both runners moved up on a throwing error by shortstop Jason Bartlett.
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Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:02 by surajdogra
Chicago, July 21: Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer Monday and the Chicago White Sox survived a shaky ninth inning to defeat Tampa Bay 4-3.
Chicago's Gavin Floyd (8-6) struck out seven in as many innings while allowing three hits -- all solo home runs.
Scott Podsednik was 3- for-3 with a walk and two runs scored for the White Sox.
David Price (3-4) gave up four runs on eight hits and is winless in nine career road appearances on the road, including six starts.
Carl Crawford, Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria all homered for the Rays, who suffered just their third loss in their last 10 games.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 14:01 by surajdogra
Chicago, July 18: Jim Thome hit a three-run homer in the fifth and a grand slam in the sixth Friday, allowing the Chicago White Sox to outslug Baltimore 12-8.
The teams combined for 27 hits, but the two biggest came from Thome. His seven RBI helped the White Sox move within 2 ½ games of division-leading Detroit in the American League Central.
Thome broke a 3-3 tie with his three-run shot off starter Jason Berken (1-7) after Scott Podsednik and Jermaine Dye had drawn walks.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:28 by preet_20
Minneapolis, July 12: Jim Thome's four RBI, three coming on a sixth-inning double, led the Chicago White Sox to an 8-7 win over the Minnesota Twins Saturday.
Thome's three-run double gave Chicago an 8-3 lead with two outs in the top of the sixth. Brian Anderson and Paul Konerko had two hits and two RBI apiece.
Scott Podsednik had one RBI while Gordon Beckham had three hits and also scored three times for the White Sox, who beat the Twins in Minneapolis for the first time this season.
The winner was starter Gavin Floyd (7-6). He went 7 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on eight hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.
Closer Bob Jenks earned his 20th save despite giving up two runs in the bottom of the ninth.
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