GAME THREAD: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (66-86) at KANSAS CITY (65-86)

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Pierzynski hit for T Hall.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A Pierzynski (.260, 14 HR, 47 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - PITCHING CHANGE
KAN: JOAKIM SORIA (1-3, 2.53) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 3

DUE UP FOR CHWHITESOX: T HALL (.206, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Soria relieved Z Greinke.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: T Hall (.206, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 x 3 6 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CHA - JON GARLAND AND TOBY HALL

KAN - ZACK GREINKE, JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK

HOME RUNS: CHA - NONE

KAN - NONE</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 x 3 6 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CHA - JON GARLAND AND TOBY HALL

KAN - ZACK GREINKE, JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK


WP - ZACK GREINKE (7-6)
LP - JON GARLAND (9-13)
SAVE - JOAKIM SORIA (17)

HOME RUNS: CHA - NONE

KAN - NONE


TIME: 1:55 ATT: 10,264

PROBABLES: KAN - BILLY BUCKNER (1-1, 4.30)
DET - JAIR JURRJENS (3-1, 2.84)

PROBABLES: CHA - MARK BUEHRLE (9-9, 3.55)
MIN - JOHAN SANTANA (15-12, 3.14)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (0) VS KANSAS CITY (3) - FINAL

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .254
J Uribe ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .229
J Thome dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .271
P Konerko 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .262
J Dye rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
S Podsednik lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243
A Gonzalez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .188
D Richar 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237
T Hall c 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .206
a-A Pierzynski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259

Totals 28 0 2 0 0 11 5

a-fouled out to first for T Hall in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - J Owens (8, Z Greinke). S - J Uribe. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - P Konerko 1. Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Uribe-D Richar-P Konerko).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267
E German 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .266
R Gload 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
M Sweeney dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260
A Gordon 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .256
E Brown rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .255
J Gathright lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .309
J Buck c 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .230
T Pena Jr ss 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .259

Totals 26 3 6 3 0 4 6

BATTING: 2B - J Buck (18, J Garland); T Pena Jr (23, J Garland). SF - E German
, T Pena Jr. RBI - T Pena Jr 2 (43), E German (35). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Gathright 1. GIDP - J Buck. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: SB - E Brown (11, 2nd base off J Garland/T Hall). Picked Off - A
Gordon (1st base, J Garland).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 000 000 000 -- 0
KANSAS CITY - 000 002 01x -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland (L, 9-13) 8 6 3 3 0 4 0 4.42

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke (W, 7-6) 8 2 0 0 0 10 0 3.62
J Soria (S, 17) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.49

HBP - A Gordon (by J Garland). Pitches-strikes: J Garland 78-55; Z Greinke
101-75; J Soria 7-7. Ground balls-fly balls: J Garland 8-11; Z Greinke 6-8; J
Soria 1-1. Batters faced: J Garland 29; Z Greinke 26; J Soria 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Tom Hallion. 2B--Bruce Dreckman. 3B--James Hoye.

T--1:55. Att--10,264.
Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, right
to left.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
CHI WHITE SOX 0
KANSAS CITY 3 FINAL</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHI WHITE SOX (0) AT KANSAS CITY (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

KANSAS CITY 6TH: J Buck doubled to left. T Pena Jr doubled to right,
J Buck scored. D DeJesus grounded out to first, T Pena Jr to third. E German
hit sacrifice fly to right, T Pena Jr scored. R Gload lined out to pitcher.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: J Gathright singled to left. J Buck singled to center,
J Gathright to third. T Pena Jr hit sacrifice fly to center, J Gathright scored.
D DeJesus flied out to center. E German flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 3.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHI WHITE SOX (0) AT KANSAS CITY (3) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- J Owens CF, J Uribe SS, J Thome DH, P Konerko 1B,
J Dye RF, S Podsednik LF, A Gonzalez 3B, D Richar 2B, T Hall C, J Garland RHP.

Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, E German 2B, R Gload 1B,
M Sweeney DH, A Gordon 3B, E Brown RF, J Gathright LF, J Buck C, T Pena Jr SS,
Z Greinke RHP.

Umpires -- Phil Cuzzi (HP), Tom Hallion (1B), Bruce Dreckman (2B), James Hoye (3B).

Gametime Weather: 86 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 9 mph.


CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens struck out swinging. J Uribe grounded out to
pitcher. J Thome popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus struck out swinging. E German grounded out to
pitcher. R Gload flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
KANSAS CITY 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: P Konerko fouled out to first. J Dye grounded out to
shortstop. S Podsednik struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: M Sweeney struck out swinging. A Gordon struck out
swinging. E Brown struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: A Gonzalez flied out to right. D Richar struck out
swinging. T Hall struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: J Gathright reached on bunt single to second. J Buck
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Gathright out
at second. T Pena Jr flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Owens doubled to deep left. J Uribe sacrificed to
catcher, J Owens to third. J Thome struck out looking. P Konerko struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: D DeJesus bunt grounded out to pitcher. E German grounded
out to shortstop. R Gload grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: J Dye popped out to shortstop. S Podsednik flied out
to left. A Gonzalez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: M Sweeney flied out to right. A Gordon lined out to
center. E Brown singled to right. E Brown stole second. J Gathright grounded
out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: D Richar grounded out to shortstop. T Hall grounded
out to first. J Owens lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: J Buck doubled to left. T Pena Jr doubled to right,
J Buck scored. D DeJesus grounded out to first, T Pena Jr to third. E German
hit sacrifice fly to right, T Pena Jr scored. R Gload lined out to pitcher.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: J Uribe singled to right. J Thome struck out swinging.
P Konerko struck out looking. J Dye grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, J Uribe out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: M Sweeney flied out to left. A Gordon hit by pitch.
E Brown flied out to left. A Gordon picked off first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: S Podsednik flied out to center. A Gonzalez struck
out swinging. D Richar lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: J Gathright singled to left. J Buck singled to center,
J Gathright to third. T Pena Jr hit sacrifice fly to center, J Gathright scored.
D DeJesus flied out to center. E German flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: J Soria relieved Z Greinke. A Pierzynski hit for T Hall.
A Pierzynski fouled out to first. J Owens struck out swinging. J Uribe
grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 3.</div>

 

Greinke, Royals shoutout White Sox

<h3>KANSAS CITY 3, CHI WHITE SOX 0</h3>

By Marc Bowman PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - Zack Greinke outdueled JonGarland as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox,3-0, on Thursday afternoon.


The righthander allowed just two hits over eight strong inningsas the Royals (66-86) climbed out of last place and ahead of theWhite Sox (66-87) in the American League Central Division.

Greinke (7-6) allowed only a fourth-inning double andseventh-inning single en route to just his third win as astarter this year. The 23-year-old did not walk a batter, wentto a three-ball count on just once and set a career high with 10strikeouts.


Greinke was in line for the first shutout of his career, butafter tossing 101 pitches through he gave way to reliever JoakimSoria, who pitched a perfect ninth for his 17th save.

The effort overshadowed a strong outing from Garland (9-13), wholimited the Royals to six hits and three runs in theeight-inning complete game. The righthander did not allow awalk and struck out four.


It was the third straight loss for the 27-year-old despite thefact that he's allowed just four earned runs in 23 inningsduring that span.


The Royals strung together just enough offense to win the game,which lasted just 1 hour, 55 minutes.


John Buck and Tony Pena led off the sixth inning withback-to-back doubles to plate the game's first run. Penaeventually scored on Esteban German's sacrifice fly and thenpadded the lead later in the game with a sacrifice fly of hisown in the eighth inning.

 

Greinke, Royals shutout White Sox

<h3>KANSAS CITY 3, CHI WHITE SOX 0</h3>By Marc Bowman
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - Zack Greinke outdueled JonGarland as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox,3-0, on Thursday afternoon.


The righthander allowed just two hits over eight strong inningsas the Royals (66-86) climbed out of last place and ahead of theWhite Sox (66-87) in the American League Central Division.

Greinke (7-6) allowed only a fourth-inning double andseventh-inning single en route to just his third win as astarter this year. The 23-year-old did not walk a batter, wentto a three-ball count on just once and set a career high with 10strikeouts.


Greinke was in line for the first shutout of his career, butafter tossing 101 pitches through he gave way to reliever JoakimSoria, who pitched a perfect ninth for his 17th save.

The effort overshadowed a strong outing from Garland (9-13), wholimited the Royals to six hits and three runs in theeight-inning complete game. The righthander did not allow awalk and struck out four.


It was the third straight loss for the 27-year-old despite thefact that he's allowed just four earned runs in 23 inningsduring that span.


The Royals strung together just enough offense to win the game,which lasted just 1 hour, 55 minutes.


John Buck and Tony Pena led off the sixth inning withback-to-back doubles to plate the game's first run. Penaeventually scored on Esteban German's sacrifice fly and thenpadded the lead later in the game with a sacrifice fly of hisown in the eighth inning.

 

Greinke, Royals shut out White Sox

<h3>KANSAS CITY 3, CHI WHITE SOX 0</h3>By Marc Bowman
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Zack Greinke outdueled JonGarland as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox,3-0, on Thursday afternoon.


The righthander allowed just two hits in eight strong innings asthe Royals (66-86) climbed out of last place and ahead of theWhite Sox (66-87) in the American League Central Division.

Greinke (7-6) yielded only a fourth-inning double and aseventh-inning single en route to just his third win as astarter this year. The 23-year-old did not walk a batter, wentto a three-ball count just once and set a career high with 10strikeouts.


"This is the reason we coach," Royals manager Buddy Bell said."When kids like Zack go through what he's been through, thencome out and show how they've figured things out, that's what wecoach for. That's the best. I couldn't be happier for him."

Royals catcher John Buck knew early that his batterymate was incommand.


"It didn't matter what I put down, it was in the strike zone orclose," he said. "Zack was pretty locked in and on the attackthe whole time. He changed speeds well with his breaking ball,the curveball, so not everything was hard. It was not allmaximum effort, and I think that saved his arm."


Greinke was in line for the first shutout of his career, butafter tossing 101 pitches, he gave way to reliever Joakim Soria,who pitched a perfect ninth for his 17th save.


"He could have gone the last inning," Bell said. "He wasthrowing 94, 95 (miles per hour) without any real effort. Butwe had predetermined that 100 (pitches) was the limit."

Jerry Owens - who doubled to lead off the fourth - was the onlyChicago batter to get past first base in the game. Owens wasstranded at third when Greinke struck out Jim Thome and PaulKonerko to end the inning.


"That was huge for us today," Buck said. "Getting Thome andKonerko was huge."


Greinke said his time in the bullpen helped prepare him fordifficult situations.


"That's one of the things I figured out a little when I was inthe bullpen, how to get out of jams," he said. "I learned notto try to do too much and to just trust your stuff. I reallyhad to bear down against Thome. He could have given them tworuns in a hurry."


Greinke's effort overshadowed a solid outing from Garland(9-13), who limited the Royals to three runs and six hits in theeight-inning complete game. The righthander did not issue awalk and struck out four.


"I was throwing everything for a strike," Garland said. "I'mnot very overpowering, but when I can throw all my pitches andkeep those guys off-balance, they couldn't sit on one pitch."

It was the third straight loss for the 27-year-old despite thefact he has allowed only four earned runs in 23 innings duringthat span.


The Royals strung together just enough offense to win the game,which lasted just 1 hour, 55 minutes.


Buck and Tony Pena opened the sixth inning with back-to-backdoubles to plate the game's first run. Pena later scored onEsteban German's sacrifice fly before padding the lead in theeighth with a sacrifice fly of his own.

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (0) VS KANSAS CITY (3) - FINAL

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .254
J Uribe ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .229
J Thome dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .271
P Konerko 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .262
J Dye rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
S Podsednik lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243
A Gonzalez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .188
D Richar 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237
T Hall c 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .206
a-A Pierzynski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259

Totals 28 0 2 0 0 11 5

a-fouled out to first for T Hall in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - J Owens (8, Z Greinke). S - J Uribe. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - P Konerko 1. Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Uribe-D Richar-P Konerko).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267
E German 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .266
R Gload 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
M Sweeney dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260
A Gordon 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .256
E Brown rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .255
J Gathright lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .309
J Buck c 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .230
T Pena Jr ss 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .259

Totals 26 3 6 3 0 4 6

BATTING: 2B - J Buck (18, J Garland); T Pena Jr (23, J Garland). SF - E German
, T Pena Jr. RBI - T Pena Jr 2 (43), E German (35). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Gathright 1. GIDP - J Buck. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: SB - E Brown (11, 2nd base off J Garland/T Hall). Picked Off - A
Gordon (1st base, J Garland).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 000 000 000 -- 0
KANSAS CITY - 000 002 01x -- 3
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland (L, 9-13) 8 6 3 3 0 4 0 4.42

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke (W, 7-6) 8 2 0 0 0 10 0 3.62
J Soria (S, 17) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.49

HBP - A Gordon (by J Garland). Pitches-strikes: J Garland 78-55; Z Greinke
101-75; J Soria 7-7. Ground balls-fly balls: J Garland 8-11; Z Greinke 6-8; J
Soria 1-1. Batters faced: J Garland 29; Z Greinke 26; J Soria 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Tom Hallion. 2B--Bruce Dreckman. 3B--James Hoye.

T--1:55. Att--10,264.
Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, right
to left.</div>