GAME THREAD: AL: KANSAS CITY (67-89) at CHI WHITE SOX (68-88)

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

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KANSAS CITY (9) AT CHI WHITE SOX (5) - EVENT LOG
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Kansas City Starting Lineups -- J Gathright CF, M Grudzielanek 2B, M Teahen RF,
M Sweeney DH, R Gload 1B, A Gordon 3B, E Brown LF, J LaRue C, T Pena Jr SS,
B Bannister RHP.

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

Umpires -- Mark Carlson (HP), Angel Hernandez (1B), Derryl Cousins (2B),
Ted Barrett (3B).

Gametime Weather: 73 degrees, Overcast, wind left to right at 5 mph.


KANSAS CITY 1ST: J Gathright doubled to left. M Grudzielanek grounded out
to second, J Gathright to third. M Teahen safe at third on throwing error by
pitcher J Contreras, J Gathright scored. M Sweeney grounded out to pitcher.
R Gload hit by pitch. A Gordon grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens struck out swinging. J Fields walked. J Thome
hit by pitch, J Fields to second. J Fields to third, J Thome to second on wild
pitch by B Bannister. P Konerko hit a ground rule double to deep center,
J Fields and J Thome scored. J Dye flied out to right. A Pierzynski doubled to
left, P Konerko scored. S Podsednik tripled to deep right center, A Pierzynski
scored. J Uribe reached on infield single to shortstop, S Podsednik scored.
R Braun relieved B Bannister. J Uribe caught stealing second, catcher to
shortstop.(5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: E Brown struck out swinging. J LaRue grounded out to
first. T Pena Jr singled to right. J Gathright grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: D Richar popped out to shortstop. J Owens grounded out
to third. J Fields walked. J Thome struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: M Grudzielanek flied out to left. M Teahen grounded out
to first. M Sweeney flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: P Konerko grounded out to third. J Dye singled to
center. A Pierzynski struck out swinging. S Podsednik flied out to left.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: R Gload flied out to right. A Gordon grounded out to
first. E Brown grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Uribe grounded out to shortstop. D Richar flied out
to left. J Owens singled to center. J Owens stole second, J Owens safe at
third on throwing error by catcher J LaRue. J Fields walked. J Thome grounded
out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: J LaRue grounded out to shortstop. T Pena Jr homered to
left. J Gathright struck out swinging. M Grudzielanek grounded out to
pitcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: B Duckworth relieved R Braun. P Konerko struck out
swinging. J Dye flied out to left. A Pierzynski grounded out to second.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: M Teahen flied out to left. M Sweeney walked. R Gload
flied out to center. A Gordon grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: S Podsednik lined out to center. J Uribe grounded out
to pitcher. D Richar grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: E Brown singled to center. S Costa hit for J LaRue.
E Brown to second on wild pitch by J Contreras. S Costa struck out swinging.
T Pena Jr doubled to deep right, E Brown scored. J Gathright singled to left,
T Pena Jr scored on error by left fielder S Podsednik. E Wassermann relieved
J Contreras. M Grudzielanek reached on infield single to third, J Gathright to
second. M Myers relieved E Wassermann. M Teahen singled to center, J Gathright
scored, M Grudzielanek to second. M Sweeney singled to right, M Grudzielanek
to third, M Teahen to second. R Gload hit sacrifice fly to left, M Grudzielanek
scored. A Gordon struck out swinging. (4 Runs, 6 Hits, 1 Error) KANSAS CITY 6,
CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: J Buck catching. J Gobble relieved B Duckworth. J Owens
struck out swinging. J Fields popped out to shortstop. J Thome struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 6, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: M MacDougal relieved M Myers. E Brown singled to center.
E Brown stole second. J Buck struck out swinging. T Pena Jr doubled to deep
left, E Brown scored. J Gathright grounded out to shortstop, T Pena Jr to
third. T Pena Jr scored on M MacDougal's wild pitch. M Grudzielanek grounded
out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 8, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: J Peralta relieved J Gobble. P Konerko singled to left.
J Dye fouled out to left. J Bale relieved J Peralta. A Pierzynski singled to
deep right, P Konerko to third, A Pierzynski out stretching at second.
S Podsednik struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 8,
CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: B Logan relieved M MacDougal. M Teahen reached on bunt
single to pitcher. M Teahen stole second. M Sweeney struck out swinging,
M Teahen stole third. R Gload hit sacrifice fly to left, M Teahen scored.
A Gordon struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 9,
CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: J Soria relieved J Bale. J Uribe flied out to left.
D Richar walked. J Owens grounded into double play, second to shortstop to
first, D Richar out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 9,
CHI WHITE SOX 5.</div>

 

Pena sparks seventh-inning rally as Royals beat White Sox

<h3>KANSAS CITY 9, CHI WHITE SOX 5</h3>By Robert Czajkowskyj
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Tony Pena Jr.went 4-for-4 and homered tohelp the Kansas City Royals rally past the Chicago White Sox,9-5, in the opener of a three-game series on Tuesday.

Kansas City trailed, 5-2, in the seventh inning before itsoffense started chopping away against Chicago starter JoseContreras.


Pena, who homered in the sixth, hit an RBI double. The youngshortstop scored on a single by Joey Gathright and a subsequentfielding error by left fielder Scott Podsednik, chasingContreras, who gave up five runs and six hits with threestrikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.


Rookie reliever Ehren Wassermann (0-1) entered and yielded asingle to Mark Grudzielanek. Wasserman exited and Mark Teahangreeted Mike Myers with an RBI single to tie the game at 5-5,and Ross Gload hit a sacrifice fly for the go-ahead run.

An inning later, Pena doubled again to score Emil Brown and camearound one out later on Mike MacDougal's wild pitch to give theRoyals an 8-5 bulge.


Kansas City's Brandon Duckworth (3-5) tossed two scorelessframes for the win.


Paul Konerko hit a two-run double, and A.J. Pierzynski,Podsednik and Juan Uribe added RBI singles during a five-runfirst against Kansas City starter Brian Bannister, who lastedjust two-thirds of an inning.

 

Pena sparks seventh-inning rally as Royals beat White Sox

<h3>KANSAS CITY 9, CHI WHITE SOX 5</h3>By Robert Czajkowskyj
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


CHICAGO (Ticker) - Tony Pena Jr. went 4-for-4 and homered tohelp the Kansas City Royals rally past the Chicago White Sox,9-5, in the opener of a three-game series on Tuesday.

Kansas City trailed, 5-2, in the seventh inning before itsoffense started chopping away against Chicago starter JoseContreras.


"Usually we don't have enough fire power to come back from adeficit like this," Kansas City manager Buddy Bell said. "Webattle every night. It is nice to get rewarded. We had greatdefense."


Pena, who homered in the sixth, hit an RBI double. The youngshortstop scored on a single by Joey Gathright and a subsequentfielding error by left fielder Scott Podsednik.


"I'll take the hits you don't want to try too much, just let thethings happen," Pena said.


Gathright's hit chased Contreras, who gave up five runs and sixhits with three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.


Rookie reliever Ehren Wassermann (0-1) entered and yielded asingle to Mark Grudzielanek. Wasserman exited and Mark Teahengreeted Mike Myers with an RBI single to tie the game at 5-5,and Ross Gload hit a sacrifice fly for the go-ahead run.

An inning later, Pena doubled again to score Emil Brown and camearound one out later on Mike MacDougal's wild pitch to give theRoyals an 8-5 bulge.


Kansas City 's Brandon Duckworth (3-5) tossed two scorelessframes for the win.


Paul Konerko hit a two-run double, and A.J. Pierzynski,Podsednik and Juan Uribe added RBI singles during a five-runfirst against Kansas City starter Brian Bannister, who lastedjust two-thirds of an inning.


"A Hall of Fame pitcher told me last year that to be successfulat this level you have to pitch like you don't care, becausepitching is so tough that if you add anything extra to it, itbecomes impossible to be successful," Bannister said.