GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (25-26) at TORONTO (26-29)

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TORONTO

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (3) VS TORONTO (4) - FINAL

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250
T Iguchi 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .231
J Thome dh 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 .275
J Dye rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .228
P Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .218
A Pierzynski c 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .256
J Crede 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .221
R Mackowiak lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .233
J Uribe ss 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .212
a-A Cintron ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .226

Totals 31 3 5 3 5 10 12

a-struck out swinging for J Uribe in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - A Pierzynski (7, J Accardo). HR - R Mackowiak (3, 2nd inning off
S Marcum 0 on, 2 Out), J Thome (7, 3rd inning off S Marcum 1 on, 1 Out). RBI -
R Mackowiak (13), J Thome 2 (19). 2-out RBI - R Mackowiak. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - A Cintron 1, P Konerko 1, J Crede 1, T Iguchi 1. GIDP
- J Owens. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Owens (2, 2nd base off S Marcum/J Phillips), J Dye (2,
2nd base off S Marcum/J Phillips), J Uribe (1, 2nd base off B Tallet/J
Phillips).

FIELDING: Outfield assists - R Mackowiak (A Lind at 2nd base). DP: 3 (J
Uribe-T Iguchi-P Konerko 2, R Mackowiak-T Iguchi).


TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Rios rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .305
L Overbay 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .256
M Stairs 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .298
V Wells cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 .256
T Glaus 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .263
F Thomas dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .217
A Hill 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .285
J Phillips c 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 .245
R Clayton ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 3 .252
A Lind lf 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 .234

Totals 28 4 8 4 5 6 17

BATTING: 2B - A Rios (13, J Danks); A Lind (7, N Masset). SF - V Wells. RBI - V
Wells (27), A Lind 3 (16). 2-out RBI - A Lind 3. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Clayton 1, T Glaus 1, A Rios 1. GIDP - J Phillips, A Hill.
Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - J Phillips (1, throw). DP: 1 (J Phillips-R Clayton-M Stairs).



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CHI WHITE SOX - 012 000 000 -- 3
TORONTO - 000 013 00x -- 4
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Danks 5 4 1 1 3 4 0 4.34
N Masset (L, 2-2; B, 1) 1 4 3 3 0 1 0 7.11
D Day 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.50

TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marcum 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 4.06
B Tallet (W, 2-1) 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.01
B Wolfe (H, 1) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.40
S Downs (H, 5) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.80
C Janssen (H, 9) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.92
J Accardo (S, 7) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.07

B Wolfe pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

IBB - A Pierzynski (by S Marcum). HBP - L Overbay (by J Danks).
Pitches-strikes: J Danks 99-61; N Masset 38-26; D Day 35-17; S Marcum 69-39; B
Tallet 43-28; B Wolfe 5-1; S Downs 10-7; C Janssen 12-8; J Accardo 16-11.
Ground balls-fly balls: J Danks 3-7; N Masset 0-2; D Day 2-3; S Marcum 1-3; B
Tallet 2-4; B Wolfe 0-0; S Downs 2-0; C Janssen 1-1; J Accardo 1-1. Batters
faced: J Danks 21; N Masset 7; D Day 7; S Marcum 16; B Tallet 10; B Wolfe 1; S
Downs 3; C Janssen 2; J Accardo 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Alfonso Marquez. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Rick Reed. 3B--Chuck
Meriwether.
EJECTIONS: CHI WHITE SOX's Guillen by Marquez (3rd).
T--3:06. Att--30,886.
Weather: INDOORS</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TORONTO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
CHI WHITE SOX 3
TORONTO 4 FINAL</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TORONTO

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CHI WHITE SOX (3) AT TORONTO (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: A Pierzynski singled to right. J Crede struck out
looking. A Pierzynski out at second on runner's fielder's choice. R Mackowiak
homered to right. J Uribe struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 1, TORONTO 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: J Owens lined out to center. T Iguchi singled to
center. J Thome homered to right, T Iguchi scored. J Dye walked. J Dye stole
second. P Konerko popped out to second. A Pierzynski intentionally walked.
J Crede flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3,
TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 5TH: R Clayton singled to left center. A Lind singled to right,
R Clayton to second. A Rios singled to left, R Clayton to third, A Lind to
second. M Stairs struck out looking. V Wells hit sacrifice fly to left,
R Clayton scored, A Lind out at second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 1.

TORONTO 6TH: N Masset relieved J Danks. T Glaus struck out swinging.
F Thomas lined out to left. A Hill singled to left. J Phillips singled to
right, A Hill to second. R Clayton reached on infield single to second, A Hill
to third, J Phillips to second. A Lind doubled to deep center, A Hill,
J Phillips and R Clayton scored. A Rios lined out to right. (3 Runs, 4 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 4.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TORONTO

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CHI WHITE SOX (3) AT TORONTO (4) - EVENT LOG
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Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- J Owens CF, T Iguchi 2B, J Thome DH, J Dye RF,
P Konerko 1B, A Pierzynski C, J Crede 3B, R Mackowiak LF, J Uribe SS, J Danks LHP.

Toronto Starting Lineups -- A Rios RF, L Overbay 1B, V Wells CF, T Glaus 3B,
F Thomas DH, A Hill 2B, J Phillips C, R Clayton SS, A Lind LF, S Marcum RHP.

Umpires -- Alfonso Marquez (HP), Tim Timmons (1B), Rick Reed (2B),
Chuck Meriwether (3B).

Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens safe at first on throwing error by catcher
J Phillips. J Owens stole second. T Iguchi grounded out to second, J Owens
to third. J Thome struck out looking. J Dye walked. P Konerko struck out
looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 0, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 1ST: A Rios flied out to right. L Overbay struck out swinging.
V Wells flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
TORONTO 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: A Pierzynski singled to right. J Crede struck out
looking. A Pierzynski out at second on runner's fielder's choice. R Mackowiak
homered to right. J Uribe struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 1, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 2ND: T Glaus flied out to center. F Thomas walked. A Hill fouled
out to third. J Phillips walked, F Thomas to second. R Clayton popped out
to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, TORONTO 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: J Owens lined out to center. T Iguchi singled to
center. J Thome homered to right, T Iguchi scored. J Dye walked. J Dye stole
second. P Konerko popped out to second. A Pierzynski intentionally walked.
J Crede flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3,
TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 3RD: A Lind grounded out to second. A Rios doubled to deep left.
L Overbay hit by pitch. Chi White Sox's Manager O Guillen ejected by A Marquez.
V Wells struck out swinging. T Glaus struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: B Tallet relieved S Marcum. M Stairs at first base.
R Mackowiak struck out swinging. J Uribe walked. J Owens struck out looking.
J Uribe stole second. T Iguchi flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 4TH: F Thomas flied out to right. A Hill walked. J Phillips
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, A Hill out at
second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: J Thome grounded out to shortstop. J Dye popped out
to first. P Konerko grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 5TH: R Clayton singled to left center. A Lind singled to right,
R Clayton to second. A Rios singled to left, R Clayton to third, A Lind to
second. M Stairs struck out looking. V Wells hit sacrifice fly to left,
R Clayton scored, A Lind out at second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: A Pierzynski popped out to shortstop. J Crede popped
out to shortstop. R Mackowiak struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 1.

TORONTO 6TH: N Masset relieved J Danks. T Glaus struck out swinging.
F Thomas lined out to left. A Hill singled to left. J Phillips singled to
right, A Hill to second. R Clayton reached on infield single to second, A Hill
to third, J Phillips to second. A Lind doubled to deep center, A Hill,
J Phillips and R Clayton scored. A Rios lined out to right. (3 Runs, 4 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: B Wolfe relieved B Tallet. J Uribe walked. S Downs
relieved B Wolfe. J Owens bunted into double play, catcher to shortstop to
first, J Uribe out at second. T Iguchi struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 4.

TORONTO 7TH: D Day relieved N Masset. M Stairs flied out to center.
V Wells popped out to shortstop. T Glaus fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: J Thome struck out swinging. C Janssen relieved
S Downs. J Dye flied out to right. P Konerko grounded out to second. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 4.

TORONTO 8TH: F Thomas walked. A Hill grounded into double play, shortstop
to second to first, F Thomas out at second. J Phillips walked. R Clayton
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: J Accardo relieved C Janssen. A Pierzynski doubled to
deep right. J Crede grounded out to first, A Pierzynski to third. R Mackowiak
popped out to shortstop. A Cintron hit for J Uribe. A Cintron struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TORONTO 4.</div>

 

Lind atones for baserunning blunder, leads Blue Jays to win

<h3>TORONTO 4, CHI WHITE SOX 3</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Adam Lind went from zero to hero in oneinning.

Lind ripped a three-run double to atone for a baserunning miscueand lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 triumph over theChicago White Sox on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series.

It was the fifth victory in the last seven games for the BlueJays, who faced an early 3-0 deficit Sunday before rallying toimprove to 5-2 on their 10-game homestand.

A rookie outfielder, Lind ruined a possible rally in the fifthinning with a misguided blunder on the basepaths. Trailing,3-0, Toronto loaded the bases with no outs before Matt Stairsstruck out.

Vernon Wells lofted a fly ball to left field to plate RoyceClayton from third base with the Blue Jays' first run. ButLind, who attempted to advance to third on the play, left secondbase too early and was doubled off on an appeal play to end theinning.

After Troy Glaus and Frank Thomas were retired to start thesixth, Aaron Hill, Jason Phillips and Royce Clayton all hitconsecutive singles to load the bases against reliever NickMasset (2-2).

That set the stage for Lind, who lined Masset's 2-2 curveballinto the right-center field gap to clear the bases and give theBlue Jays a 4-3 lead.

The one-run advantage was more than enough for Toronto'sbullpen, which yielded just one hit and two walks over sixscoreless innings to pick up injured starter Shaun Marcum.

Lefthander Brian Tallet (2-1) allowed one walk over threehitless frames, and Brian Wolfe, Scott Downs and Casey Janssencombined to work the seventh and eighth innings.

Jeremy Accardo pitched around a leadoff double in the ninth tonotch his seventh save.

Marcum left prior to the fourth inning with tightness in hisback. The righthander surrendered three runs, four hits andthree walks with four strikeouts over the first three frames.

White Sox rookie starter John Danks pitched well in his 10thcareer outing, yielding one run, four hits and three walks withfour strikeouts in five innings.

Jim Thome and Rob Mackowiak homered for Chicago, which hasdropped seven of its last eight games.

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TORONTO

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

BATTERIES: CHA - JOHN DANKS, NICK MASSET (6TH), DEWON DAY (7TH) AND A.J.
PIERZYNSKI

TOR - SHAUN MARCUM, BRIAN TALLET (4TH), BRIAN WOLFE
(7TH), SCOTT DOWNS (7TH), CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), JEREMY ACCARDO
(9TH) AND JASON PHILLIPS


WP - BRIAN TALLET (2-1)
LP - NICK MASSET (2-2)
SAVE - JEREMY ACCARDO (7)

HOME RUNS: CHA - ROB MACKOWIAK (3) OFF SHAUN MARCUM IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
JIM THOME (7) OFF SHAUN MARCUM IN THE 3RD, 1 ON

TOR - NONE


TIME: 3:06 ATT: 30,886

PROBABLES: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (NR)
TOR - ROY HALLADAY (5-2, 3.90)

PROBABLES: NYY - UNDECIDED
CHA - JON GARLAND (3-3, 3.91)</div>

 

Lind atones for baserunning blunder, leads Blue Jays to win

<h3>TORONTO 4, CHI WHITE SOX 3</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Adam Lind went from zero to hero in oneinning.

Lind ripped a three-run double to atone for a baserunning miscueand lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 triumph over theChicago White Sox on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series.

It was the fifth victory in the last seven games for the BlueJays, who faced an early 3-0 deficit Sunday before rallying toimprove to 5-2 on their 10-game homestand.

A rookie outfielder, Lind ruined a possible rally in the fifthinning with a misguided blunder on the basepaths. Trailing,3-0, Toronto loaded the bases with no outs before Matt Stairsstruck out.

Vernon Wells lofted a fly ball to left field to plate RoyceClayton from third base with the Blue Jays' first run. ButLind, who attempted to advance to third on the play, left secondbase too early and was doubled off on an appeal play to end theinning.

"I just left the base a little bit early," Lind said. "I don'tknow why I didn't go back. Our third base coach (BrianButterfield) was like, 'Hey, you're going to win the game forus,' and that's what happened."

After Troy Glaus and Frank Thomas were retired to start thesixth, Aaron Hill, Jason Phillips and Royce Clayton all hitconsecutive singles to load the bases against reliever NickMasset (2-2).

That set the stage for Lind, who lined Masset's 2-2 curveballinto the right-center field gap to clear the bases and give theBlue Jays a 4-3 lead.

"It feels good to just finally do something productive for oursquad," said Lind, who tied his career high with three RBI."(Masset) left a curveball up. I thought he might throw meanother fastball because he beat me twice, but he just left acurve up in the zone."

"I thought it was a good pitch, I just didn't get it down farenough," Masset said. "It's very aggravating. I thought Iattacked the hitters, got two quick outs, and then a coupledinged balls on this turf and things happen."

The one-run advantage was more than enough for Toronto'sbullpen, which yielded just one hit and two walks over sixscoreless innings to pick up injured starter Shaun Marcum.

Lefthander Brian Tallet (2-1) allowed one walk over threehitless frames, and Brian Wolfe, Scott Downs and Casey Janssencombined to work the seventh and eighth innings.

Jeremy Accardo pitched around a leadoff double in the ninth tonotch his seventh save.

"We knew that Chicago was struggling to score some runs," Talletsaid. "Their offense is a little down right now, but at thesame time we've got some guys with tremendous stuff in thebullpen."

"Once again, we got great pitching," Toronto manager JohnGibbons said. "It's hard to describe the job Accardo's donethis year - he's only given up runs in one inning all year."

Marcum left prior to the fourth inning with tightness in hisback. The righthander surrendered three runs, four hits andthree walks with four strikeouts over the first three frames.

"(My back) was a little stiff at the start of the game, but Ithought it would loosen up as the game went on," Marcum said."I couldn't follow through on all my pitches and I was leavingsome up in the zone. I think I was trying not to do anything totweak my back."

White Sox rookie starter John Danks pitched well in his 10thcareer outing, yielding one run, four hits and three walks withfour strikeouts in five innings.

"I feel like I did a decent job of keeping us in the game,"Danks said. "I would have liked to go a little longer, but ifwe can get a lead into the bullpen more times than not, we'llcome out victorious."

Jim Thome and Rob Mackowiak homered for Chicago, which hasdropped seven of its last eight games.

Toronto first baseman Lyle Overbay left the game in the thirdinning after getting hit on the right hand by a pitch fromDanks. He suffered a broken bone in the hand and will be outfour to six weeks.

"I've never been on the disabled list," Overbay said. "It'salways going to hurt right off the bat. I think I knew when Igot out (to play defense) and I couldn't close my hand that itwas a little more sore than I thought."

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TORONTO

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

BATTERIES: CHA - JOHN DANKS, NICK MASSET (6TH), DEWON DAY (7TH) AND A.J.
PIERZYNSKI

TOR - SHAUN MARCUM, BRIAN TALLET (4TH), BRIAN WOLFE
(7TH), SCOTT DOWNS (7TH), CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), JEREMY ACCARDO
(9TH) AND JASON PHILLIPS


WP - BRIAN TALLET (2-1)
LP - NICK MASSET (2-2)
SAVE - JEREMY ACCARDO (7)

HOME RUNS: CHA - ROB MACKOWIAK (3) OFF SHAUN MARCUM IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
JIM THOME (7) OFF SHAUN MARCUM IN THE 3RD, 1 ON

TOR - NONE


TIME: 3:06 ATT: 30,886

PROBABLES: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (NR)
TOR - ROY HALLADAY (5-2, 3.90)

PROBABLES: NYY - MATT DESALVO (1-2, 5.40)
CHA - JON GARLAND (3-3, 3.91)</div>