GAME THREAD: AL: NY YANKEES (24-30) at CHI WHITE SOX (25-27)

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">AL AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY MELKY CABRERA SCORED ROBINSON CANO.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M CAIRO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 3
CHI WHITE SOX 6 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.246, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">AL AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY TADAHITO IGUCHI ALLOWED MIGUEL CAIRO TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J DAMON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
CHI WHITE SOX 6 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: D JETER (.327, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 1
CHI WHITE SOX 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 x 6 10 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: NYY - MATT DESALVO, RON VILLONE (2ND), CHRIS BRITTON (4TH), MIKE
MYERS (7TH) AND JORGE POSADA

CHA - JON GARLAND, MATT THORNTON (9TH), BOBBY JENKS
(9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI

HOME RUNS: NYY - NONE

CHA - JIM THOME (8) OFF RON VILLONE IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
PAUL KONERKO (8) OFF CHRIS BRITTON IN THE 7TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 1
CHI WHITE SOX 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 x 6 10 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: NYY - MATT DESALVO, RON VILLONE (2ND), CHRIS BRITTON (4TH), MIKE
MYERS (7TH) AND JORGE POSADA

CHA - JON GARLAND, MATT THORNTON (9TH), BOBBY JENKS
(9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI


WP - JON GARLAND (4-3)
LP - MATT DESALVO (1-3)
SAVE - BOBBY JENKS (16)

HOME RUNS: NYY - NONE

CHA - JIM THOME (8) OFF RON VILLONE IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
PAUL KONERKO (8) OFF CHRIS BRITTON IN THE 7TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:57 ATT: 32,703

PROBABLES: NYY - TYLER CLIPPARD (2-1, 4.20)
CHA - MARK BUEHRLE (2-2, 3.66)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS CHI WHITE SOX (6) - FINAL

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
D Jeter ss 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .326
B Abreu rf 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .246
A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .292
J Posada c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .360
H Matsui lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .289
R Cano 2b 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 .272
J Phelps 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .279
M Cairo pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125
M Cabrera cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .243

Totals 33 4 9 3 4 3 14

BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (10, J Garland); A Rodriguez (12, J Garland); H Matsui
(13, J Garland). SF - M Cabrera. RBI - B Abreu (23), J Phelps (11), M Cabrera
(18). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Posada 1, M Cabrera 1. GIDP -
J Phelps 2. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - J Phelps (3, throw). DP: 1 (R Cano-D Jeter-J Phelps).


CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf-lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176
T Iguchi 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .242
J Thome dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 .277
J Dye rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .228
A Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .251
P Konerko 1b 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 .229
R Mackowiak lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .238
a-L Terrero ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Uribe ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .215
J Crede 3b 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 .216

Totals 34 6 10 5 2 1 13

a-grounded to shortstop for R Mackowiak in the 7th.

BATTING: HR - J Thome (8, 4th inning off R Villone 1 on, 1 Out), P Konerko (8,
7th inning off C Britton 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Crede (22), T Iguchi (14), J
Thome 2 (21), P Konerko (27). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Mackowiak 1, A Pierzynski 1, J Crede 2. GIDP - J Thome. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - T Iguchi 2 (4, line drive, throw). DP: 3 (J Crede-T Iguchi-P
Konerko, J Uribe-T Iguchi-P Konerko, T Iguchi-J Uribe).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 100 000 003 -- 4
CHI WHITE SOX - 030 200 10x -- 6
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
M DeSalvo (L, 1-3) 1 1/3 4 3 2 1 0 0 5.87
R Villone 2 5 2 2 1 0 1 6.30
C Britton 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1.80
M Myers 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.84

CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland (W, 4-3) 8 1/3 7 2 1 3 3 0 3.61
M Thornton 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4.41
B Jenks (S, 16) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.49

M Thornton pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

HBP - R Mackowiak (by M DeSalvo); J Uribe (by R Villone). Pitches-strikes: M
DeSalvo 44-23; R Villone 41-22; C Britton 38-24; M Myers 11-7; J Garland
119-74; M Thornton 9-3; B Jenks 12-7. Ground balls-fly balls: M DeSalvo 3-2; R
Villone 3-3; C Britton 3-5; M Myers 3-2; J Garland 13-8; M Thornton 0-0; B
Jenks 1-1. Batters faced: M DeSalvo 11; R Villone 12; C Britton 10; M Myers 5;
J Garland 33; M Thornton 2; B Jenks 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Bruce
Dreckman.

T--2:57. (Plus wet grounds delay totaling 14 minutes in the 1st). Att--32,703.

Weather: 63 degrees, overcast. Wind: 10 mph, in from left.</div>

 

Thome, Garland lead White Sox past Yankees

<h3>CHI WHITE SOX 6, NY YANKEES 4</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Sox allowed the New YorkYankees little time to celebrate their series win over the rivalBoston Red Sox.

Jim Thome homered and Jon Garland pitched 8 1/3 strong inningsto lead the White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees onMonday.

Chicago got to Yankees starter Matt DeSalvo early, knocking therookie out with a three-run second inning which earned the clubjust its second win in its past nine contests.

Thome, who entered Monday's game in a 4-for-28 skid over theprevious eight games, slammed a two-run blast off lefthandedreliever Ron Villone in the fourth to give the White Sox a 5-1lead.

It was Thome's second day in a row with a homer and gives him480 for his career.

The Yankees were coming off a momentum-swinging win at Boston onSunday in which Alex Rodriguez won the game with a solo blastoff Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth, earing them a2-1 series win over their bitter rivals.

Garland (4-3) made sure the momentum stopped with him, allowingtwo runs - one earned - and seven hits, while walking three andstriking out three. The veteran righthander had an almostidentical start against New York on May 17, allowing one run andsix hits in seven innings to earn a win.

Garland's two starts against the Yankees were sandwiched arounda pair of sub-par outings in which he surrendered a combined 10runs in 12 1/3 innings against the Oakland Athletics andMinnesota Twins.

New York jumped on the board in the first against Garland, whenDerek Jeter reached on a throwing error by White Sox's secondbaseman Tadihito Iguchi and came home on a double by BobbyAbreu.

After a shaky first inning, the rookie DeSalvo (1-3) becameunglued in the second. Paul Konerko led off with a single andmoved to second when Rob Mackowiak was hit by a pitch. JuanUribe's single to left loaded the bases for Joe Crede.

Crede grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Konerko. JerryOwens followed with a fielder's choice grounder which firstbaseman Josh Phelps threw past Jeter into center field, scoringUribe and and leaving Owens safe at second.

Iguchi followed with a single which plated Owens and chasedDeSalvo from the game.

The 26-year-old righthander allowed three runs - two earned -and four hits in 1 1/3 innings to suffer his third straightdefeat.

Thome's homer in the fourth gave Garland all the breathing roomhe would need, and Konerko added a solo blast in the seventh toprovide the winning margin.

Bobby Jenks retired two batters in the ninth to pick up his 16thsave.

 

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
NY YANKEES 4
CHI WHITE SOX 6 FINAL</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NY YANKEES (4) AT CHI WHITE SOX (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon grounded out to first. D Jeter safe at first on
error by second baseman T Iguchi. B Abreu doubled to deep center, D Jeter
scored. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. J Posada flied out to left. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: P Konerko singled to left. R Mackowiak hit by pitch,
P Konerko to second. J Uribe singled to left, P Konerko to third, R Mackowiak to
second. J Crede grounded into fielder's choice to third, P Konerko scored,
R Mackowiak out at third, J Uribe to second. J Owens grounded into fielder's
choice to first, J Uribe scored on throwing error by first baseman J Phelps,
J Crede to second. T Iguchi singled to center, J Crede scored, J Owens to second.
R Villone relieved M DeSalvo. J Thome grounded into double play, second to
shortstop to first, T Iguchi out at second.(3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error)
NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Owens flied out to left. T Iguchi singled to left
center. J Thome homered to center, T Iguchi scored. J Dye singled to center.
A Pierzynski walked, J Dye to second. C Britton relieved R Villone. P Konerko
flied out to left, J Dye to third. R Mackowiak grounded out to second.
(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: A Pierzynski popped out to shortstop. P Konerko homered
to left. M Myers relieved C Britton. L Terrero hit for R Mackowiak. L Terrero
grounded out to shortstop. J Uribe grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 6.

NY YANKEES 9TH: J Posada fouled out to third. H Matsui doubled to deep
center. M Thornton relieved J Garland. R Cano walked. J Phelps singled to
right center, H Matsui scored, R Cano to third. B Jenks relieved M Thornton.
M Cairo ran for J Phelps. M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, R Cano scored.
M Cairo to second on fielder's indifference. J Damon reached on infield single
to second, M Cairo scored on throwing error by second baseman T Iguchi. D Jeter
grounded out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 4,
CHI WHITE SOX 6.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NY YANKEES (4) AT CHI WHITE SOX (6) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon DH, D Jeter SS, B Abreu RF, A Rodriguez
3B, J Posada C, H Matsui LF, R Cano 2B, J Phelps 1B, M Cabrera CF,
M DeSalvo RHP.

Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- J Owens CF, T Iguchi 2B, J Thome DH,
J Dye RF, A Pierzynski C, P Konerko 1B, R Mackowiak LF, J Uribe SS, J Crede 3B,
J Garland RHP.

Umpires -- Gary Darling (HP), Jerry Meals (1B), Larry Poncino (2B),
Bruce Dreckman (3B).

Gametime Weather: 63 degrees, Overcast, wind in from left at 10 mph.


NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon grounded out to first. D Jeter safe at first on
error by second baseman T Iguchi. B Abreu doubled to deep center, D Jeter
scored. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. J Posada flied out to left. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens grounded out to second. T Iguchi singled to
left. J Thome walked, T Iguchi to second. J Dye popped out to second.
A Pierzynski lined out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1,
CHI WHITE SOX 0.

NY YANKEES 2ND: H Matsui singled to right. R Cano walked, H Matsui to
second. J Phelps grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Cano
out at second, H Matsui to third. M Cabrera popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: P Konerko singled to left. R Mackowiak hit by pitch,
P Konerko to second. J Uribe singled to left, P Konerko to third, R Mackowiak
to second. J Crede grounded into fielder's choice to third, P Konerko scored,
R Mackowiak out at third, J Uribe to second. J Owens grounded into fielder's
choice to first, J Uribe scored on throwing error by first baseman J Phelps,
J Crede to second . T Iguchi singled to center, J Crede scored, J Owens to second.
R Villone relieved M DeSalvo. J Thome grounded into double play, second to shortstop
to first, T Iguchi out at second.(3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 1,
CHI WHITE SOX 3.

NY YANKEES 3RD: J Damon grounded out to second. D Jeter lined out to
first. B Abreu walked. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: J Dye lined out to center. A Pierzynski grounded out to
second. P Konerko singled to center. R Mackowiak singled to center, P Konerko
to second. J Uribe hit by pitch, P Konerko to third, R Mackowiak to second.
J Crede lined out to center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1,
CHI WHITE SOX 3.

NY YANKEES 4TH: J Posada singled to right. H Matsui flied out to center.
R Cano singled to left center, J Posada to second. J Phelps grounded into
double play, shortstop to second to first, R Cano out at second.(0 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Owens flied out to left. T Iguchi singled to left
center. J Thome homered to center, T Iguchi scored. J Dye singled to center.
A Pierzynski walked, J Dye to second. C Britton relieved R Villone. P Konerko
flied out to left, J Dye to third. R Mackowiak grounded out to second.
(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

NY YANKEES 5TH: M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. J Damon grounded out
to second. D Jeter grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: J Uribe struck out swinging. J Crede flied out to
center. J Owens grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

NY YANKEES 6TH: B Abreu grounded out to second. A Rodriguez doubled to
deep left. J Posada lined into double play, second to shortstop, A Rodriguez
doubled off second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: T Iguchi popped out to shortstop. J Thome fouled out to
second. J Dye grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

NY YANKEES 7TH: H Matsui lined out to center. R Cano singled to center.
J Phelps struck out looking. M Cabrera grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: A Pierzynski popped out to shortstop. P Konerko homered
to left. M Myers relieved C Britton. L Terrero hit for R Mackowiak. L Terrero
grounded out to shortstop. J Uribe grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, CHI WHITE SOX 6.

NY YANKEES 8TH: J Owens in left field. L Terrero in center field. J Damon
grounded out to second. D Jeter fouled out to first. B Abreu walked.
A Rodriguez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1,
CHI WHITE SOX 6.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: J Crede grounded out to third. J Owens lined out to
third. T Iguchi lined out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1,
CHI WHITE SOX 6.

NY YANKEES 9TH: J Posada fouled out to third. H Matsui doubled to deep
center. M Thornton relieved J Garland. R Cano walked. J Phelps singled to
right center, H Matsui scored, R Cano to third. B Jenks relieved M Thornton.
M Cairo ran for J Phelps. M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, R Cano scored.
M Cairo to second on fielder's indifference. J Damon reached on infield single
to second, M Cairo scored on throwing error by second baseman T Iguchi. D Jeter
grounded out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 4,
CHI WHITE SOX 6.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS CHI WHITE SOX (6) - FINAL

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
D Jeter ss 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .326
B Abreu rf 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .246
A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .292
J Posada c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .360
H Matsui lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .289
R Cano 2b 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 .272
J Phelps 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .279
M Cairo pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125
M Cabrera cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .243

Totals 33 4 9 3 4 3 14

BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (10, J Garland); A Rodriguez (12, J Garland); H Matsui
(13, J Garland). SF - M Cabrera. RBI - B Abreu (23), J Phelps (11), M Cabrera
(18). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Posada 1, M Cabrera 1. GIDP -
J Phelps 2. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - J Phelps (3, throw). DP: 1 (R Cano-D Jeter-J Phelps).


CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf-lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176
T Iguchi 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .242
J Thome dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 .277
J Dye rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .228
A Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .251
P Konerko 1b 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 .229
R Mackowiak lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .238
a-L Terrero ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Uribe ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .215
J Crede 3b 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 .216

Totals 34 6 10 5 2 1 13

a-grounded to shortstop for R Mackowiak in the 7th.

BATTING: HR - J Thome (8, 4th inning off R Villone 1 on, 1 Out), P Konerko (8,
7th inning off C Britton 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Crede (22), T Iguchi (14), J
Thome 2 (21), P Konerko (27). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Mackowiak 1, A Pierzynski 1, J Crede 2. GIDP - J Thome. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - T Iguchi 2 (4, line drive, throw). DP: 3 (J Crede-T Iguchi-P
Konerko, J Uribe-T Iguchi-P Konerko, T Iguchi-J Uribe).


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NY YANKEES - 100 000 003 -- 4
CHI WHITE SOX - 030 200 10x -- 6
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NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
M DeSalvo (L, 1-3) 1 1/3 4 3 2 1 0 0 5.87
R Villone 2 5 2 2 1 0 1 6.30
C Britton 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1.80
M Myers 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.84

CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland (W, 4-3) 8 1/3 7 2 1 3 3 0 3.61
M Thornton 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3.86
B Jenks (S, 16) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.49

M Thornton pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

HBP - R Mackowiak (by M DeSalvo); J Uribe (by R Villone). Pitches-strikes: M
DeSalvo 44-23; R Villone 41-22; C Britton 38-24; M Myers 11-7; J Garland
119-74; M Thornton 9-3; B Jenks 12-7. Ground balls-fly balls: M DeSalvo 3-2; R
Villone 3-3; C Britton 3-5; M Myers 3-2; J Garland 13-8; M Thornton 0-0; B
Jenks 1-1. Batters faced: M DeSalvo 11; R Villone 12; C Britton 10; M Myers 5;
J Garland 33; M Thornton 2; B Jenks 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Bruce
Dreckman.

T--2:57. (Plus wet grounds delay totaling 14 minutes in the 1st). Att--32,703.

Weather: 63 degrees, overcast. Wind: 10 mph, in from left.</div>

 

Thome, Garland lead White Sox past Yankees

<h3>CHI WHITE SOX 6, NY YANKEES 4</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Sox allowed the New YorkYankees little time to celebrate their series win over the rivalBoston Red Sox.

Jim Thome homered and Jon Garland pitched 8 1/3 strong inningsto lead the White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees onMonday.

Chicago got to Yankees starter Matt DeSalvo early, knocking therookie out with a three-run second inning which earned the clubjust its second win in its past nine contests.

"We certainly had no excuses tonight, except that we didn't playas well as they did," Yankees manager Joe Torre said.

"I just didn't have it today," DeSalvo said. "I threw a fewgood pitches but they still got good wood on it. I wasaggressive, I had something to prove, (but) just didn't have thestuff today."

Thome, who entered Monday's game in a 4-for-28 skid over theprevious eight games, slammed a two-run blast off lefthandedreliever Ron Villone in the fourth to give the White Sox a 5-1lead. It was Thome's second day in a row with a homer and giveshim 480 for his career.

"If our bats start to come alive, I think we have to put a goodwinning streak on," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said."That's what we've been waiting for all year."

The Yankees were coming off a momentum-swinging win at Boston onSunday in which Alex Rodriguez won the game with a solo blastoff Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth, earing them a2-1 series win over their bitter rivals.

Garland (4-3) made sure the momentum stopped with him, allowingtwo runs - one earned - and seven hits, while walking three andstriking out three. The veteran righthander had an almostidentical start against New York on May 17, allowing one run andsix hits in seven innings to earn a win.

"I either made the right pitch at the right time or got lucky,"Garland said. "A lot of those double plays early helped me outbig time. They allowed me to settle down a little bit."

"(Garland) has got great movement on his ball," Torre said. "Hemay not be overpowering, but he's got a good tail, and he cancut it. He can go to a lot of things. He did it last timeagainst us here, and he did it tonight."

Garland 's two starts against the Yankees were sandwiched arounda pair of sub-par outings in which he surrendered a combined 10runs in 12 1/3 innings against the Oakland Athletics andMinnesota Twins.

New York jumped on the board in the first against Garland, whenDerek Jeter reached on a throwing error by White Sox's secondbaseman Tadihito Iguchi and came home on a double by BobbyAbreu.

After a shaky first inning, the rookie DeSalvo (1-3) becameunglued in the second. Paul Konerko led off with a single andmoved to second when Rob Mackowiak was hit by a pitch.

Juan Uribe's single to left loaded the bases for Joe Crede.Crede grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Konerko. JerryOwens followed with a fielder's choice grounder which firstbaseman Josh Phelps threw past Jeter into center field, scoringUribe and and leaving Owens safe at second. Iguchi followed witha single which plated Owens and chased DeSalvo from the game.

The 26-year-old righthander allowed three runs - two earned -and four hits in 1 1/3 innings to suffer his third straightdefeat.

<div class="pre">"No matter how you win, a win's a win," Guillen said. "The</div>guys started to hit the ball better and have better at-bats.Hopefully the confidence is back."

Thome's homer in the fourth gave Garland all the breathing roomhe would need, and Konerko added a solo blast in the seventh toprovide the winning margin. Bobby Jenks retired two batters inthe ninth to pick up his 16th save.

"We swung the bats well tonight," Konerko said. "We've beenscraping and battling. It was a pretty good game all-around."