GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (29-42) at TAMPA BAY (33-40)

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TAMPA BAY

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CHI WHITE SOX (5) AT TAMPA BAY (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura walked. A Iwamura stole second. B Harris walked.
C Crawford lined out to right, A Iwamura to third. T Wigginton hit sacrifice
fly to right, A Iwamura scored. D Young fouled out to right. (1 Run, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, TAMPA BAY 1.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: J Gomes flied out to center. C Pena flied out to center.
D Navarro doubled to deep right. J Wilson doubled to right, D Navarro scored.
A Iwamura flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
TAMPA BAY 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: S Podsednik singled to center. A Gonzalez singled to
center, S Podsednik to second. J Thome struck out swinging. P Konerko
grounded out to pitcher, S Podsednik to third, A Gonzalez to second. T Iguchi
walked. J Fields walked, S Podsednik scored, A Gonzalez to third, T Iguchi to
second. L Terrero struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
TAMPA BAY 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Uribe singled to center. T Hall flied out to right.
S Podsednik grounded out to second, J Uribe to second. A Gonzalez doubled to
left, J Uribe scored. J Thome singled to center, A Gonzalez scored. P Konerko
lined out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TAMPA BAY 2.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young flied out to right. J Gomes homered to right
center. C Pena walked. D Navarro singled to right, C Pena to third. J Wilson
hit sacrifice fly to center, C Pena scored. D Navarro stole second. A Iwamura
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TAMPA BAY 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: C Fossum relieved J Howell. T Hall singled to center.
S Podsednik doubled to left, T Hall to third. A Gonzalez singled to center,
T Hall scored, S Podsednik to third. J Thome struck out swinging. S Camp
relieved C Fossum. P Konerko singled to left, S Podsednik scored, A Gonzalez to
second. T Iguchi struck out swinging. J Fields struck out swinging. (2 Runs,
4 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 12 0
TAMPA BAY 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CHA - JOHN DANKS, NICK MASSET (6TH), MATT THORNTON (7TH), RYAN
BUKVICH (8TH), BOBBY JENKS (9TH) AND TOBY HALL

TAM - J.P. HOWELL, CASEY FOSSUM (6TH), SHAWN CAMP
(6TH), JAY WITASICK (9TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO


WP - JOHN DANKS (4-6)
LP - CASEY FOSSUM (5-7)
SAVE - BOBBY JENKS (19)

HOME RUNS: CHA - NONE

TAM - JONNY GOMES (6) OFF JOHN DANKS IN THE 4TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:19 ATT: 10,514

PROBABLES: CHA - JON GARLAND (4-5, 3.51)
TAM - JAMES SHIELDS (6-2, 3.64)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at TAMPA BAY

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CHI WHITE SOX (5) AT TAMPA BAY (4) - EVENT LOG
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Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- S Podsednik LF, A Gonzalez RF, J Thome DH,
P Konerko 1B, T Iguchi 2B, J Fields 3B, L Terrero CF, J Uribe SS, T Hall C,
J Danks LHP.

Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, B Harris SS, C Crawford LF,
T Wigginton DH, D Young CF, J Gomes RF, C Pena 1B, D Navarro C, J Wilson 2B,
J Howell LHP.

Umpires -- James Hoye (HP), Bill Miller (1B), Marvin Hudson (2B), Ed Montague (3B).

Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: S Podsednik grounded out to first. A Gonzalez reached
on infield single to shortstop. J Thome struck out swinging. P Konerko
singled to left center, A Gonzalez to third. T Iguchi grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura walked. A Iwamura stole second. B Harris walked.
C Crawford lined out to right, A Iwamura to third. T Wigginton hit sacrifice
fly to right, A Iwamura scored. D Young fouled out to right. (1 Run, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, TAMPA BAY 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: J Fields struck out swinging. L Terrero struck out
swinging. J Uribe singled to center. T Hall struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, TAMPA BAY 1.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: J Gomes flied out to center. C Pena flied out to center.
D Navarro doubled to deep right. J Wilson doubled to right, D Navarro scored.
A Iwamura flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
TAMPA BAY 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: S Podsednik singled to center. A Gonzalez singled to
center, S Podsednik to second. J Thome struck out swinging. P Konerko
grounded out to pitcher, S Podsednik to third, A Gonzalez to second. T Iguchi
walked. J Fields walked, S Podsednik scored, A Gonzalez to third, T Iguchi to
second. L Terrero struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
TAMPA BAY 2.

TAMPA BAY 3RD: B Harris struck out swinging. C Crawford grounded out to
first. T Wigginton struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 1, TAMPA BAY 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Uribe singled to center. T Hall flied out to right.
S Podsednik grounded out to second, J Uribe to second. A Gonzalez doubled to
left, J Uribe scored. J Thome singled to center, A Gonzalez scored. P Konerko
lined out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TAMPA BAY 2.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young flied out to right. J Gomes homered to right
center. C Pena walked. D Navarro singled to right, C Pena to third. J Wilson
hit sacrifice fly to center, C Pena scored. D Navarro stole second. A Iwamura
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TAMPA BAY 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: T Iguchi grounded out to pitcher. J Fields struck out
looking. L Terrero walked. J Uribe grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TAMPA BAY 4.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: B Harris walked. C Crawford grounded into double play,
shortstop to first, B Harris out at second. T Wigginton grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, TAMPA BAY 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: C Fossum relieved J Howell. T Hall singled to center.
S Podsednik doubled to left, T Hall to third. A Gonzalez singled to center,
T Hall scored, S Podsednik to third. J Thome struck out swinging. S Camp
relieved C Fossum. P Konerko singled to left, S Podsednik scored, A Gonzalez to
second. T Iguchi struck out swinging. J Fields struck out swinging. (2 Runs,
4 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: N Masset relieved J Danks. D Young singled to right.
D Young stole second. J Gomes flied out to center, D Young to third. C Pena
walked. D Navarro flied out to right. J Wilson flied out to center. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: L Terrero bunt grounded out to pitcher. J Uribe struck
out swinging. T Hall safe at first on error by second baseman J Wilson.
S Podsednik struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 5,
TAMPA BAY 4.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: M Thornton relieved N Masset. A Iwamura grounded out to
second. B Harris grounded out to shortstop. C Crawford struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: A Gonzalez struck out looking. J Thome struck out
swinging. P Konerko struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: R Bukvich relieved M Thornton. T Wigginton flied out to
center. D Young grounded out to first. J Gomes struck out looking. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: J Witasick relieved S Camp. T Iguchi grounded out to
shortstop. J Fields flied out to center. L Terrero flied out to right.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4.

TAMPA BAY 9TH: B Jenks relieved R Bukvich. C Pena grounded out to first.
D Navarro flied out to center. G Norton hit for J Wilson. G Norton flied out to
center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4.</div>

 

Bullpen holds as White Sox nip D-Rays

<h3>CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Soxfinally figured out how to win a one-run game and Andy Gonzalezdiscovered how to snap out of a slump - play the Tampa Bay DevilRays.

Gonzalez had a career-high four hits and two RBI as the WhiteSox stopped a five-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory atTampa Bay on Monday.

The win also snapped Chicago's six-game losing streak in one-runcontests. The White Sox's last one-run victory was also a 5-4decision against the Devil Rays on May 25 in Chicago.

"Gonzalez has been playing great, he's been getting good atbats," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "It was good forhim. Now he should feel more comfortable."

Gonzalez entered the contest in a 3-for-19 slump and only6-for-33 this season, but collected hits in his first fourat-bats. The rookie shortstop had two singles before adding anRBI double in the fourth and an RBI single in the sixth.

"It was more luck," said Gonzalez, who said his last four-hitgame came in the minors. "I got three knocks that I was jammed.Once I got the first two hits, I got my confidence back."

Gonzalez's sixth-inning single pulled the White Sox even withthe Devil Rays at 4-4. Two batters later, Paul Konerko's RBIsingle gave the White Sox a 5-4 lead.

Tampa Bay, which leads the majors in come-from-behind victories,scored single runs in the first two innings only to watch theWhite Sox take a 3-2 lead in the fourth on Gonzalez's double anda run-scoring single by Jim Thome.

The Devil Rays responded with two runs in the bottom of theinning on Jonny Gomes' sixth home run of the season and JoshWilson's sacrifice fly.

Starter John Danks (4-6) and four White Sox relievers held theDevil Rays scoreless in the final five innings. Danks allowedfour runs and four hits, walked four and struck out three.

"I didn't have that good of stuff, but I was able to make somedecent pitches," Danks said. "It wasn't pretty. I don't care aslong as we get the win.

"Our bullpen did a good job. I guess I was the weak linktoday."

Bobby Jenks pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 19th save. Theburly righthander had gotten knocked around in his last twoappearances, but was perfect against the Devil Rays.

"That's what we look for out of our relievers," Guillen said."We have the people to do it. They did a tremendous job.Hopefully they can keep it up."

Tampa Bay's J.P. Howell was pulled following the fifth inningafter throwing 111 pitches. He left with a 4-3 lead, but theWhite Sox regained the lead against Casey Fossum (5-7), whosurrendered three hits and two runs in one-third inning.

"I think I was just battling," Howell said. "I wasn't missing bythat much. It was a lot of pitches, too many pitches early.I've just got to get that strike zone early."

The White Sox, who had won only five of their previous 27 games,out-hit the Devil Rays, 12-5. Wilson knocked in two of TampaBay's four runs.

"It was a really intense game," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddonsaid. "We did a lot of things well. They made pitches when theyhad to. We had some hard hit balls that they caught. They dida nice job out of the pen."

Tampa Bay pitchers struck out 15 batters. The Devils Rays havea promotion that earns fans a free pizza if they strike out atleast 10.

"If we played here a lot, there would be more fat people hereeating pizza for free," Guillen said.