GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (54-63) at OAKLAND (57-62)

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Embree relieved H Street.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
OAKLAND 4 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J Dye (.245, 1-FOR-2)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: D Erstad hit for D Richar.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, J URIBE ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
OAKLAND 4 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D Erstad (.259, 2 HR, 24 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DARIN ERSTAD SCORED JUAN URIBE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D ERSTAD ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
OAKLAND 4 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J OWENS (.253, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

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

BATTERIES: CHA - JON GARLAND, BOONE LOGAN (6TH), MIKE MACDOUGAL (8TH) AND A.J.
PIERZYNSKI

OAK - LENNY DINARDO, SANTIAGO CASILLA (6TH), JAY
MARSHALL (6TH), ANDREW BROWN (7TH), HUSTON STREET (8TH), ALAN
EMBREE (9TH) AND KURT SUZUKI

HOME RUNS: CHA - JOSH FIELDS (13) OFF LENNY DINARDO IN THE 6TH, 0 ON

OAK - JACK CUST (19) OFF JON GARLAND IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
JACK CUST (20) OFF JON GARLAND IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
DONNIE MURPHY (4) OFF JON GARLAND IN THE 5TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

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

BATTERIES: CHA - JON GARLAND, BOONE LOGAN (6TH), MIKE MACDOUGAL (8TH) AND A.J.
PIERZYNSKI

OAK - LENNY DINARDO, SANTIAGO CASILLA (6TH), JAY
MARSHALL (6TH), ANDREW BROWN (7TH), HUSTON STREET (8TH), ALAN
EMBREE (9TH) AND KURT SUZUKI


WP - LENNY DINARDO (7-6)
LP - JON GARLAND (8-8)
SAVE - ALAN EMBREE (15)

HOME RUNS: CHA - JOSH FIELDS (13) OFF LENNY DINARDO IN THE 6TH, 0 ON

OAK - JACK CUST (19) OFF JON GARLAND IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
JACK CUST (20) OFF JON GARLAND IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
DONNIE MURPHY (4) OFF JON GARLAND IN THE 5TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:44 ATT: 24,082

PROBABLES: CHA - MARK BUEHRLE (9-7, 3.34)
OAK - JOE BLANTON (9-8, 4.10)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

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

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Gonzalez cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .223
a-J Owens ph-cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .251
J Fields 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .251
J Thome dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .261
P Konerko 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .263
A Pierzynski c 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .267
J Dye rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .245
S Podsednik lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .263
J Uribe ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .228
D Richar 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .176
b-D Erstad ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .263

Totals 31 3 9 3 5 4 11

a-singled to center for A Gonzalez in the 7th; b-singled to center for D
Richar in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - J Uribe (10, A Embree). HR - J Fields (13, 6th inning off L
DiNardo 0 on, 0 Out). S - S Podsednik. RBI - J Uribe (49), J Fields (40), D
Erstad (25). 2-out RBI - D Erstad. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S
Podsednik 1, P Konerko 1, A Gonzalez 2, J Fields 1. GIDP - A Pierzynski, J
Thome. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: CS - D Richar (2, 2nd base by L DiNardo/K Suzuki).

FIELDING: E - P Konerko (4, dropped foul ball). DP: 1 (P Konerko).


OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck lf-rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .289
N Swisher 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .252
J Cust rf 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 .273
S Stewart lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
M Piazza dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
M Scutaro 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .247
J Hannahan 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
D Murphy ss 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 .227
M Kotsay cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .214
K Suzuki c 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 .242

Totals 29 4 7 4 3 5 6

BATTING: 3B - N Swisher (1, J Garland). HR - J Cust 2 (20, 1st inning off J
Garland 0 on, 2 Out, 4th inning off J Garland 0 on, 0 Out), D Murphy (4, 5th
inning off J Garland 0 on, 0 Out). SF - J Cust. RBI - J Cust 3 (63), D Murphy
(13). 2-out RBI - J Cust. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Kotsay 2.
Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: PB - K Suzuki. DP: 2 (N Swisher-D Murphy-N Swisher, M Scutaro-D
Murphy-N Swisher).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 000 011 001 -- 3
OAKLAND - 100 111 00x -- 4
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland (L, 8-8) 5 2/3 6 4 4 3 3 3 4.63
B Logan 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.38
M MacDougal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.72

OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
L DiNardo (W, 7-6) 5 6 2 2 3 1 1 3.29
S Casilla (H, 10) 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3.28
J Marshall (H, 10) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.35
A Brown (H, 1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.69
H Street (H, 5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.83
A Embree (S, 15) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.40

L DiNardo pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

Pitches-strikes: J Garland 100-61; B Logan 22-14; M MacDougal 9-6; L DiNardo
98-53; S Casilla 15-6; J Marshall 5-3; A Brown 17-10; H Street 15-9; A Embree
19-15. Ground balls-fly balls: J Garland 4-9; B Logan 2-0; M MacDougal 0-3; L
DiNardo 9-4; S Casilla 0-0; J Marshall 1-0; A Brown 2-1; H Street 2-0; A Embree
2-0. Batters faced: J Garland 25; B Logan 5; M MacDougal 3; L DiNardo 21; S
Casilla 3; J Marshall 1; A Brown 4; H Street 3; A Embree 5.

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

T--2:44. Att--24,082.
Weather: 63 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, in
from right.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

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

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

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CHI WHITE SOX (3) AT OAKLAND (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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OAKLAND 1ST: T Buck singled to center. N Swisher lined into double play,
to first, T Buck doubled off first. J Cust homered to right. M Piazza grounded
out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, OAKLAND 1.

OAKLAND 4TH: J Cust homered to left. M Piazza grounded out to third.
M Scutaro lined out to left. J Hannahan lined out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, OAKLAND 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: A Pierzynski walked. J Dye singled to left,
A Pierzynski to second. S Podsednik sacrificed to catcher, A Pierzynski to
third, J Dye to second. J Uribe singled to center, A Pierzynski scored, J Dye
to third. D Richar grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, J Dye out at
home, J Uribe to third, D Richar to second. A Gonzalez struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, OAKLAND 2.

OAKLAND 5TH: D Murphy homered to left. M Kotsay grounded out to second.
K Suzuki struck out swinging. T Buck popped out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, OAKLAND 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: J Fields homered to left center. J Thome singled to
center. S Casilla relieved L DiNardo. P Konerko struck out swinging.
A Pierzynski walked, J Thome to second. J Thome out at third on runner's
fielder's choice. J Dye walked, A Pierzynski to second. J Marshall relieved
S Casilla. S Podsednik grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 3.

OAKLAND 6TH: N Swisher tripled to deep center. J Cust hit sacrifice fly to
left, N Swisher scored. M Piazza lined out to third. M Scutaro singled to
right. J Hannahan walked, M Scutaro to second. D Murphy continues to bat
after dropped foul ball by first baseman P Konerko. D Murphy walked, M Scutaro
to third, J Hannahan to second. B Logan relieved J Garland. M Kotsay grounded
out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: A Embree relieved H Street. J Dye struck out swinging.
S Podsednik grounded out to pitcher. J Uribe doubled to deep right. D Erstad
hit for D Richar. D Erstad singled to center, J Uribe scored. J Owens grounded
out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 4.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

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CHI WHITE SOX (3) AT OAKLAND (4) - EVENT LOG
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Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- A Gonzalez CF, J Fields 3B, J Thome DH,
P Konerko 1B, A Pierzynski C, J Dye RF, S Podsednik LF, J Uribe SS, D Richar 2B,
J Garland RHP.

Oakland Starting Lineups -- T Buck LF, N Swisher 1B, J Cust RF, M Piazza DH,
M Scutaro 2B, J Hannahan 3B, D Murphy SS, M Kotsay CF, K Suzuki C, L DiNardo LHP.

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

Gametime Weather: 63 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind in from right at 15 mph.


CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: A Gonzalez lined out to second. J Fields flied out to
right. J Thome flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 1ST: T Buck singled to center. N Swisher lined into double play,
to first, T Buck doubled off first. J Cust homered to right. M Piazza grounded
out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, OAKLAND 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: P Konerko singled to right. A Pierzynski grounded into
double play, first to shortstop to first, P Konerko out at second. J Dye
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, OAKLAND 1.

OAKLAND 2ND: M Scutaro grounded out to second. J Hannahan flied out to
center. D Murphy struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
OAKLAND 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: S Podsednik flied out to left. J Uribe grounded out to
shortstop. D Richar walked. D Richar caught stealing second, catcher to
second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, OAKLAND 1.

OAKLAND 3RD: M Kotsay flied out to left. K Suzuki struck out swinging.
T Buck walked. N Swisher flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 0, OAKLAND 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: A Gonzalez walked. J Fields reached on infield single
to pitcher, A Gonzalez to second. J Thome grounded into double play, second to
shortstop to first, J Fields out at second, A Gonzalez to third. P Konerko
grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, OAKLAND 1.

OAKLAND 4TH: J Cust homered to left. M Piazza grounded out to third.
M Scutaro lined out to left. J Hannahan lined out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, OAKLAND 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: A Pierzynski walked. J Dye singled to left,
A Pierzynski to second. S Podsednik sacrificed to catcher, A Pierzynski to
third, J Dye to second. J Uribe singled to center, A Pierzynski scored, J Dye
to third. D Richar grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, J Dye out at
home, J Uribe to third, D Richar to second. A Gonzalez struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, OAKLAND 2.

OAKLAND 5TH: D Murphy homered to left. M Kotsay grounded out to second.
K Suzuki struck out swinging. T Buck popped out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, OAKLAND 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: J Fields homered to left center. J Thome singled to
center. S Casilla relieved L DiNardo. P Konerko struck out swinging.
A Pierzynski walked, J Thome to second. J Thome out at third on runner's
fielder's choice. J Dye walked, A Pierzynski to second. J Marshall relieved
S Casilla. S Podsednik grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 3.

OAKLAND 6TH: N Swisher tripled to deep center. J Cust hit sacrifice fly to
left, N Swisher scored. M Piazza lined out to third. M Scutaro singled to
right. J Hannahan walked, M Scutaro to second. D Murphy continues to bat
after dropped foul ball by first baseman P Konerko. D Murphy walked, M Scutaro
to third, J Hannahan to second. B Logan relieved J Garland. M Kotsay grounded
out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: A Brown relieved J Marshall. J Uribe grounded out to
second. D Richar grounded out to shortstop. J Owens hit for A Gonzalez.
J Owens singled to center. J Owens to second on passed ball by K Suzuki.
J Fields flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 7TH: J Owens in center field. K Suzuki struck out swinging. T Buck
grounded out to first. N Swisher singled to left. J Cust struck out looking.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: T Buck in right field. S Stewart in left field. H Street
relieved A Brown. J Thome grounded out to shortstop. P Konerko struck out
looking. A Pierzynski grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 8TH: M MacDougal relieved B Logan. M Piazza popped out to first.
M Scutaro flied out to center. J Hannahan lined out to shortstop. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: A Embree relieved H Street. J Dye struck out swinging.
S Podsednik grounded out to pitcher. J Uribe doubled to deep right. D Erstad
hit for D Richar. D Erstad singled to center, J Uribe scored. J Owens grounded
out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 4.</div>

 

Cust blasts two homers as Athletics edge White Sox

<h3>OAKLAND 4, CHI WHITE SOX 3</h3>By Tom Kent
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - Jack Cust continues to make themost of his opportunity.


Cust belted two homers and drove in three runs as the OaklandAthletics defeated the Chicago White Sox, 4-3, Tuesday.

The 28-year-old Cust, who prior to being acquired by Oaklandfrom the San Diego Padres in a minor league deal on May 3, hadspent parts of six seasons with four different major leagueteams and had collected just five career home runs during thatspan.


Since being called up by the injury-ridden Athletics from ClassAAA Sacramento on May 4, the slugger has collected ateam-leading 20 home runs.


Cust's first blast came in the first inning off White Soxstarter Jon Garland, when he deposited a 1-2 offering into theright field bleachers to give Oakland a 1-0 edge.


In the fourth, Cust reached Garland again for another solo shotover the left field wall to extend the advantage to 2-0. It wasCust's second career multi-homer game, with the first comingagainst on May 10 at Kansas City.


Cust added an RBI sacrifice fly to give the Athletics a 4-2 leadin the sixth inning. Cust is now 9-for-23 (.391) with threehomers and 12 RBI over his last six games.


Oakland starter Lenny DiNardo (7-6), who has won four straightdecisions, yielded two runs and six hits with three walks overfive innings.


Four Oakland relievers bridged the gap to Alan Embree, whosurrendered an RBI single to Darin Erstad but still managed torecord his 15th save of the season.


Donnie Murphy added a solo shot, his fourth of the season, offGarland in the fifth for a 3-1 margin.


Garland, who had not surrendered a home run in Oakland since2004, allowed four runs and six hits with three walks and fourstrikeouts over 5 2/3 innings.


Rookie Josh Fields blasted a solo home run in the sixth inningto cut the deficit to 3-2. It was Fields' 13th homer of theseason, which leads all American League rookies.

 

Re: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (54-63) at OAKLAND (57-62)

Alright we won. 4-2 final.

 

Cust blasts two homers as Athletics edge White Sox

<h3>OAKLAND 4, CHI WHITE SOX 3</h3>By Tom Kent
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - Jack Cust continues to make themost of his opportunity. Cust belted two homers and drove inthree runs as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago WhiteSox, 4-3, on Tuesday.


The 28-year-old Cust, who prior to being acquired by Oaklandfrom the San Diego Padres in a minor league deal on May 3, hadspent parts of six seasons with four different major leagueteams and had collected just five career home runs during thatspan.


"It's my first time I've been up at this level for an extendedperiod of time," Cust said. "It's exciting for me to be able toplay every day, and at the same time we're building afoundation for next year. Hopefully we can finish this year upstrong as well. You never know, this game is crazy."

Since being called up by the injury-ridden Athletics from ClassAAA Sacramento on May 4, the slugger has collected ateam-leading 20 home runs.


"He's done pretty good here," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillensaid. "They needed a power hitter when Frank Thomas left, andnow (Eric) Chavez is hurt. This is not a good hitting park sogood for him. I'm happy for him. He went around all over theplace and now he has a home."


Cust's first blast came in the first inning off White Soxstarter Jon Garland, when he deposited a 1-2 offering into theright field bleachers to give Oakland a 1-0 edge.


In the fourth, Cust reached Garland again for another solo shotover the left field wall to extend the advantage to 2-0. It wasCust's second career multi-homer game, with the first comingagainst on May 10 at Kansas City.


"The second one I was happy with the pitch," Garland said. "Iwas surprised it went out. I think he was surprised it wentout. But he's a big league hitter, what are you going to do."

Cust added an RBI sacrifice fly to give the Athletics a 4-2 leadin the sixth inning. Cust is now 9-for-23 (.391) with threehomers and 12 RBI over his last six games.


Oakland starter Lenny DiNardo (7-6), who has won four straightdecisions, yielded two runs and six hits with three walks overfive innings.


"Tonight was more of a struggle for me to throw strikes,"DiNardo said. "I had trouble throwing strike one especially. Iwas fortunate the offense came through and picked me up and Igot some good defense behind me."


Four Oakland relievers bridged the gap to Alan Embree, whosurrendered an RBI single to Darin Erstad but still managed torecord his 15th save of the season.


Donnie Murphy added a solo shot, his fourth of the season, offGarland in the fifth for a 3-1 margin.


"I'm having a blast," said Murphy, who was also called up fromClass AAA Sacramento earlier this season. "I'm getting a chanceto play every day and I want to take advantage of that."

Garland, who had not surrendered a home run in Oakland since2004, allowed four runs and six hits with three walks and fourstrikeouts over 5 2/3 innings.


"I think Jon threw a pretty good ballgame," Guillen said. "Ouroffense shut it down a little bit today. We had some chances,but came up empty. Jon threw the ball well, we just couldn'tget it done offensively."


Rookie Josh Fields blasted a solo home run in the sixth inningto cut the deficit to 3-2. It was Fields' 13th homer of theseason, which leads all American League rookies.

 

Re: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (54-63) at OAKLAND (57-62)

Jack Cust had some really nice swings tonight on both of his home-runs.