GAME THREAD: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (54-65) at OAKLAND (59-62)

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M MacDougal relieved R Bukvich.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5
OAKLAND 5 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K Suzuki (.248, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - PITCHING CHANGE
CHA: MATT THORNTON (3-3, 4.78) IN THE 9TH
SITUATION: NO RUNS IN, N SWISHER ON FIRST, T BUCK ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5

DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J CUST (.271, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Thornton relieved M MacDougal.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, N SWISHER ON FIRST, T BUCK ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5
OAKLAND 5 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J Cust (.271, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 12 0
OAKLAND 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 9 2 (TOP 10)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHA - MATT THORNTON
OAK - ALAN EMBREE

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D RICHAR (.175, 1-FOR-3, BB, RBI)
J OWENS (.250, 0-FOR-5)
J FIELDS (.251, 0-FOR-5)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (5) VS OAKLAND (5) - END 9TH - IN PROGRESS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250
J Fields 3b 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 .251
J Thome dh 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 .263
P Konerko 1b 5 0 2 1 0 2 4 .267
S Podsednik pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
A Pierzynski c 4 2 3 0 0 0 1 .272
J Dye rf 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 .245
D Erstad lf-1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 .261
J Uribe ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 .227
D Richar 2b 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .175

Totals 40 5 12 4 3 12 25

BATTING: 2B - A Pierzynski (19, A Brown); D Erstad (10, A Brown). S - A
Pierzynski. RBI - P Konerko (67), D Richar (2), J Thome (60), D Erstad (26).
2-out RBI - J Thome. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Uribe 2, J Dye
1, P Konerko 2, D Richar 1. Team LOB - 12.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Richar (1, 2nd base off D Haren/K Suzuki).

FIELDING: PB - A Pierzynski.


OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .287
S Stewart lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .299
N Swisher 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .256
J Cust rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 .270
M Piazza dh 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 .280
M Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .258
M Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .243
J Hannahan 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .222
K Suzuki c 3 0 1 1 1 2 2 .248

Totals 36 5 9 5 4 5 18

BATTING: 3B - M Piazza (1, J Vazquez). HR - M Piazza (4, 5th inning off J
Vazquez 1 on, 2 Out), S Stewart (10, 7th inning off B Logan 0 on, 1 Out). RBI -
J Hannahan (1), K Suzuki (14), M Piazza 2 (27), S Stewart (37). 2-out RBI - J
Hannahan, K Suzuki, M Piazza 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Cust 2, K Suzuki 1, T Buck 1. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - T Buck (4, 2nd base off M MacDougal/A Pierzynski).

FIELDING: E - N Swisher 2 (3, catch, ground ball).


----------------------------------------------------
CHI WHITE SOX - 111 001 100 -- 5
OAKLAND - 000 220 100 -- 5
----------------------------------------------------

CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Vazquez 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 3.74
B Logan 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 1 4.54
R Bukvich 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.83
M MacDougal 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 5.59
M Thornton 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.74

OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
D Haren 6 9 4 2 2 7 0 2.54
A Brown 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 1.93
A Embree 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.60

WP - D Haren, A Brown. IBB - J Dye (by A Embree), N Swisher (by M MacDougal).
Pitches-strikes: J Vazquez 109-67; B Logan 17-10; R Bukvich 18-10; M MacDougal
17-6; M Thornton 5-3; D Haren 121-80; A Brown 35-20; A Embree 25-14. Ground
balls-fly balls: J Vazquez 7-8; B Logan 0-2; R Bukvich 2-2; M MacDougal 1-0; M
Thornton 0-0; D Haren 6-5; A Brown 1-1; A Embree 1-1. Batters faced: J Vazquez
27; B Logan 4; R Bukvich 4; M MacDougal 4; M Thornton 1; D Haren 31; A Brown 8;
A Embree 5.

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

Weather: 68 degrees, sunny. Wind: 10 mph, out to right.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - PITCHING CHANGE
OAK: RUDDY LUGO (3-0, 7.89) STARTING THE 10TH
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5

DUE UP FOR CHWHITESOX: D RICHAR (.175, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Lugo relieved A Embree.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5
OAKLAND 5 TOP, 10TH

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D Richar (.175, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
OAKLAND 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0

10 R H E
-- - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 5 12 0
OAKLAND 5 9 2 (BOT 10)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHA - MATT THORNTON
OAK - RUDDY LUGO

DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M PIAZZA (.280, 3-FOR-4, HR, 2 RBI)
M ELLIS (.258, 0-FOR-4)
M SCUTARO (.243, 0-FOR-3, BB)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (5) VS OAKLAND (5) - MID 10TH - IN PROGRESS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 .249
J Fields 3b 6 1 0 0 0 4 3 .250
J Thome dh 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 .263
P Konerko 1b 5 0 2 1 0 2 4 .267
S Podsednik pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
A Pierzynski c 4 2 3 0 0 0 1 .272
J Dye rf 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 .245
D Erstad lf-1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 .261
J Uribe ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 .227
D Richar 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .171

Totals 43 5 12 4 3 13 25

BATTING: 2B - A Pierzynski (19, A Brown); D Erstad (10, A Brown). S - A
Pierzynski. RBI - P Konerko (67), D Richar (2), J Thome (60), D Erstad (26).
2-out RBI - J Thome. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Uribe 2, J Dye
1, P Konerko 2, D Richar 1. Team LOB - 12.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Richar (1, 2nd base off D Haren/K Suzuki).

FIELDING: PB - A Pierzynski.


OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .287
S Stewart lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .299
N Swisher 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .256
J Cust rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 .270
M Piazza dh 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 .280
M Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .258
M Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .243
J Hannahan 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .222
K Suzuki c 3 0 1 1 1 2 2 .248

Totals 36 5 9 5 4 5 18

BATTING: 3B - M Piazza (1, J Vazquez). HR - M Piazza (4, 5th inning off J
Vazquez 1 on, 2 Out), S Stewart (10, 7th inning off B Logan 0 on, 1 Out). RBI -
J Hannahan (1), K Suzuki (14), M Piazza 2 (27), S Stewart (37). 2-out RBI - J
Hannahan, K Suzuki, M Piazza 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Cust 2, K Suzuki 1, T Buck 1. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - T Buck (4, 2nd base off M MacDougal/A Pierzynski).

FIELDING: E - N Swisher 2 (3, catch, ground ball).


----------------------------------------------------
CHI WHITE SOX - 111 001 100 0 -- 5
OAKLAND - 000 220 100 -- 5
----------------------------------------------------

CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Vazquez 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 3.74
B Logan 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 1 4.54
R Bukvich 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.83
M MacDougal 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 5.59
M Thornton 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.74

OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
D Haren 6 9 4 2 2 7 0 2.54
A Brown 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 1.93
A Embree 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.60
R Lugo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.54

WP - D Haren, A Brown. IBB - J Dye (by A Embree), N Swisher (by M MacDougal).
Pitches-strikes: J Vazquez 109-67; B Logan 17-10; R Bukvich 18-10; M MacDougal
17-6; M Thornton 5-3; D Haren 121-80; A Brown 35-20; A Embree 25-14; R Lugo
13-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Vazquez 7-8; B Logan 0-2; R Bukvich 2-2; M
MacDougal 1-0; M Thornton 0-0; D Haren 6-5; A Brown 1-1; A Embree 1-1; R Lugo
1-1. Batters faced: J Vazquez 27; B Logan 4; R Bukvich 4; M MacDougal 4; M
Thornton 1; D Haren 31; A Brown 8; A Embree 5; R Lugo 3.

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

Weather: 68 degrees, sunny. Wind: 10 mph, out to right.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: D Murphy hit for J Hannahan.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, M SCUTARO ON FIRST, M ELLIS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5
OAKLAND 5 BOTTOM, 10TH

DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D Murphy (.228, 4 HR, 13 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY KURT SUZUKI (4) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 10TH OFF MATT THORNTON SCORED MARK ELLIS AND MARCO SCUTARO.

FINAL SCORE: OAKLAND 8, CHI WHITE SOX 5</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL FINAL 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
OAKLAND 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0

10 R H E
-- - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 5 12 0
OAKLAND 3 8 11 2 (FINAL 10)

BATTERIES: CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ, BOONE LOGAN (7TH), RYAN BUKVICH (7TH), MIKE
MACDOUGAL (9TH), MATT THORNTON (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI

OAK - DAN HAREN, ANDREW BROWN (7TH), ALAN EMBREE (9TH),
RUDDY LUGO (10TH) AND KURT SUZUKI

HOME RUNS: CHA - NONE

OAK - MIKE PIAZZA (4) OFF JAVIER VAZQUEZ IN THE 5TH, 1 ON
SHANNON STEWART (10) OFF BOONE LOGAN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
KURT SUZUKI (4) OFF MATT THORNTON IN THE 10TH, 2 ON</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL FINAL 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
OAKLAND 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0

10 R H E
-- - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 5 12 0
OAKLAND 3 8 11 2 (FINAL 10)

BATTERIES: CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ, BOONE LOGAN (7TH), RYAN BUKVICH (7TH), MIKE
MACDOUGAL (9TH), MATT THORNTON (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI

OAK - DAN HAREN, ANDREW BROWN (7TH), ALAN EMBREE (9TH),
RUDDY LUGO (10TH) AND KURT SUZUKI


WP - RUDDY LUGO (4-0)
LP - MATT THORNTON (3-4)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: CHA - NONE

OAK - MIKE PIAZZA (4) OFF JAVIER VAZQUEZ IN THE 5TH, 1 ON
SHANNON STEWART (10) OFF BOONE LOGAN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
KURT SUZUKI (4) OFF MATT THORNTON IN THE 10TH, 2 ON


TIME: 3:32 ATT: 20,218

PROBABLES: KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER (8-7, 3.41)
OAK - DAN MEYER (NR)

PROBABLES: CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS (6-14, 6.24)
SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA (12-8, 4.13)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (5) VS OAKLAND (8) - FINAL IN 10 INNINGS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 .249
J Fields 3b 6 1 0 0 0 4 3 .250
J Thome dh 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 .263
P Konerko 1b 5 0 2 1 0 2 4 .267
S Podsednik pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
A Pierzynski c 4 2 3 0 0 0 1 .272
J Dye rf 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 .245
D Erstad lf-1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 .261
J Uribe ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 .227
D Richar 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .171

Totals 43 5 12 4 3 13 25

BATTING: 2B - A Pierzynski (19, A Brown); D Erstad (10, A Brown). S - A
Pierzynski. RBI - P Konerko (67), D Richar (2), J Thome (60), D Erstad (26).
2-out RBI - J Thome. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Uribe 2, J Dye
1, P Konerko 2, D Richar 1. Team LOB - 12.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Richar (1, 2nd base off D Haren/K Suzuki).

FIELDING: PB - A Pierzynski.


OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Buck cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .287
S Stewart lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .299
N Swisher 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .256
J Cust rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 .270
M Piazza dh 5 2 3 2 0 1 1 .279
M Ellis 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 .259
M Scutaro ss 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .243
J Hannahan 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .222
a-D Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .225
K Suzuki c 4 1 2 4 1 2 2 .255

Totals 40 8 11 8 5 6 20

a-lined out to second for J Hannahan in the 10th.

BATTING: 3B - M Piazza (1, J Vazquez); M Ellis (2, M Thornton). HR - M Piazza
(4, 5th inning off J Vazquez 1 on, 2 Out), S Stewart (10, 7th inning off B
Logan 0 on, 1 Out), K Suzuki (4, 10th inning off M Thornton 2 on, 2 Out). RBI -
J Hannahan (1), K Suzuki 4 (17), M Piazza 2 (27), S Stewart (37). 2-out RBI - J
Hannahan, K Suzuki 4, M Piazza 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Cust 2, K Suzuki 1, T Buck 1. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - T Buck (4, 2nd base off M MacDougal/A Pierzynski).

FIELDING: E - N Swisher 2 (3, catch, ground ball).


----------------------------------------------------
CHI WHITE SOX - 111 001 100 0 -- 5
OAKLAND - 000 220 100 3 -- 8

Two outs when winning run scored.
----------------------------------------------------

CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Vazquez 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 3.74
B Logan (B, 1) 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 1 4.54
R Bukvich 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.83
M MacDougal 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 5.59
M Thornton (L, 3-4) 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 5.35

OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
D Haren 6 9 4 2 2 7 0 2.54
A Brown 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 1.93
A Embree 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.60
R Lugo (W, 4-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.54

WP - D Haren, A Brown. IBB - J Dye (by A Embree), N Swisher (by M MacDougal),
M Scutaro (by M Thornton). Pitches-strikes: J Vazquez 109-67; B Logan 17-10; R
Bukvich 18-10; M MacDougal 17-6; M Thornton 22-13; D Haren 121-80; A Brown
35-20; A Embree 25-14; R Lugo 13-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Vazquez 7-8; B
Logan 0-2; R Bukvich 2-2; M MacDougal 1-0; M Thornton 0-1; D Haren 6-5; A Brown
1-1; A Embree 1-1; R Lugo 1-1. Batters faced: J Vazquez 27; B Logan 4; R
Bukvich 4; M MacDougal 4; M Thornton 6; D Haren 31; A Brown 8; A Embree 5; R
Lugo 3.

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

T--3:32. Att--20,218.
Weather: 68 degrees, sunny. Wind: 10 mph, out to
right.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
CHI WHITE SOX 5
OAKLAND 8 FINAL</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHI WHITE SOX (5) AT OAKLAND (8) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens struck out swinging. J Fields safe at first on
error by first baseman N Swisher. J Thome singled to left, J Fields to second.
P Konerko singled to left, J Fields scored, J Thome to second. A Pierzynski
grounded into fielder's choice to second, P Konerko out at second, J Thome to
third. J Dye struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
OAKLAND 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: D Erstad reached on bunt single to third. J Uribe
singled to right, D Erstad to third. D Richar singled to deep left center,
D Erstad scored, J Uribe to third. J Owens grounded out to first, D Richar
to second. J Fields struck out looking. J Thome walked. P Konerko struck
out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: A Pierzynski singled to center. J Dye struck out
swinging. D Erstad grounded out to second, A Pierzynski to second. J Uribe
safe at first on error by first baseman N Swisher, A Pierzynski scored.
D Richar grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 3,
OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 4TH: J Cust walked. M Piazza singled to left, J Cust to second.
M Ellis popped out to second. M Scutaro lined out to right. J Hannahan singled
to right, J Cust scored, M Piazza to third. K Suzuki singled to left, M Piazza
scored, J Hannahan to second. T Buck grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 2.

OAKLAND 5TH: S Stewart grounded out to shortstop. N Swisher singled to
right. J Cust flied out to left. M Piazza homered to right center, N Swisher
scored. M Ellis fouled out to first. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: D Richar walked. J Owens lined out to right. D Richar
stole second. J Fields struck out looking. D Richar to third on wild pitch
by D Haren. J Thome reached on infield single to second, D Richar scored.
P Konerko flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 4,
OAKLAND 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: A Brown relieved D Haren. A Pierzynski doubled to left.
J Dye grounded out to shortstop, A Pierzynski to third. D Erstad doubled to
left, A Pierzynski scored. J Uribe flied out to right. D Erstad to third on
wild pitch by A Brown. D Richar struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 7TH: B Logan relieved J Vazquez. T Buck lined out to left.
S Stewart homered to left. N Swisher lined out to shortstop. J Cust singled
to right. R Bukvich relieved B Logan. M Piazza lined out to center. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5.

OAKLAND 10TH: M Piazza struck out looking. M Ellis tripled to deep right.
M Scutaro intentionally walked. D Murphy hit for J Hannahan. D Murphy lined
out to second. K Suzuki homered to left, M Ellis and M Scutaro scored.
(3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 8.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHI WHITE SOX (5) AT OAKLAND (8) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

Oakland Starting Lineups -- T Buck CF, S Stewart LF, N Swisher 1B, J Cust RF,
M Piazza DH, M Ellis 2B, M Scutaro SS, J Hannahan 3B, K Suzuki C, D Haren RHP.

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

Gametime Weather: 68 degrees, Sunny, wind out to right at 10 mph.


CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens struck out swinging. J Fields safe at first on
error by first baseman N Swisher. J Thome singled to left, J Fields to second.
P Konerko singled to left, J Fields scored, J Thome to second. A Pierzynski
grounded into fielder's choice to second, P Konerko out at second, J Thome to
third. J Dye struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 1ST: T Buck flied out to center. S Stewart grounded out to first.
N Swisher singled to deep right center. J Cust popped out to second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, OAKLAND 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: D Erstad reached on bunt single to third. J Uribe
singled to right, D Erstad to third. D Richar singled to deep left center,
D Erstad scored, J Uribe to third. J Owens grounded out to first, D Richar
to second. J Fields struck out looking. J Thome walked. P Konerko struck
out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 2ND: M Piazza tripled to deep right. M Ellis fouled out to
catcher. M Scutaro walked. J Hannahan popped out to shortstop. K Suzuki
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, OAKLAND 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: A Pierzynski singled to center. J Dye struck out
swinging. D Erstad grounded out to second, A Pierzynski to second. J Uribe
safe at first on error by first baseman N Swisher, A Pierzynski scored.
D Richar grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 3,
OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 3RD: T Buck grounded out to second. S Stewart grounded out
to pitcher. N Swisher grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Owens bunt grounded out to third. J Fields flied
out to left. J Thome grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 4TH: J Cust walked. M Piazza singled to left, J Cust to second.
M Ellis popped out to second. M Scutaro lined out to right. J Hannahan
singled to right, J Cust scored, M Piazza to third. K Suzuki singled to
left, M Piazza scored, J Hannahan to second. T Buck grounded out to second.
(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 2.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: P Konerko struck out looking. A Pierzynski singled to
right center. J Dye singled to center, A Pierzynski to second. D Erstad
lined out to left. J Uribe flied out to center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 2.

OAKLAND 5TH: S Stewart grounded out to shortstop. N Swisher singled to
right. J Cust flied out to left. M Piazza homered to right center, N Swisher
scored. M Ellis fouled out to first. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, OAKLAND 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: D Richar walked. J Owens lined out to right. D Richar
stole second. J Fields struck out looking. D Richar to third on wild pitch
by D Haren. J Thome reached on infield single to second, D Richar scored.
P Konerko flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 4,
OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 6TH: M Scutaro grounded out to third. J Hannahan struck out
looking. K Suzuki struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 4, OAKLAND 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: A Brown relieved D Haren. A Pierzynski doubled to left.
J Dye grounded out to shortstop, A Pierzynski to third. D Erstad doubled to
left, A Pierzynski scored. J Uribe flied out to right. D Erstad to third on
wild pitch by A Brown. D Richar struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 7TH: B Logan relieved J Vazquez. T Buck lined out to left.
S Stewart homered to left. N Swisher lined out to shortstop. J Cust singled
to right. R Bukvich relieved B Logan. M Piazza lined out to center. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: J Owens struck out swinging. J Fields struck out
swinging. J Thome struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5.

OAKLAND 8TH: M Ellis flied out to right. M Scutaro grounded out to
shortstop. J Hannahan grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: A Embree relieved A Brown. P Konerko singled to center.
S Podsednik ran for P Konerko. A Pierzynski sacrificed to pitcher, S Podsednik
to second. J Dye intentionally walked. D Erstad struck out swinging. J Uribe
fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5.

OAKLAND 9TH: S Podsednik in left field. D Erstad at first base. M MacDougal
relieved R Bukvich. K Suzuki walked. T Buck bunted into fielder's choice to
pitcher, K Suzuki out at second. S Stewart struck out swinging, T Buck stole
second. N Swisher intentionally walked. M Thornton relieved M MacDougal.
T Buck to third, N Swisher to second on passed ball by A Pierzynski. J Cust
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5.

CHI WHITE SOX 10TH: R Lugo relieved A Embree. D Richar grounded out to
first. J Owens flied out to center. J Fields struck out looking. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 5.

OAKLAND 10TH: M Piazza struck out looking. M Ellis tripled to deep right.
M Scutaro intentionally walked. D Murphy hit for J Hannahan. D Murphy lined
out to second. K Suzuki homered to left, M Ellis and M Scutaro scored.
(3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, OAKLAND 8.</div>

 

Suzuki blasts walk-off homer as A's top White Sox

<h3>OAKLAND 8, CHI WHITE SOX 5 (10 INNINGS)</h3>By Tom Kent
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Kurt Suzuki snapped a 10th-inningtie with a walk-off, three-run homer as the Oakland Athletics postedan 8-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon.

Mike Piazza had three hits and two RBI for the Athletics, whocompleted their first sweep since June 8-10 against the SanFrancisco Giants.


With the game tied 5-5 in the 10th, Mark Ellis roped a one-outtriple to lead off the frame. After Marco Scutaro was issued anintentional walk to set up a possible double play, DonnieMurphy lined out to second, setting up Suzuki's towering blastto center field.


Oakland starter Dan Haren, who entered with an AmericanLeague-low 2.53 ERA, labored through six innings, yielding fourruns - two earned - while walking two and striking out seven.The ace righthander threw 80 of his season-high 121 pitches forstrikes.


Three relievers tossed the final four frames, including RuddyLugo (4-0), who hurled a scoreless 10th to pick up the win.

Trailing, 3-2, with one out in the fifth, Nick Swisher singledto right off Chicago starter Javier Vazquez and, after Jack Custflew out to left, Piazza belted a two-run shot over the leftfield wall for a 4-3 advantage.


It was Piazza's fourth homer of the season. The slugger fell adouble short of the cycle, having tripled in the first andsingled in the fourth.


The White Sox opened the scoring with one out in the firstinning. Josh Fields reached on an error by Swisher and JimThome singled to left field.


Paul Konerko followed with a an RBI single to left for a 1-0edge.


With two outs in the third, Swisher committed his second errorwhen he misplayed Juan Uribe's ground ball, allowing A.J.Pierzynski to score from second for a 3-0 margin.


However, Oakland fought back thanks to Shannon Stewart, whoconnected on a 2-2 pitch from Boone Logan for a solo shot toleft to tie it 4-4. It was Stewart's 10th homer of thecampaign.


Vazquez, who entered with a 7-1 record and 2.97 ERA over hislast nine starts, allowed four runs in six innings while walkingtwo and striking out three.


Down 3-0 in the fourth, rookie Jack Hannahan plated Cust with a<div class="pre">single to right and Suzuki added an RBI single to left to cut</div>the deficit to 3-2.


Danny Richard added an RBI single in the second for the WhiteSox, who left 12 runners on base.

 

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Suzuki blasts walk-off homer as A's top White Sox

<h3>OAKLAND 8, CHI WHITE SOX 5 (10 INNINGS)</h3>By Tom Kent
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - Kurt Suzuki snapped a 10th-inningtie with a walk-off, three-run homer as the Oakland Athleticsposted an 8-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursdayafternoon.


Mike Piazza had three hits and two RBI for the Athletics, whocompleted their first sweep since June 8-10 against the SanFrancisco Giants.


With the game tied 5-5 in the 10th, Mark Ellis roped a one-outtriple to lead off the frame. After Marco Scutaro was issued anintentional walk to set up a possible double play, DonnieMurphy lined out to second, setting up Suzuki's towering blastto center field off Chicago reliever Matt Thornton (3-4).

"It felt good off the bat," Suzuki said. "I hit it really well,actually I really didn't even feel it off the bat. It was aday game, and the ball travels pretty well during well duringthe day. That felt great and hopefully there are more of thoseto come."


"He's a first-pitch fastball swinger," Thornton said. "I wantedto get it in on him and I left it out over the plate and hesmoked it. There's not too much you can do about it. It's nota situation you want to leave the field with, but it happenssometimes."


For Suzuki, it was his first-career walk-off homer. The rookiebecame the fourth A's player to hit a game-ending home run thisseason.


"It was awesome," Athletics manager Bob Geren said. "It soundedgood right off the bat. It was a shot, a no-doubter. He justsmoked it."


Oakland starter Dan Haren, who entered with an AmericanLeague-low 2.53 ERA, labored through six innings, yielding fourruns - two earned - while walking two and striking out seven.The ace righthander threw 80 of his season-high 121 pitches forstrikes.


"We haven't lost a series in a while," Haren said. "I thinkwe've been playing teams tough, we've been hanging in thereagainst some tough opponents. We've played good baseball. Weseem to always have Chicago's number here, so to get the sweepwas nice."


Three relievers tossed the final four frames, including RuddyLugo (4-0), who hurled a scoreless 10th to pick up the win.

Trailing, 3-2, with one out in the fifth, Nick Swisher singledto right off Chicago starter Javier Vazquez and, after Jack Custflew out to left, Piazza belted a two-run shot over the leftfield wall for a 4-3 advantage.


It was Piazza's fourth homer of the season. The slugger fell adouble short of the cycle, having tripled in the first andsingled in the fourth.


The White Sox opened the scoring with one out in the firstinning. Josh Fields reached on an error by Swisher and JimThome singled to left field.


Paul Konerko followed with a an RBI single to left for a 1-0edge.


With two outs in the third, Swisher committed his second errorwhen he misplayed Juan Uribe's ground ball, allowing A.J.Pierzynski to score from second for a 3-0 margin.


However, Oakland fought back thanks to Shannon Stewart, whoconnected on a 2-2 pitch from Boone Logan for a solo shot toleft to tie it 4-4. It was Stewart's 10th homer of thecampaign.


Vazquez, who entered with a 7-1 record and 2.97 ERA over hislast nine starts, allowed four runs in six innings while walkingtwo and striking out three.


Down 3-0 in the fourth, rookie Jack Hannahan plated Cust with a<div class="pre">single to right and Suzuki added an RBI single to left to cut</div>the deficit to 3-2.


Danny Richard added an RBI single in the second for the WhiteSox, who left 12 runners on base.


"It was a good game, but not a good game for us," Chicagomanager Ozzie Guillen said. "I thought Vazquez pitched goodbut, once again, we couldn't get anything going with ouroffense."