GAME THREAD: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (54-67) at SEATTLE (67-52)

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

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CHI WHITE SOX (5) AT SEATTLE (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
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CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens struck out swinging. J Fields struck out
swinging. J Thome homered to left. J Dye flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, SEATTLE 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: A Pierzynski singled to left center. D Erstad singled
to center, A Pierzynski to second. S Podsednik sacrificed to catcher,
A Pierzynski to third, D Erstad to second. J Uribe hit sacrifice fly to center,
A Pierzynski scored, D Erstad to third. D Richar lined out to center. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, SEATTLE 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Dye popped out to second. A Pierzynski homered to
right. D Erstad reached on infield single to shortstop. S Podsednik struck
out swinging. J Uribe flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 4TH: J Vidro singled to center. J Guillen grounded out to pitcher,
J Vidro to second. R Ibanez singled to right, J Vidro scored. A Beltre
singled to left, R Ibanez to second. R Sexson flied out to right. K Johjima
grounded out to third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 1.

SEATTLE 5TH: J Lopez singled to center. Y Betancourt singled to left,
J Lopez to second. I Suzuki sacrificed to first, J Lopez to third, Y Betancourt
to second. J Vidro flied out to right. J Guillen singled to left, J Lopez and
Y Betancourt scored. R Ibanez flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 3.

SEATTLE 6TH: A Beltre singled to center. E Wassermann relieved J Danks.
R Sexson doubled to deep left, A Beltre to third. K Johjima singled to center,
A Beltre scored, R Sexson scored, K Johjima to third on throwing error by center
fielder J Owens. J Lopez grounded out to third. Y Betancourt grounded out to
third. I Suzuki intentionally walked. J Vidro singled to right, K Johjima
scored, I Suzuki to second. J Guillen safe at first on error by third baseman
J Fields, I Suzuki to third, J Vidro to second. I Suzuki scored, J Vidro to
third, J Guillen to second on wild pitch by E Wassermann. R Ibanez
intentionally walked. A Beltre struck out looking. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 2 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 7.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: D Richar walked. J Owens flied out to right. J Fields
flied out to center. G Sherrill relieved J Weaver. J Thome homered to center,
D Richar scored. S Green relieved G Sherrill. J Dye struck out swinging.
(2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, SEATTLE 7.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

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CHI WHITE SOX (5) AT SEATTLE (7) - EVENT LOG
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Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- J Owens CF, J Fields 3B, J Thome DH, J Dye RF,
A Pierzynski C, D Erstad 1B, S Podsednik LF, J Uribe SS, D Richar 2B, J Danks LHP.

Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki CF, J Vidro DH, J Guillen RF, R Ibanez LF,
A Beltre 3B, R Sexson 1B, K Johjima C, J Lopez 2B, Y Betancourt SS, J Weaver RHP.

Umpires -- Paul Emmel (HP), Dan Iassogna (1B), Dale Scott (2B), Ron Kulpa (3B).


Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens struck out swinging. J Fields struck out
swinging. J Thome homered to left. J Dye flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki struck out swinging. J Vidro flied out to center.
J Guillen struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
SEATTLE 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: A Pierzynski singled to left center. D Erstad singled
to center, A Pierzynski to second. S Podsednik sacrificed to catcher,
A Pierzynski to third, D Erstad to second. J Uribe hit sacrifice fly to center,
A Pierzynski scored, D Erstad to third. D Richar lined out to center. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 2ND: R Ibanez doubled to deep right. A Beltre flied out to center,
R Ibanez to third. R Sexson walked. K Johjima grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, R Sexson out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 2, SEATTLE 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: J Owens grounded out to second. J Fields struck out
swinging. J Thome flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 2, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 3RD: J Lopez singled to left. Y Betancourt grounded into double
play, shortstop to second to first, J Lopez out at second. I Suzuki grounded
out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, SEATTLE 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Dye popped out to second. A Pierzynski homered to
right. D Erstad reached on infield single to shortstop. S Podsednik struck
out swinging. J Uribe flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 4TH: J Vidro singled to center. J Guillen grounded out to pitcher,
J Vidro to second. R Ibanez singled to right, J Vidro scored. A Beltre
singled to left, R Ibanez to second. R Sexson flied out to right. K Johjima
grounded out to third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: D Richar grounded out to second. J Owens flied out to
center. J Fields popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 1.

SEATTLE 5TH: J Lopez singled to center. Y Betancourt singled to left,
J Lopez to second. I Suzuki sacrificed to first, J Lopez to third, Y Betancourt
to second. J Vidro flied out to right. J Guillen singled to left, J Lopez and
Y Betancourt scored. R Ibanez flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: J Thome flied out to left. J Dye flied out to center.
A Pierzynski struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3,
SEATTLE 3.

SEATTLE 6TH: A Beltre singled to center. E Wassermann relieved J Danks.
R Sexson doubled to deep left, A Beltre to third. K Johjima singled to center,
A Beltre scored, R Sexson scored, K Johjima to third on throwing error by center
fielder J Owens. J Lopez grounded out to third. Y Betancourt grounded out to
third. I Suzuki intentionally walked. J Vidro singled to right, K Johjima
scored, I Suzuki to second. J Guillen safe at first on error by third baseman
J Fields, I Suzuki to third, J Vidro to second. I Suzuki scored, J Vidro to
third, J Guillen to second on wild pitch by E Wassermann. R Ibanez
intentionally walked. A Beltre struck out looking. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 2 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 7.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: D Erstad grounded out to second. S Podsednik flied out
to center. J Uribe popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 7.

SEATTLE 7TH: G Floyd relieved E Wassermann. R Sexson struck out swinging.
K Johjima popped out to shortstop. J Lopez fouled out to catcher. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 7.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: D Richar walked. J Owens flied out to right. J Fields
flied out to center. G Sherrill relieved J Weaver. J Thome homered to center,
D Richar scored. S Green relieved G Sherrill. J Dye struck out swinging.
(2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, SEATTLE 7.

SEATTLE 8TH: Y Betancourt singled to left. I Suzuki flied out to center.
J Vidro flied into double play, left to first, Y Betancourt doubled off
first.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, SEATTLE 7.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: J Putz relieved S Green. A Jones in left field.
A Pierzynski flied out to right. D Erstad walked. S Podsednik grounded out to
second, D Erstad to second. J Uribe lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, SEATTLE 7.</div>

 

Weaver wins third straight as Mariners inch closer to Angels

<h3>SEATTLE 7, CHI WHITE SOX 5</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Jeff Weaver pitched well into the eighth topost his third straight win and Kenji Johjima hit a two-runsingle in the sixth as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 7-5victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.

Adrian Beltre had two hits for Seattle (68-52), which has woneight of 11 to move within two games of the Los Angeles Anglesof Anaheim (71-51) for first place in the American League West.

But the Mariners now are one-half game ahead of the New YorkYankees (69-54) in the AL wild card race.


Weaver (5-10), who had thrown a five-hitter against the WhiteSox on Sunday, allowed four runs and five hits in 7 2/3 innings.He struck out five and walked one.


Beltre and Johjima helped the Mariners snapped a 3-3 tie withfour runs in the sixth. Beltre led off the inning with a singleoff rookie starter John Danks (6-11), who wound up losing hisfifth consecutive decision.


White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen went to his bullpen and broughtin righthander Ehren Wasserman who had held righthanded battersto a .063 average. Richie Sexson crossed up the strategy whenhe doubled Beltre to third.


Johjima followed with a single to score Beltre and wound up atthird on center fielder Jerry Owens' throwing error to homewhich allowed Sexson to score and make it 5-3.


The Mariners had the bases loaded with two out when Wassermanuncorked a wild pitch for a 6-3 lead, and Jose Vidro singled tomake it 7-3.


That seemed to be a big enough lead, but Weaver and the bullpenmade it interesting in the eighth. The righthander walkedrookie Danny Richar to start the frame and then got the firsttwo outs before giving way to George Sherrill, who allowed agrand slam to Richar in Friday's win.


Sherrill's woes continued as he allowed a two-run blast to JimThome to cut the lead to 7-5. Sean Green got the final out ofthe innings, and closer J.J. Putz closed out the ninth for his36th save in 39 chances.


Thome, who recorded his 39th career multi-homer game, had stakedDanks to a 1-0 lead with his 491st career homer and 19th of theseason in the first inning. It was his first homer sinceAugust 4.


Danks allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings, whilestriking out two and walking one, for Chicago, which has lostseven straight for the first time since 2005.


The White Sox made it 2-0 on Juan Uribe's sacrifice fly in thesecond and A. J. Pierzynski's 12th homer, a 438-foot blast intothe second deck in right field in the fourth extended the leadto 3-0.


The Mariners trimmed the lead to 3-1 on Raul Ibanez' single toscore Jose Vidro in the fourth and tied it 3-3 the next inningwhen Jose Guillen bounced a single over third baseman JoshPhelps' glove into left field to drive in Jose Lopez andYuniesky Betancourt.


After grounding into double plays in the second and thirdinnings to kill potential rallies, Mariners left fielder RaulIbanez singled in the fourth to score Jose Vidro and cut theWhite Sox's lead to 3-1.

 

Weaver wins third straight as Mariners inch closer to Angels

<h3>SEATTLE 7, CHI WHITE SOX 5</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Jeff Weaver pitched well into the eighth topost his third straight win and Kenji Johjima hit a two-runsingle in the sixth as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 7-5victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.

Adrian Beltre had two hits for Seattle (68-52), which has woneight of 11 to move within two games of the Los Angeles Anglesof Anaheim (71-51) for first place in the American League West.

But the Mariners now are one-half game ahead of the New YorkYankees (69-54) in the AL wild card race.


Weaver (5-10), who had thrown a five-hitter against the WhiteSox on Sunday, allowed four runs and five hits in 7 2/3 innings.He struck out five and walked one.


Beltre and Johjima helped the Mariners snap a 3-3 tie with fourruns in the sixth. Beltre led off the inning with a single offrookie starter John Danks (6-11), who wound up losing his fifthconsecutive decision.


White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen went to his bullpen and broughtin righthander Ehren Wasserman who had held righthanded battersto a .063 average. Richie Sexson crossed up the strategy whenhe doubled Beltre to third.


Johjima followed with a single to score Beltre and wound up atthird on center fielder Jerry Owens' throwing error to homewhich allowed Sexson to score and make it 5-3.


The Mariners had the bases loaded with two out when Wassermanuncorked a wild pitch for a 6-3 lead, and Jose Vidro singled tomake it 7-3.


That seemed to be a big enough lead, but Weaver and the bullpenmade it interesting in the eighth. The righthander walkedrookie Danny Richar to start the frame and then got the firsttwo outs before giving way to George Sherrill, who allowed agrand slam to Richar in Friday's win.


Sherrill's woes continued as he allowed a two-run blast to JimThome to cut the lead to 7-5. Sean Green got the final out ofthe innings, and closer J.J. Putz closed out the ninth for his36th save in 39 chances.


Thome, who recorded his 39th career multi-homer game, had stakedDanks to a 1-0 lead with his 491st career homer and 19th of theseason in the first inning. It was his first homer sinceAugust 4.


Danks allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings, whilestriking out two and walking one, for Chicago, which has lostseven straight for the first time since 2005.


The White Sox made it 2-0 on Juan Uribe's sacrifice fly in thesecond and A. J. Pierzynski's 12th homer, a 438-foot blast intothe second deck in right field in the fourth extended the leadto 3-0.


The Mariners trimmed the lead to 3-1 on Raul Ibanez' single toscore Jose Vidro in the fourth and tied it 3-3 the next inningwhen Jose Guillen bounced a single over third baseman JoshPhelps' glove into left field to drive in Jose Lopez andYuniesky Betancourt.


After grounding into double plays in the second and thirdinnings to kill potential rallies, Mariners left fielder RaulIbanez singled in the fourth to score Jose Vidro and cut theWhite Sox's lead to 3-1.

 

Weaver wins third straight as Mariners inch closer to Angels

<h3>SEATTLE 7, CHI WHITE SOX 5</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Jeff Weaver pitched into the eighth inningto post his third straight win and Kenji Johjima's tie-breakingsingle sparked a four-run sixth as the Seattle Mariners ralliedfor a 7-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.

Adrian Beltre had two hits for Seattle (68-52), which has woneight of 11 to move within two games of the Los Angeles Angelsof Anaheim (71-51) for first place in the American League West.

The Mariners remain one-half game ahead of the New York Yankees(69-54) in the AL wild card race.


Weaver (5-10), who threw a five-hitter against the White Sox onSunday, allowed four runs and five hits in 7 2/3 innings. Hestruck out five and walked one.


"Weaver pitched well, but it was kind of like a tale of twopitchers out there," Mariners manager John McLaren said. "Hemade a couple of mistakes and gave up a couple of long balls."

Beltre and Johjima helped the Mariners snap a 3-3 tie with fourruns in the sixth. Beltre led off the inning with a single offrookie starter John Danks (6-11), who lost his fifth consecutivedecision.


"It was typical Mariners style," said Weaver of the sixthinning. "You go out there and make things happen. As startingpitchers we just have to keep the game close and let our offensedo the work late and give us a chance to win."


White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen went to his bullpen and broughtin righthander Ehren Wasserman, who had held righthanded battersto a .063 average. Richie Sexson crossed up the strategy whenhe doubled Beltre to third.


Johjima followed with a single to score Beltre and wound up atthird on center fielder Jerry Owens' throwing error to home,which allowed Sexson to score to make it 5-3.


The Mariners had the bases loaded with two out when Wassermanuncorked a wild pitch for a 6-3 lead, and Jose Vidro singled tomake it 7-3.


That seemed to be a comfortable lead, but Weaver and the bullpenmade it interesting in the eighth. The righthander walkedrookie Danny Richar to start the frame and then got the firsttwo outs before giving way to George Sherrill, who allowed agrand slam to Richar in Friday's win.


Sherrill's woes continued as he allowed a two-run blast to JimThome to cut the lead to 7-5. Sean Green got the final out ofthe innings, and J.J. Putz closed out the ninth for his 36thsave in 39 chances.


Thome, who recorded his 39th career multi-homer game, had stakedDanks to a 1-0 lead with his 491st career homer and 19th of theseason in the first inning. The opposite-field blast to leftwas his first homer since August 4.


"Thome is normally a pull hitter and he kind of caught meoff-guard going the other way," Weaver said. "Shoot, it's justfortunate we put up some runs and could afford some mistakes."

Danks allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings, whilestriking out two and walking one, for Chicago, which has lostseven straight for the first time since 2005.


"The way we're playing, we should be in last place," Guillensaid. "We haven't earned anything better than being in lastplace. We're helping the other team play better against us. Wemake so many mistakes mentally and today we collapsed again.

We're not coaching, we're not hitting, we're not running, we'renot playing defense and we're not pitching. We're doingeverything wrong."


The White Sox made it 2-0 on Juan Uribe's sacrifice fly in thesecond and A. J. Pierzynski's 12th homer, a 438-foot blast intothe second deck in right field in the fourth, extended the leadto 3-0.


The Mariners trimmed the lead to 3-1 on Raul Ibanez's single toscore Jose Vidro in the fourth and tied it at 3-3 the nextinning when Jose Guillen bounced a single over third basemanJosh Phelps' glove into left field to drive in Jose Lopez andYuniesky Betancourt.


"I think that this club has that come-from-behind mentality,that mind-set where we feel like we're in it all the time,"Ibanez said. "It's a credit to the guys in this clubhouse."