GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (54-68) at SEATTLE (68-52)

AL: CHI WHITE SOX (54-68) at SEATTLE (68-52)

<h3>Hernandez, Mariners look to move closer to first place</h3>



<div class="pre">Chi White Sox (54-68) at Seattle (68-52) 4:05 pm EDT</div>

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Seattle Mariners look to inch closer tofirst place in the American League West as they aim for athree-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

Felix Hernandez takes the hill for the Mariners, who trail theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim (71-51) by two games in the ALWest.


Jeff Weaver won his third straight start by throwing 7 2/3innings and Kenji Jojima snapped a 3-3 tie with an RBI single inthe sixth inning of Saturday's 7-5 win.


Hernandez (8-6, 3.86 ERA) looks to follow Weaver's impressivestart with one of his own. Hernandez did not receive ano-decision in his last start, allowing one run and four hits inseven innings against Minnesota on Monday,


The Seattle ace is unbeaten in his last four starts, but is 0-1with a 4.76 ERA in three starts vs. Chicago.


Jon Garland (8-8, 4.63) get the ball for Chicago, which has losta season-high seven straight games. Garland has been horriblehis last three starts, allowing 15 runs in his last 14 innings.

Jim Thome recorded his 39th career multi-home run game inSaturday's loss. He is nine homers shy of 500 for his career.

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX AT SEATTLE -- LINEUPS

CHI WHITE SOX SEATTLE
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Jerry Owens CF .239 1 7 Ichiro Suzuki CF .345 5 48
Josh Fields 3B .242 13 41 Jose Vidro DH .318 4 48
Jim Thome DH .266 20 63 Jose Guillen RF .287 16 72
Jermaine Dye RF .242 24 62 Raul Ibanez LF .278 13 78
Darin Erstad 1B .269 2 26 Adrian Beltre 3B .274 18 71
Juan Uribe SS .227 13 50 Richie Sexson 1B .209 19 58
Scott Podsednik LF .254 1 7 Jose Lopez 2B .262 8 50
Toby Hall C .221 0 1 Jamie Burke C .317 0 7
Danny Richar 2B .174 1 6 Yuniesky Betancour SS .293 8 49

Jon Garland RHP (8-8, 4.63) Felix Hernandez RHP (8-6, 3.86)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE
WARMUPS: CHA - JON GARLAND (8-8, 4.63)
SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ (8-6, 3.86)

UMPIRES: HP - DAN IASSOGNA
1B - DALE SCOTT
2B - RON KULPA
3B - PAUL EMMEL

WEATHER: 58 Degrees, rain
WIND: 6 mph, out to left</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE
STARTING BATS: CHA - JON GARLAND AND TOBY HALL
SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ AND JAMIE BURKE

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J OWENS (.239, 1 HR, 7 RBI)
J FIELDS (.242, 13 HR, 41 RBI)
J THOME (.266, 20 HR, 63 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHA - JON GARLAND
SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.345, 5 HR, 48 RBI)
J VIDRO (.318, 4 HR, 48 RBI)
J GUILLEN (.287, 16 HR, 72 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (0) VS SEATTLE (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
J Fields 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
J Thome dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .266
J Dye rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
D Erstad 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
J Uribe ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
S Podsednik lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
T Hall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221
D Richar 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174

Totals 3 0 1 0 1 0 2

BATTING: GIDP - J Dye. Team LOB - 1.


SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
J Vidro dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
J Guillen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
R Ibanez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
A Beltre 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
R Sexson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
J Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
J Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317
Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (Y Betancourt-J Lopez-R Sexson).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 0 -- 0
SEATTLE - -- 0
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.63

SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
F Hernandez 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.83

Pitches-strikes: F Hernandez 9-5. Ground balls-fly balls: F Hernandez 3-0.
Batters faced: F Hernandez 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.

Weather: 58 degrees, rain. Wind: 6 mph, out to left.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE
CONFIRMED STARTERS: CHA - JON GARLAND
SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JOSE GUILLEN (17) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 1ST OFF JON GARLAND SCORED JOSE VIDRO.
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0, SEATTLE 2

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.278, 13 HR, 78 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ADRIAN BELTRE (19) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 2
OUT IN THE 1ST OFF JON GARLAND.
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0, SEATTLE 3

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R SEXSON (.209, 19 HR, 58 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHA - JON GARLAND
SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D ERSTAD (.269, 2 HR, 26 RBI)
J URIBE (.227, 13 HR, 50 RBI)
S PODSEDNIK (.254, 1 HR, 7 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (0) VS SEATTLE (3) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
J Fields 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
J Thome dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .266
J Dye rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
D Erstad 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
J Uribe ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
S Podsednik lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
T Hall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221
D Richar 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174

Totals 3 0 1 0 1 0 2

BATTING: GIDP - J Dye. Team LOB - 1.


SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .344
J Vidro dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .320
J Guillen rf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .288
R Ibanez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
A Beltre 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .276
R Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
J Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
J Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317
Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293

Totals 6 3 3 3 0 1 0

BATTING: 2B - J Vidro (17, J Garland). HR - J Guillen (17, 1st inning off J
Garland 1 on, 1 Out), A Beltre (19, 1st inning off J Garland 0 on, 2 Out). RBI
- J Guillen 2 (74), A Beltre (72). 2-out RBI - A Beltre. Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (Y Betancourt-J Lopez-R Sexson).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 0 -- 0
SEATTLE - 3 -- 3
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 4.77

SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
F Hernandez 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.83

Pitches-strikes: J Garland 30-19; F Hernandez 9-5. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Garland 0-2; F Hernandez 3-0. Batters faced: J Garland 6; F Hernandez 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHA - JON GARLAND
SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J LOPEZ (.262, 8 HR, 50 RBI)
J BURKE (.317, 0 HR, 7 RBI)
Y BETANCOURT (.293, 8 HR, 49 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (0) VS SEATTLE (3) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
J Fields 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
J Thome dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .266
J Dye rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
D Erstad 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269
J Uribe ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .226
S Podsednik lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
T Hall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221
D Richar 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174

Totals 5 0 1 0 2 0 3

BATTING: GIDP - J Dye, J Uribe. Team LOB - 1.


SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .344
J Vidro dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .320
J Guillen rf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .288
R Ibanez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
A Beltre 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .276
R Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
J Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
J Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317
Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293

Totals 6 3 3 3 0 1 0

BATTING: 2B - J Vidro (17, J Garland). HR - J Guillen (17, 1st inning off J
Garland 1 on, 1 Out), A Beltre (19, 1st inning off J Garland 0 on, 2 Out). RBI
- J Guillen 2 (74), A Beltre (72). 2-out RBI - A Beltre. Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (Y Betancourt-J Lopez-R Sexson, J Lopez-Y Betancourt-R
Sexson).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 00 -- 0
SEATTLE - 3 -- 3
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 4.77

SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
F Hernandez 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.80

Pitches-strikes: J Garland 30-19; F Hernandez 33-19. Ground balls-fly balls:
J Garland 0-2; F Hernandez 6-0. Batters faced: J Garland 6; F Hernandez 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED JAMIE BURKE AND ICHIRO
SUZUKI.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J GUILLEN ON FIRST, J VIDRO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
SEATTLE 5 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.278, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHA - JON GARLAND
SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: T HALL (.221, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
D RICHAR (.174, 1 HR, 6 RBI)
J OWENS (.243, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (0) VS SEATTLE (5) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
J Fields 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
J Thome dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .266
J Dye rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
D Erstad 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269
J Uribe ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .226
S Podsednik lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
T Hall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221
D Richar 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174

Totals 5 0 1 0 2 0 3

BATTING: GIDP - J Dye, J Uribe. Team LOB - 1.


SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .345
J Vidro dh 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .320
J Guillen rf 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 .290
R Ibanez lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
A Beltre 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .276
R Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
J Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
J Burke c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .325
Y Betancourt ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292

Totals 12 5 6 5 1 1 3

BATTING: 2B - J Vidro (17, J Garland). HR - J Guillen (17, 1st inning off J
Garland 1 on, 1 Out), A Beltre (19, 1st inning off J Garland 0 on, 2 Out). RBI
- J Guillen 4 (76), A Beltre (72). 2-out RBI - A Beltre, J Guillen 2. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - R Ibanez 1. Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (Y Betancourt-J Lopez-R Sexson, J Lopez-Y Betancourt-R
Sexson).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 00 -- 0
SEATTLE - 32 -- 5
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland 2 6 5 5 1 1 2 4.86

SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
F Hernandez 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.80

Pitches-strikes: J Garland 53-33; F Hernandez 33-19. Ground balls-fly balls:
J Garland 1-4; F Hernandez 6-0. Batters faced: J Garland 13; F Hernandez 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY JERRY OWENS SCORED TOBY HALL AND DANNY RICHAR.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J OWENS ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
SEATTLE 5 TOP, 3RD

DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J FIELDS (.241, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHA - JON GARLAND
SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.276, 1-FOR-1, HR, RBI)
R SEXSON (.209, 0-FOR-1)
J LOPEZ (.261, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (2) VS SEATTLE (5) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 .247
J Fields 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240
J Thome dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .266
J Dye rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .241
D Erstad 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269
J Uribe ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .226
S Podsednik lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
T Hall c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .231
D Richar 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .174

Totals 9 2 3 2 3 1 6

BATTING: 2B - T Hall (3, F Hernandez). 3B - J Owens (2, F Hernandez). RBI - J
Owens 2 (9). GIDP - J Dye 2, J Uribe. Team LOB - 2.


SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .345
J Vidro dh 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .320
J Guillen rf 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 .290
R Ibanez lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
A Beltre 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .276
R Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
J Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
J Burke c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .325
Y Betancourt ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292

Totals 12 5 6 5 1 1 3

BATTING: 2B - J Vidro (17, J Garland). HR - J Guillen (17, 1st inning off J
Garland 1 on, 1 Out), A Beltre (19, 1st inning off J Garland 0 on, 2 Out). RBI
- J Guillen 4 (76), A Beltre (72). 2-out RBI - A Beltre, J Guillen 2. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - R Ibanez 1. Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: DP: 3 (Y Betancourt-J Lopez-R Sexson 2, J Lopez-Y Betancourt-R
Sexson).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 002 -- 2
SEATTLE - 32 -- 5
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Garland 2 6 5 5 1 1 2 4.86

SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
F Hernandez 3 3 2 2 3 1 0 3.91

HBP - J Thome (by F Hernandez). Pitches-strikes: J Garland 53-33; F Hernandez
58-35. Ground balls-fly balls: J Garland 1-4; F Hernandez 8-0. Batters faced: J
Garland 13; F Hernandez 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT SCORED RICHIE SEXSON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, Y BETANCOURT ON SECOND, J BURKE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
SEATTLE 6 BOTTOM, 3RD

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.345, 1-FOR-2)</div>