GAME THREAD: AL: KANSAS CITY (55-69) at CHI WHITE SOX (55-69)

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">AL AT CHI WHITE SOX - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: B Jenks relieved M Thornton.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
CHI WHITE SOX 5 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J Buck (.231, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">AL AT CHI WHITE SOX - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: E German hit for J Buck.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
CHI WHITE SOX 5 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E German (.272, 3 HR, 29 RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">AL AT CHI WHITE SOX - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Smith hit for T Pena Jr.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
CHI WHITE SOX 5 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J Smith (.212, 4 HR, 10 RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

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

BATTERIES: KAN - LEO NUNEZ, JOHN BALE (5TH), JIMMY GOBBLE (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK

CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ, BOONE LOGAN (7TH), EHREN
WASSERMANN (8TH), MIKE MYERS (8TH), RYAN BUKVICH (8TH), MATT
THORNTON (8TH), BOBBY JENKS (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

CHA - JIM THOME (21) OFF LEO NUNEZ IN THE 3RD, 1 ON
DANNY RICHAR (3) OFF LEO NUNEZ IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
PAUL KONERKO (24) OFF JIMMY GOBBLE IN THE 8TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

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

BATTERIES: KAN - LEO NUNEZ, JOHN BALE (5TH), JIMMY GOBBLE (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK

CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ, BOONE LOGAN (7TH), EHREN
WASSERMANN (8TH), MIKE MYERS (8TH), RYAN BUKVICH (8TH), MATT
THORNTON (8TH), BOBBY JENKS (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI


WP - JAVIER VAZQUEZ (11-6)
LP - LEO NUNEZ (2-1)
SAVE - BOBBY JENKS (35)

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

CHA - JIM THOME (21) OFF LEO NUNEZ IN THE 3RD, 1 ON
DANNY RICHAR (3) OFF LEO NUNEZ IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
PAUL KONERKO (24) OFF JIMMY GOBBLE IN THE 8TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:01 ATT: 35,309

PROBABLES: KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER (9-7, 3.31)
CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS (6-15, 6.18)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (2) VS CHI WHITE SOX (5) - FINAL

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Gathright lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .364
M Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .304
D DeJesus cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .270
B Butler dh 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 .299
R Gload 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .302
E Brown rf 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 .235
A Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 .243
J Buck c 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231
a-E German ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271
T Pena Jr ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .264
b-J Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209

Totals 32 2 7 2 2 6 14

a-struck out swinging for J Buck in the 9th; b-flied out to left for T Pena Jr
in the 9th.

BATTING: SF - E Brown. RBI - E Brown 2 (50). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - D DeJesus 1, T Pena Jr 1. GIDP - J Buck, A Gordon. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-R Gload).


CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .249
J Fields 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .245
J Thome dh 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 .263
P Konerko 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .270
A Pierzynski c 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .269
J Dye rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .245
S Podsednik lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .257
D Erstad lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268
J Uribe ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222
D Richar 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .200

Totals 31 5 8 5 2 7 9

BATTING: 2B - J Thome (15, L Nunez); S Podsednik (9, L Nunez); J Fields (11, L
Nunez). HR - J Thome (21, 3rd inning off L Nunez 1 on, 1 Out), D Richar (3, 4th
inning off L Nunez 0 on, 2 Out), P Konerko (24, 8th inning off J Gobble 0 on, 1
Out). RBI - J Thome 3 (66), D Richar (9), P Konerko (68). 2-out RBI - D Richar.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Richar 1. GIDP - A Pierzynski. Team
LOB - 4.

FIELDING: E - J Uribe (15, throw). DP: 2 (J Uribe-D Richar-P Konerko, D
Richar-J Uribe-P Konerko).


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KANSAS CITY - 000 101 000 -- 2
CHI WHITE SOX - 102 100 01x -- 5
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
L Nunez (L, 2-1) 4 6 4 4 2 4 2 3.00
J Bale 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.66
J Gobble 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.18

CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Vazquez (W, 11-6) 6 5 2 1 2 3 0 3.66
B Logan (H, 9) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.27
E Wassermann (H, 3) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.21
M Myers (H, 5) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.66
R Bukvich (H, 8) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.70
M Thornton (H, 18) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.18
B Jenks (S, 35) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.82

J Vazquez pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
M Myers pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
R Bukvich pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP - J Gathright (by J Vazquez); J Buck (by J Vazquez). Pitches-strikes: L
Nunez 89-52; J Bale 48-30; J Gobble 13-7; J Vazquez 102-68; B Logan 9-7; E
Wassermann 6-4; M Myers 1-1; R Bukvich 1-1; M Thornton 1-1; B Jenks 14-11.
Ground balls-fly balls: L Nunez 5-3; J Bale 2-5; J Gobble 0-2; J Vazquez 12-3;
B Logan 1-1; E Wassermann 0-1; M Myers 0-0; R Bukvich 0-0; M Thornton 2-0; B
Jenks 0-1. Batters faced: L Nunez 19; J Bale 10; J Gobble 4; J Vazquez 27; B
Logan 3; E Wassermann 1; M Myers 1; R Bukvich 1; M Thornton 1; B Jenks 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Timmons. 1B--Adam Dowdy. 2B--Alfonso Marquez. 3B--Chuck
Meriwether.

T--3:01. Att--35,309.
Weather: 80 degrees, clear. Wind: 11 mph, in from
right.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
KANSAS CITY 2
CHI WHITE SOX 5 FINAL</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

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KANSAS CITY (2) AT CHI WHITE SOX (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
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CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens walked. J Fields struck out swinging. J Thome
doubled to deep right, J Owens scored. P Konerko singled to left, J Thome to
third. A Pierzynski grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first,
P Konerko out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, CHI WHITE SOX 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: J Owens flied out to left. J Fields doubled to deep
left. J Thome homered to right, J Fields scored. P Konerko walked.
A Pierzynski struck out swinging. J Dye flied out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: B Butler safe at second on throwing error by shortstop
J Uribe. R Gload grounded out to second, B Butler to third. E Brown hit
sacrifice fly to center, B Butler scored. A Gordon walked. J Buck hit by
pitch, A Gordon to second. T Pena Jr popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 0 Hits,
1 Error) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: S Podsednik grounded out to shortstop. J Uribe struck
out swinging. D Richar homered to right. J Owens grounded out to first.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: D Erstad in left field. B Butler walked. R Gload singled
to right, B Butler to third. E Brown singled to left, B Butler scored, R Gload
to second. A Gordon struck out swinging. J Buck grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, E Brown out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: J Gobble relieved J Bale. J Thome popped out to third.
P Konerko homered to left. A Pierzynski struck out swinging. J Dye flied out
to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 5.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (2) AT CHI WHITE SOX (5) - EVENT LOG
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Kansas City Starting Lineups -- J Gathright LF, M Grudzielanek 2B, D DeJesus CF,
B Butler DH, R Gload 1B, E Brown RF, A Gordon 3B, J Buck C, T Pena Jr SS,
L Nunez RHP.

Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- J Owens 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 Vazquez RHP.

Umpires -- Tim Timmons (HP), Adam Dowdy (1B), Alfonso Marquez (2B),
Chuck Meriwether (3B).

Gametime Weather: 80 degrees, Clear, wind in from right at 11 mph.


KANSAS CITY 1ST: J Gathright grounded out to second. M Grudzielanek
grounded out to pitcher. D DeJesus singled to center. B Butler grounded into
fielder's choice to third, D DeJesus out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 0, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens walked. J Fields struck out swinging. J Thome
doubled to deep right, J Owens scored. P Konerko singled to left, J Thome to
third. A Pierzynski grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first,
P Konerko out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, CHI WHITE SOX 1.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: R Gload lined out to pitcher. E Brown grounded out to
shortstop. A Gordon struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 0, CHI WHITE SOX 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: J Dye struck out swinging. S Podsednik doubled to right
center. J Uribe fouled out to left. D Richar grounded out to third. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, CHI WHITE SOX 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: J Buck grounded out to second. T Pena Jr grounded out to
shortstop. J Gathright hit by pitch. M Grudzielanek singled to left center,
J Gathright to second. D DeJesus grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, CHI WHITE SOX 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: J Owens flied out to left. J Fields doubled to deep
left. J Thome homered to right, J Fields scored. P Konerko walked.
A Pierzynski struck out swinging. J Dye flied out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: B Butler safe at second on throwing error by shortstop
J Uribe. R Gload grounded out to second, B Butler to third. E Brown hit
sacrifice fly to center, B Butler scored. A Gordon walked. J Buck hit by
pitch, A Gordon to second. T Pena Jr popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 0 Hits,
1 Error) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: S Podsednik grounded out to shortstop. J Uribe struck
out swinging. D Richar homered to right. J Owens grounded out to first.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: J Gathright grounded out to first. M Grudzielanek
grounded out to third. D DeJesus struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: J Bale relieved L Nunez. J Fields popped out to second.
J Thome struck out swinging. P Konerko struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: D Erstad in left field. B Butler walked. R Gload singled
to right, B Butler to third. E Brown singled to left, B Butler scored, R Gload
to second. A Gordon struck out swinging. J Buck grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, E Brown out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: A Pierzynski fouled out to left. J Dye singled to
center. D Erstad flied out to right. J Uribe lined out to second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: T Pena Jr singled to left. B Logan relieved J Vazquez.
J Gathright struck out swinging. M Grudzielanek grounded into fielder's choice
to second, T Pena Jr out at second. D DeJesus flied out to center. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: D Richar grounded out to second. J Owens flied out to
left. J Fields grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2,
CHI WHITE SOX 4.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: E Wassermann relieved B Logan. B Butler flied out to left.
M Myers relieved E Wassermann. R Gload singled to center. R Bukvich relieved
M Myers. E Brown singled to center, R Gload to second. M Thornton relieved
R Bukvich. A Gordon grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first,
E Brown out at second.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: J Gobble relieved J Bale. J Thome popped out to third.
P Konerko homered to left. A Pierzynski struck out swinging. J Dye flied out
to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CHI WHITE SOX 5.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: B Jenks relieved M Thornton. E German hit for J Buck.
E German struck out swinging. J Smith hit for T Pena Jr. J Smith flied out to
left. J Gathright struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2,
CHI WHITE SOX 5.</div>

 

Vazquez, Thome lead White Sox past Royals

<h3>CHI WHITE SOX 5, KANSAS CITY 2</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Javier Vazquez continues to be one of thefew bright spots for the Chicago White Sox.


Vazquez pitched six-plus effective innings and Jim Thome homeredand drove in three runs as the White Sox posted a 5-2 victoryover the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.


Rookie Danny Richar hit his third career homer and Paul Konerkoadded a solo blast for Chicago, which moved ahead of Kansas Cityfor fourth place in the American League Central Division.

The White Sox have won two straight following a season-higheight-game losing streak.


Vazquez (11-6) allowed two runs and five hits for his eighth winin his last 12 starts. The righthander, who walked two andstruck out three, is 5-1 with two complete games in his last sixoutings at home.


After Vazquez allowed a leadoff single to Tony Pena Jr. in theseventh, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen replaced him with BooneLogan, who retired the next three batters to end the inning.

Chicago used four relievers in the eighth, including rookieEhren Wassermann, Mike Myers, Ryan Bukvich and Matt Thornton,who induced Alex Gordon to hit into an inning-ending double playto end a threat with runners on first and second.


Closer Bobby Jenks came on in the ninth to record his 35th savein 40 chances.


In his 10th season from Puerto Rico, Vazquez, who is also 5-2lifetime vs. the Royals, watched his teammates score early inthis game.


Thome hit an RBI double in the bottom of the first to give theWhite Sox a 1-0 lead and added to his RBI total two inningslater.


With a runner aboard in the third, Thome drilled a 1-1 pitchfrom Royals rookie starter Leo Nunez into the second row ofseats in right for 21st home run of the season, and 493rd of hiscareer, to give Chicago a 3-0 advantage. The blast tied Thomewith Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for 23rd on the all-time homerun list.


After Emil Brown put Kansas City on the board with a sacrificefly in the top half of the fourth, Richar hit a two-out, 2-0pitch from Nunez in the bottom of the inning over the fence inright to again increase the White Sox lead to 4-1.

Nunez (2-1) was chased after four innings, after allowing fourruns on six hits. The young righthander also struck out fourand handed out two walks in his fifth major league start.

Konerko tied Jermaine Dye for the club lead with his 24th homeroff Royals reliever Jimmy Gobble in the eighth to make the score5-2.

 

Vazquez, Thome lead White Sox past Royals

<h3>CHI WHITE SOX 5, KANSAS CITY 2</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Javier Vazquez continues to be one of thefew bright spots for the Chicago White Sox.


Vazquez pitched six-plus effective innings and Jim Thome homeredand drove in three runs as the White Sox posted a 5-2 victoryover the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.


Rookie Danny Richar hit his third career homer and Paul Konerkoadded a solo blast for Chicago, which moved ahead of Kansas Cityfor fourth place in the American League Central Division.

"In the American League, you've got to have some threat to godeep and hit some home runs," Konerko said. "You've got to bedangerous, looking like you can hit, and that's something weprobably haven't done all year."


The White Sox have won two straight following a season-higheight-game losing streak.


"Everyone's still grinding, even though it hasn't been a greatyear, guys still care," Thome said. "We had a good night, andhopefully we can carry this into tomorrow."


Vazquez (11-6) allowed two runs and five hits for his eighth winin his last 12 starts.


"It's all about confidence," Vazquez said. "If things are goinggood for you, you have a lot of confidence in yourself."

The righthander, who walked two and struck out three, is 5-1with two complete games in his last six outings at home.

"I'm feeling good, my body feels good, and my confidence ishigh," Vazquez added. "I'm getting it done - I'm competing andthrowing pitches where I'm supposed to and getting out of jams."

After Vazquez allowed a leadoff single to Tony Pena Jr. in theseventh, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen replaced him with BooneLogan, who retired the next three batters to end the inning.

Chicago used four relievers in the eighth, including rookieEhren Wassermann, Mike Myers, Ryan Bukvich and Matt Thornton,who induced Alex Gordon to hit into an inning-ending double playto end a threat with runners on first and second.


"The bullpen did a good job because they threw zeros," Guillensaid. "I've got 13 guys in the bullpen that I've got to use.When you play this game, you've go to pick each other up, andthey did that today."


Closer Bobby Jenks came on in the ninth to record his 35th savein 40 chances.


In his 10th season from Puerto Rico, Vazquez, who is also 5-2lifetime vs. the Royals, watched his teammates score early inthis game.


Thome hit an RBI double in the bottom of the first to give theWhite Sox a 1-0 lead and added to his RBI total two inningslater.


With a runner aboard in the third, Thome drilled a 1-1 pitchfrom Royals rookie starter Leo Nunez into the second row ofseats in right for 21st home run of the season, and 493rd of hiscareer, to give Chicago a 3-0 advantage.


"Home runs are a unique thing," Thome said. "You have to putthe good part of the bat on it, and you may go two weeks and nothit one. It's fun while you do it, and you understand that youcan get hot and cold while it's going on."


The blast tied Thome with Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for 23rdon the all-time home run list.


After Emil Brown put Kansas City on the board with a sacrificefly in the top half of the fourth, Richar hit a two-out, 2-0pitch from Nunez in the bottom of the inning over the fence inright to again increase the White Sox lead to 4-1.

Nunez (2-1) was chased after four innings, after allowing fourruns on six hits. The young righthander also struck out fourand handed out two walks in his fifth major league start.

"(Nunez) threw a lot of pitches in four innings," Royals managerBuddy Bell said. "We had a lot of opportunities, but there'sjust nothing behind our swings."


Konerko tied Jermaine Dye for the club lead with his 24th homeroff Royals reliever Jimmy Gobble in the eighth to make the score5-2.