GAME THREAD: AL: CHI WHITE SOX (59-79) at DETROIT (73-65)

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY TIMO PEREZ SCORED BRANDON INGE.

FINAL SCORE: DETROIT 2, CHI WHITE SOX 1</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL FINAL 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DETROIT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

10 11 R H E
-- -- - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 1 4 0
DETROIT 0 1 2 9 0 (FINAL 11)

BATTERIES: CHA - GAVIN FLOYD, MIKE MYERS (7TH), RYAN BUKVICH (7TH), BOONE LOGAN
(7TH), MIKE MACDOUGAL (8TH), MATT THORNTON (8TH), EHREN
WASSERMANN (10TH), HEATH PHILLIPS (11TH) AND DONNY LUCY, A.J.
PIERZYNSKI (7TH)

DET - KENNY ROGERS, TIM BYRDAK (6TH), JOEL ZUMAYA
(7TH), FERNANDO RODNEY (9TH), TODD JONES (10TH), BOBBY SEAY
(11TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ

HOME RUNS: CHA - DANNY RICHAR (4) OFF KENNY ROGERS IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

DET - MIKE HESSMAN (2) OFF GAVIN FLOYD IN THE 5TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL FINAL 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DETROIT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

10 11 R H E
-- -- - - -
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 1 4 0
DETROIT 0 1 2 9 0 (FINAL 11)

BATTERIES: CHA - GAVIN FLOYD, MIKE MYERS (7TH), RYAN BUKVICH (7TH), BOONE LOGAN
(7TH), MIKE MACDOUGAL (8TH), MATT THORNTON (8TH), EHREN
WASSERMANN (10TH), HEATH PHILLIPS (11TH) AND DONNY LUCY, A.J.
PIERZYNSKI (7TH)

DET - KENNY ROGERS, TIM BYRDAK (6TH), JOEL ZUMAYA
(7TH), FERNANDO RODNEY (9TH), TODD JONES (10TH), BOBBY SEAY
(11TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ


WP - BOBBY SEAY (2-0)
LP - HEATH PHILLIPS (0-1)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: CHA - DANNY RICHAR (4) OFF KENNY ROGERS IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

DET - MIKE HESSMAN (2) OFF GAVIN FLOYD IN THE 5TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:44 ATT: 32,980

PROBABLES: CHA - MARK BUEHRLE (9-9, 3.47)
DET - CHAD DURBIN (8-6, 4.76)</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at DETROIT

<div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (1) VS DETROIT (2) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS

CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Owens cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .244
J Fields lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .238
J Thome dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .262
P Konerko 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .262
D Erstad rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .260
A Gonzalez 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .209
J Uribe ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .219
D Richar 2b 4 1 2 1 0 2 1 .208
D Lucy c 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500
a-A Pierzynski ph-c 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .264

Totals 37 1 4 1 5 10 13

a-struck out swinging for D Lucy in the 7th.

BATTING: HR - D Richar (4, 3rd inning off K Rogers 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - D Richar
(10). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Fields 1. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (D Richar-J Uribe).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 .298
P Polanco 2b 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .339
R Raburn rf-3b 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 .313
B Inge 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .237
C Guillen ss-1b 5 0 0 0 1 4 4 .300
T Perez lf-rf 6 0 2 1 0 1 2 .375
I Rodriguez c 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 .277
S Casey 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .283
R Santiago pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321
M Thames dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 5 .243
M Hessman 3b 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .171
a-M Ordonez ph-rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .353
C Maybin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158

Totals 40 2 9 2 8 10 22

a-walked for M Hessman in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - I Rodriguez 2 (27, B Logan, G Floyd); B Inge (22, H Phillips). HR
- M Hessman (2, 5th inning off G Floyd 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Hessman (7), T
Perez (3). 2-out RBI - T Perez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M
Thames 1, M Ordonez 1, T Perez 2, R Raburn 2, C Granderson 2. Team LOB - 16.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Granderson 2 (19, 2nd base off G Floyd/D Lucy, 3rd base
off G Floyd/D Lucy), P Polanco 2 (7, 2nd base off G Floyd/D Lucy, 3rd base off
G Floyd/D Lucy), R Raburn (3, 2nd base off G Floyd/D Lucy), R Santiago (1, 2nd
base off E Wassermann/A Pierzynski).


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CHI WHITE SOX - 001 000 000 00 -- 1
DETROIT - 000 010 000 01 -- 2

Two outs when winning run scored.
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CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
G Floyd 6 6 1 1 2 6 1 6.20
M Myers 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.00
R Bukvich 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.93
B Logan 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.23
M MacDougal 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6.43
M Thornton 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.99
E Wassermann 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.79
H Phillips (L, 0-1) 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.50

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
K Rogers 5 2 1 1 2 6 1 4.78
T Byrdak 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.68
J Zumaya 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 4.01
F Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.32
T Jones 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.55
B Seay (W, 2-0) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.66

R Bukvich pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

IBB - S Casey (by B Logan), C Guillen (by H Phillips). HBP - P Polanco (by G
Floyd); R Santiago (by E Wassermann). Pitches-strikes: G Floyd 90-53; M Myers
4-2; R Bukvich 10-2; B Logan 16-8; M MacDougal 12-6; M Thornton 20-14; E
Wassermann 13-8; H Phillips 12-5; K Rogers 83-54; T Byrdak 12-8; J Zumaya
26-18; F Rodney 12-7; T Jones 24-15; B Seay 13-5. Ground balls-fly balls: G
Floyd 2-10; M Myers 0-1; R Bukvich 0-0; B Logan 0-1; M MacDougal 0-0; M
Thornton 1-2; E Wassermann 2-0; H Phillips 1-1; K Rogers 3-6; T Byrdak 2-1; J
Zumaya 1-2; F Rodney 1-2; T Jones 1-1; B Seay 2-1. Batters faced: G Floyd 27; M
Myers 1; R Bukvich 2; B Logan 4; M MacDougal 2; M Thornton 5; E Wassermann 4; H
Phillips 5; K Rogers 19; T Byrdak 4; J Zumaya 7; F Rodney 3; T Jones 5; B Seay
4.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Reynolds. 1B--Gary Cederstrom. 2B--Lance Barksdale. 3B--Tim
Welke.

T--3:44. Att--32,980.
Weather: 81 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, right to
left.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at DETROIT

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
CHI WHITE SOX 1
DETROIT 2 FINAL</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at DETROIT

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CHI WHITE SOX (1) AT DETROIT (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: D Richar homered to right. D Lucy struck out swinging.
J Owens walked. J Fields flied out to right. J Thome struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 5TH: M Hessman homered to right. C Granderson grounded out to
shortstop. P Polanco hit by pitch. R Raburn reached on infield single to
shortstop, P Polanco to second. C Guillen struck out looking, P Polanco stole
third, R Raburn stole second. T Perez flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 11TH: H Phillips relieved E Wassermann. C Granderson bunt grounded
out to pitcher. P Polanco lined out to left. B Inge doubled to deep center.
C Guillen intentionally walked. T Perez singled to deep right, B Inge scored,
C Guillen to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 2.</div>

 

AL: CHI WHITE SOX at DETROIT

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CHI WHITE SOX (1) AT DETROIT (2) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

Detroit Starting Lineups -- C Granderson CF, P Polanco 2B, R Raburn RF,
C Guillen SS, T Perez LF, I Rodriguez C, S Casey 1B, M Thames DH, M Hessman 3B,
K Rogers LHP.

Umpires -- Jim Reynolds (HP), Gary Cederstrom (1B), Lance Barksdale (2B),
Tim Welke (3B).

Gametime Weather: 81 degrees, Clear, wind right to left at 10 mph.


CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens grounded out to first. J Fields walked.
J Thome flied out to center. P Konerko struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson popped out to shortstop. P Polanco lined out to
right. R Raburn flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
DETROIT 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: D Erstad lined out to pitcher. A Gonzalez struck out
swinging. J Uribe struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0,
DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 2ND: C Guillen struck out swinging. T Perez singled to center.
I Rodriguez flied out to center. S Casey flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 0, DETROIT 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: D Richar homered to right. D Lucy struck out swinging.
J Owens walked. J Fields flied out to right. J Thome struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 3RD: M Thames grounded out to shortstop. M Hessman struck out
swinging. C Granderson singled to center. C Granderson stole second.
P Polanco walked. C Granderson stole third, P Polanco stole second. R Raburn
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: P Konerko flied out to right. D Erstad grounded out to
first. A Gonzalez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 4TH: C Guillen struck out swinging. T Perez flied out to right.
I Rodriguez doubled to deep right. S Casey walked. M Thames popped out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: J Uribe popped out to second. D Richar struck out
swinging. D Lucy singled to left. J Owens grounded out to first. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 0.

DETROIT 5TH: M Hessman homered to right. C Granderson grounded out to
shortstop. P Polanco hit by pitch. R Raburn reached on infield single to
shortstop, P Polanco to second. C Guillen struck out looking, P Polanco stole
third, R Raburn stole second. T Perez flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: T Byrdak relieved K Rogers. J Fields grounded out to
third. J Thome flied out to left. P Konerko singled to left. D Erstad
grounded into fielder's choice to second, P Konerko out at second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 6TH: I Rodriguez singled to right. S Casey flied out to center.
M Thames struck out swinging. M Hessman fouled out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: NONE
DETROIT 7TH: A Pierzynski catching. M Myers relieved G Floyd. C Granderson
flied out to center. R Bukvich relieved M Myers. P Polanco walked. R Raburn
walked, P Polanco to second. B Logan relieved R Bukvich. C Guillen lined into
double play, second to shortstop, P Polanco doubled off second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: J Owens grounded out to shortstop. J Fields struck out
swinging. J Thome flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 8TH: T Perez struck out looking. I Rodriguez doubled to deep
right. S Casey intentionally walked. M MacDougal relieved B Logan. R Santiago
ran for S Casey. M Thames struck out swinging. M Ordonez hit for M Hessman.
M Ordonez walked, I Rodriguez to third, R Santiago to second. M Thornton
relieved M MacDougal. C Granderson flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: R Raburn at third base. C Guillen at first base.
R Santiago at shortstop. M Ordonez in right field. F Rodney relieved J Zumaya.
P Konerko popped out to second. D Erstad flied out to left. A Gonzalez grounded
out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 9TH: P Polanco lined out to third. R Raburn struck out looking.
C Guillen struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
DETROIT 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 10TH: B Inge at third base. T Jones relieved F Rodney.
J Uribe walked. D Richar struck out swinging. A Pierzynski walked, J Uribe to
second. J Owens flied out to left. J Fields grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, A Pierzynski out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 10TH: T Perez grounded out to second. E Wassermann relieved
M Thornton. I Rodriguez grounded out to pitcher. R Santiago hit by pitch.
R Santiago stole second. M Thames walked. M Ordonez grounded into fielder's
choice to third, R Santiago out at third, M Thames to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 1.

CHI WHITE SOX 11TH: B Seay relieved T Jones. T Perez in right field.
C Maybin in left field. J Thome grounded out to second. P Konerko popped out to
second. D Erstad walked. A Gonzalez grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, D Erstad out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1,
DETROIT 1.

DETROIT 11TH: H Phillips relieved E Wassermann. C Granderson bunt grounded
out to pitcher. P Polanco lined out to left. B Inge doubled to deep center.
C Guillen intentionally walked. T Perez singled to deep right, B Inge scored,
C Guillen to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, DETROIT 2.</div>

 

Perez lifts Tigers over White Sox in 11 innings

<h3>DETROIT 2, CHI WHITE SOX 1 (11 INNINGS)</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- Kenny Rogers returned from the disabledlist, but it took some extra-inning heroics from an unexpectedsource to help the Detroit Tigers from fading further out of theAmerican League playoff picture.


Timo Perez lined a game-winning RBI single with two outs in thebottom of the 11th inning to lift the Tigers to a much needed2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.

With the win, Detroit (74-65) remained seven games back of theCleveland Indians (81-58) in the AL Central and 3 1/2 games backof the New York Yankees (78-62) in the wild card race.

With the score tied, 1-1, in the bottom of the 11th, BrandonInge lined a two-out double into left-center field off White Soxreliever Heath Phillips (0-1), who was making his major leaguedebut. After an intentional walk to Ivan Rodriguez, Perezfollowed with a first-pitch line drive over Darin Erstad's headin right to win the game.


Perez, who spent two of eight seasons as a member of the WhiteSox, was just called up from Class AAA Toledo on August 27.

Detroit reliever Bobby Seay (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning outof the bullpen for the the win.


Detroit also got a boost in their starting rotation from Rogers,who went five strong innings and allowed one run and two hits.The 42-year-old lefthander was making his first start sinceJuly 25, after spending time on the disabled list withinflammation in his left elbow, and struck out a season-highsix.


The Tigers, who had lost five of their last seven games, left 16men on base and were hitless in eight at-bats with runners inscoring position before the 11th inning.


The loss was the 19th in the last 24 games for Chicago, whichhad won two games in a row and five straight against the Tigers.

The White Sox and Tigers had exchanged solo home runs to amountfor the only runs of the game before the 11th inning. DannyRichar hit his fourth of the season for Chicago in the top ofthe third inning, and Mike Hessman hit his second blast of theseason for Detroit in the fifth.


White Sox starter Gavin Floyd went six innings and gave up justone run and six hits. The righthander also tied a career highwith six strikeouts.

 

Perez lifts Tigers over White Sox in 11 innings

<h3>DETROIT 2, CHI WHITE SOX 1 (11 INNINGS)</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- Kenny Rogers returned from the disabledlist, but it took some extra-inning heroics from an unexpectedsource to help the Detroit Tigers from fading further out of theAmerican League playoff picture.


Timo Perez lined a game-winning RBI single with two outs in thebottom of the 11th inning to lift the Tigers to a much-needed2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.

Detroit (74-65) remained seven games back of the ClevelandIndians (81-58) in the AL Central and 3 1/2 games back of theNew York Yankees (78-62) in the wild card race.


With the score tied, 1-1, in the bottom of the 11th, BrandonInge lined a two-out double into left-center field off White Soxreliever Heath Phillips (0-1), who was making his major leaguedebut. After an intentional walk to Ivan Rodriguez, Perezfollowed with a first-pitch line drive over Darin Erstad's headin right to win the game.


"It was a slider in the middle of the plate to Timo," Phillipssaid. "You can't get away with that to these guys."

Perez, who spent two of eight seasons as a member of the WhiteSox, was just called up from Class AAA Toledo on August 27.

"It's kind of ironic that a lefthanded hitter beat a lefthandedpitcher," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "Timo hits leftieswell and that was the game."


Detroit reliever Bobby Seay (2-0) pitched a scoreless 11thinning out of the bullpen for the the win.


Detroit also got a boost to their starting rotation from Rogers,who went five strong innings and allowed one run and two hits.The 42-year-old lefthander was making his first start since July25, after spending time on the disabled list with inflammationin his left elbow, and struck out a season-high six.

"I felt more comfortable on the mound than I expected to,"Rogers said. "Tonight was a step in the right direction for us.We need every one we can get.


"Just keep giving me the ball. I expect to go out there andcontribute in any way possible. I'll invent whatever it takes.If I find a hitter, who can hit what I'm good at throwing, I'llinvent something else."


The Tigers, who had lost five of their last seven games, left 16men on base and were hitless in eight at-bats with runners inscoring position before the 11th inning.


"I think we're fighting our (butts) off," Leyland said. "Weknow what's at stake. I didn't see anybody loafing, not caring.They looked pretty excited to win to me.


"Obviously there's some people in better positions than we are,but we're legitimate."


The loss was the 19th in the last 24 games for Chicago, whichhad won two games in a row and five straight against the Tigers.

The teams had exchanged solo home runs to amount for the onlyruns of the game before the 11th inning. Danny Richar hit hisfourth of the season for Chicago in the top of the third inning,and Mike Hessman hit his second blast of the season for Detroitin the fifth.


White Sox starter Gavin Floyd went six innings and gave up justone run and six hits. The righthander also tied a career highwith six strikeouts.


"He pitched really well," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said."He has a great arm and big league stuff. Right now his onlyenemy is himself."