AL: CHI WHITE SOX at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** AL CHI WHITE SOX 6 MINNESOTA 4 FINAL</div>
AL: CHI WHITE SOX at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHI WHITE SOX (6) AT MINNESOTA (4) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens grounded out to second. J Fields homered to center. J Thome struck out swinging. P Konerko grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, MINNESOTA 0. MINNESOTA 3RD: J Bartlett walked. A Casilla grounded out to third, J Bartlett to second. J Mauer singled to right, J Bartlett scored. T Hunter doubled to deep center, J Mauer to third. J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to left, J Mauer scored, T Hunter to third. M Cuddyer doubled to deep left, T Hunter scored. M LeCroy flied out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, MINNESOTA 3. CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Thome doubled to deep right. P Konerko grounded out to second, J Thome to third. J Dye doubled to deep left, J Thome scored. J Uribe struck out swinging. D Richar struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, MINNESOTA 3. CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: A Gonzalez struck out looking. T Hall flied out to left. J Owens singled to left. J Fields walked, J Owens to second. J Thome homered to left center, J Owens and J Fields scored. P Konerko struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, MINNESOTA 3. MINNESOTA 6TH: M Cuddyer struck out looking. M LeCroy singled to left. L Ford grounded into fielder's choice to third, M LeCroy out at second. N Punto tripled to deep center, L Ford scored. J Bartlett walked. A Casilla bunt grounded out to catcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, MINNESOTA 4. CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: T Hall struck out swinging. J Owens bunt grounded out to pitcher. J Fields homered to left. J Thome flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4.</div>
AL: CHI WHITE SOX at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHI WHITE SOX (6) AT MINNESOTA (4) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- J Owens CF, J Fields LF, J Thome DH, P Konerko 1B, J Dye RF, J Uribe SS, D Richar 2B, A Gonzalez 3B, T Hall C, M Buehrle LHP. Minnesota Starting Lineups -- J Bartlett SS, A Casilla 2B, J Mauer C, T Hunter CF, J Morneau 1B, M Cuddyer RF, M LeCroy DH, L Ford LF, N Punto 3B, J Santana LHP. Umpires -- Bill Welke (HP), Jim Reynolds (1B), Brian Knight (2B), Lance Barksdale (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: J Owens grounded out to second. J Fields homered to center. J Thome struck out swinging. P Konerko grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, MINNESOTA 0. MINNESOTA 1ST: J Bartlett flied out to left. A Casilla bunt grounded out to third. J Mauer singled to left center. T Hunter flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, MINNESOTA 0. CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: J Dye flied out to right. J Uribe grounded out to pitcher. D Richar struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, MINNESOTA 0. MINNESOTA 2ND: J Morneau walked. M Cuddyer flied out to left. M LeCroy struck out swinging. L Ford singled to left, J Morneau to second. N Punto flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, MINNESOTA 0. CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: A Gonzalez flied out to center. T Hall struck out looking. J Owens doubled to deep left. J Fields struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, MINNESOTA 0. MINNESOTA 3RD: J Bartlett walked. A Casilla grounded out to third, J Bartlett to second. J Mauer singled to right, J Bartlett scored. T Hunter doubled to deep center, J Mauer to third. J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to left, J Mauer scored, T Hunter to third. M Cuddyer doubled to deep left, T Hunter scored. M LeCroy flied out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 1, MINNESOTA 3. CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: J Thome doubled to deep right. P Konerko grounded out to second, J Thome to third. J Dye doubled to deep left, J Thome scored. J Uribe struck out swinging. D Richar struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, MINNESOTA 3. MINNESOTA 4TH: L Ford struck out swinging. N Punto singled to right. J Bartlett grounded into double play, third to second to first, N Punto out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 2, MINNESOTA 3. CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: A Gonzalez struck out looking. T Hall flied out to left. J Owens singled to left. J Fields walked, J Owens to second. J Thome homered to left center, J Owens and J Fields scored. P Konerko struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, MINNESOTA 3. MINNESOTA 5TH: A Casilla grounded out to shortstop. J Mauer singled to right. T Hunter grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Mauer out at second. J Morneau flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, MINNESOTA 3. CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: J Dye grounded out to third. J Uribe doubled to deep center. D Richar struck out swinging. A Gonzalez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, MINNESOTA 3. MINNESOTA 6TH: M Cuddyer struck out looking. M LeCroy singled to left. L Ford grounded into fielder's choice to third, M LeCroy out at second. N Punto tripled to deep center, L Ford scored. J Bartlett walked. A Casilla bunt grounded out to catcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 5, MINNESOTA 4. CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: T Hall struck out swinging. J Owens bunt grounded out to pitcher. J Fields homered to left. J Thome flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4. MINNESOTA 7TH: M Myers relieved M Buehrle. J Mauer grounded out to third. T Hunter safe at first on error by third baseman A Gonzalez. J Morneau fouled out to catcher. M MacDougal relieved M Myers. T Hunter stole second. M Cuddyer grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4. CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: N Blackburn relieved J Santana. P Konerko struck out swinging. J Dye flied out to right. J Uribe grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4. MINNESOTA 8TH: J Tyner hit for M LeCroy. J Tyner grounded out to second. L Ford hit by pitch. N Punto struck out swinging. L Ford to second on wild pitch by M MacDougal. J Bartlett fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4. CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: D Richar lined out to second. A Gonzalez singled to right. T Hall grounded out to shortstop, A Gonzalez to second. A Gonzalez to third on passed ball by J Mauer. J Owens grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4. MINNESOTA 9TH: D Erstad in left field. B Jenks relieved M MacDougal. J Kubel hit for A Casilla. J Kubel grounded out to third. J Mauer lined out to shortstop. T Hunter grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4.</div>
Fields, Thome power White Sox over Twins <h3>CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4</h3> By Anthony Maggio PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Josh Fields hit a pair of solo home runs and Jim Thome added a three-run blast to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday. Thome's fifth-inning shot was his fourth home run in the last five games and erased a 3-2 deficit, propelling Chicago to its fifth victory over the Twins in their last six meetings. Fields also has four homers in his last five contests. Chicago starter Mark Buehrle (10-9) ended an 0-3 stretch in his previous seven starts with his first win since August 3, snapping Minnesota's three-game winning streak. Buehrle allowed four runs on nine hits with three walks and three strikeouts in six innings, improving to 2-0 in two starts against the Twins this season after throwing eight shutout innings in his last outing against them on July 7. Minnesota's Johan Santana (15-13) struck out 11 Chicago hitters, marking the seventh time this season and 39th in his career he's reached double-digits, but otherwise failed to shut down the White Sox. He allowed six runs on eight hits with one walkto ultimately lose for fourth time in his last five starts. Santana had not lost four games in five or fewer starts since 2004 when he lost four straight contests from May 18 through June 3. He has a 5.05 ERA in his last five outings. Chicago jumped on Santana immediately, with Fields blasting his 21st home run of the season two batters in the first to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead. But the Twins got to Buehrle in the third frame, starting with Jason Bartlett's leadoff walk. Bartlett scored two batters later on Joe Mauer's RBI single, followed by Torii Hunter's double before Justin Morneau lofted a sacrifice fly. MichaelCuddyer doubled home Hunter to capped the three-run inning. Thome doubled to lead off the fourth and scored two batters later on Jermaine Dye's RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2. Santana got the first two outs harmlessly in the fifth, but gave up a single to Jerry Owens and walked Fields, which brought a trip to the mound from pitching coach Rick Anderson. Unless Anderson told Santana to put one in Thome's wheelhouse, Santanadidn't follow instructions. Thome hit a no-doubter on an 0-1 count to give Chicago a lead it wouldn't relinquish, 5-3. Nick Punto brought the Twins within one with an RBI triple in the sixth to score Lew Ford, but Fields hit his second homer of the game in the top of the seventh to regain a two-run cushion. Thome nearly hit his second home run of the game in the next atbat, but Ford timed his leap at the wall in left field perfectly to rob him. Chicago relievers Mike Myers and Mike MacDougal bridged the gap to closer Bobby Jenks, who logged the ninth for his 39th save in 45 chances. Mauer had three hits with an RBI and run scored for Minnesota, which has lost five straight games and 11 of its last 14 against division opponents.
Fields, Thome power White Sox over Twins <h3>CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4</h3>By Anthony Maggio PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) - Josh Fields hit a pair of solo home runsand Jim Thome added a three-run blast to lead the Chicago WhiteSox to a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday. Thome's fifth-inning shot was his fourth home run in the lastfive games and erased a 3-2 deficit, propelling Chicago to itsfifth victory over Minnesota in its last six meetings. Fieldsalso has four homers in his last five contests. Chicago starter Mark Buehrle (10-9) ended an 0-3 stretch in hisprevious seven starts with his first win since August 3,snapping Minnesota's three-game winning streak. Buehrle allowed four runs on nine hits with three walks andthree strikeouts in six innings, improving to 2-0 in two startsagainst the Twins this season after throwing eight shutoutinnings in his last outing against them on July 7. Minnesota's Johan Santana (15-13) struck out 11 Chicago hitters,marking the seventh time this season and 39th in his careerhe's reached double digits, but otherwise failed to shut downthe White Sox. He allowed six runs on eight hits with one walkto ultimately lose for fourth time in his last five starts. Santana had not lost four games in five or fewer starts since2004 when he lost four straight contests from May 18 throughJune 3. He has a 5.05 ERA in his last five outings. Chicago jumped on Santana immediately, with Fields blasting his21st home run of the season in the first to give the White Sox a1-0 lead. But the Twins got to Buehrle in the third frame, starting withJason Bartlett's leadoff walk. Bartlett scored two batterslater on Joe Mauer's RBI single, followed by Torii Hunter'sdouble before Justin Morneau lofted a sacrifice fly. MichaelCuddyer doubled home Hunter to capped the three-run inning. Thome doubled to lead off the fourth and scored two batterslater on Jermaine Dye's RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2. Santana got the first two outs harmlessly in the fifth, but gaveup a single to Jerry Owens and walked Fields, which brought atrip to the mound from pitching coach Rick Anderson. Thome followed by hitting a no-doubter on an 0-1 count to giveChicago a lead it didn't relinquish, 5-3. Nick Punto brought the Twins within one with an RBI triple inthe sixth to score Lew Ford, but Fields hit his second homer ofthe game in the top of the seventh to regain a two-run cushion.Thome nearly hit his second home run of the game in the nextat-bat, but Ford timed his leap at the wall in left fieldperfectly to rob him. Chicago relievers Mike Myers and Mike MacDougal bridged the gapto closer Bobby Jenks, who logged the ninth for his 39th save in45 chances. Mauer had three hits with an RBI and run scored for Minnesota,which has lost five straight games and 11 of its last 14 againstdivision opponents.
Fields, Thome power White Sox over Twins <h3>CHI WHITE SOX 6, MINNESOTA 4</h3>By Anthony Maggio PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) - Josh Fields hit a pair of solo home runsand Jim Thome added a three-run blast to lead the Chicago WhiteSox to a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday. Thome's fifth-inning shot was his fourth home run in the lastfive games and erased a 3-2 deficit, propelling Chicago to itsfifth victory over the Twins in their last six meetings. Fieldsalso has four homers in his last five contests. Chicago starter Mark Buehrle (10-9) ended an 0-3 stretch in hisprevious seven starts with his first win since August 3, outperforming Sox-killer Johan Santana and snapping Minnesota'sthree-game winning streak. "I think Santana's career is over now, I guarantee you," Chicagomanager Ozzie Guillen joked. "I think he's hurt." Santana (15-13) struck out 11 Chicago hitters, marking theseventh time this season and 39th in his career he's reacheddouble-digits, but otherwise failed to shut down the White Sox.He allowed six runs on eight hits with one walk to ultimatelylose for fourth time in his last five starts. The two-time Cy Young Award winner had gone 3-0 in threeprevious starts against the White Sox this season with a 2.05ERA and was 13-5 with a 3.03 ERA in 27 career games againstChicago. "It took us about five years to get a game like this againsthim," Guillen said. "The reason Johan has a few Cy Youngs isbecause of the White Sox, there's no doubt about it." Santana had not lost four games in five or fewer starts since2004 when he lost four straight contests from May 18 throughJune 3. He has a 5.05 ERA in his last five outings. "There are guys on that other side that are pretty strong,"Santana said. "I was doing my job and throwing my fastballs inand out of the plate and throwing my changeup. They put on acouple good swings and the ball went over the fence and theytook advantage." "Johan got the ball up a little too much," Twins manager RonGardenhire said. "When he gets the ball up it will go just asfar with him throwing as anybody else." Chicago jumped on Santana immediately, with Fields blasting his21st home run of the season two batters in the first to give theWhite Sox a 1-0 lead. But the Twins got to Buehrle in the third frame, starting withJason Bartlett's leadoff walk. Bartlett scored two batterslater on Joe Mauer's RBI single, followed by Torii Hunter'sdouble before Justin Morneau lofted a sacrifice fly. MichaelCuddyer doubled home Hunter to capped the three-run inning. Thome doubled to lead off the fourth and scored two batterslater on Jermaine Dye's RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2. Santana got the first two outs harmlessly in the fifth, but gaveup a single to Jerry Owens and walked Fields, which brought atrip to the mound from pitching coach Rick Anderson. UnlessAnderson told Santana to throw a fastball in Thome's wheelhouse,Santana didn't follow instructions. Thome hit a no-doubter on an 0-1 count to give Chicago a lead itwouldn't relinquish, 5-3. "We were fortunate to get some runs off a very good pitcher,usually he pitches very well against us," Thome said. "With him,he's so dominating that you just try to have some good at-bats.Fortunately we got some pitches in the zone to hit andcapitalized on it." Nick Punto brought the Twins within one with an RBI triple inthe sixth to score Lew Ford, but Fields hit his second homer ofthe game in the top of the seventh to regain a two-run cushion.Thome nearly hit his second home run of the game in the next atbat, but Ford timed his leap at the wall in left field perfectlyto rob him. Fields is hitting .533 in his last four games with six RBI andnine runs scored. He was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts againstSantana previously, but was able to stay hot this time around. "Against that guy you just kind of close your eyes and swing,"Fields said. "Every once in a while someone deserves to get him,as much as he dominates everyone. Fortunately I got to gethim." Buehrle allowed four runs on nine hits with three walks andthree strikeouts in six innings, improving to 2-0 in two startsagainst the Twins this season after throwing eight shutoutinnings in his last outing against them on July 7. Chicago relievers Mike Myers and Mike MacDougal bridged the gapto closer Bobby Jenks, who logged the ninth for his 39th save in45 chances. Mauer had three hits with an RBI and run scored for Minnesota,which has lost five straight games and 11 of its last 14 againstdivision opponents.
AL: CHI WHITE SOX at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">CHI WHITE SOX (6) VS MINNESOTA (4) - FINAL CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Owens cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .256 J Fields lf 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 .245 D Erstad lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 J Thome dh 4 2 2 3 0 1 0 .273 P Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .260 J Dye rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 J Uribe ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .229 D Richar 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .231 A Gonzalez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .189 T Hall c 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .198 Totals 36 6 9 6 1 12 6 BATTING: 2B - J Owens (9, J Santana); J Thome (19, J Santana); J Dye (32, J Santana); J Uribe (17, J Santana). HR - J Fields 2 (22, 1st inning off J Santana 0 on, 1 Out, 7th inning off J Santana 0 on, 2 Out), J Thome (31, 5th inning off J Santana 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Fields 2 (65), J Dye (75), J Thome 3 (90). 2-out RBI - J Thome 3, J Fields. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Richar 1, A Gonzalez 1, J Owens 1, J Fields 1. Team LOB - 4. FIELDING: E - A Gonzalez (9, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Gonzalez-D Richar-P Konerko). MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Bartlett ss 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .266 A Casilla 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .236 b-J Kubel ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 J Mauer c 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .291 T Hunter cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .290 J Morneau 1b 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .273 M Cuddyer rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .275 M LeCroy dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 a-J Tyner ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 L Ford lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .235 N Punto 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 .214 Totals 35 4 9 4 3 4 16 a-grounded to second for M Lecroy in the 8th; b-grounded to third for A Casilla in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - T Hunter (44, M Buehrle); M Cuddyer (27, M Buehrle). 3B - N Punto (4, M Buehrle). SF - J Morneau. RBI - J Mauer (57), J Morneau (109), M Cuddyer (76), N Punto (24). 2-out RBI - M Cuddyer, N Punto. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Cuddyer 1, N Punto 1, M LeCroy 1, J Bartlett 1, A Casilla 1. GIDP - J Bartlett. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - T Hunter (18, 2nd base off M MacDougal/T Hall). FIELDING: PB - J Mauer. ---------------------------------------------------- CHI WHITE SOX - 100 130 100 -- 6 MINNESOTA - 003 001 000 -- 4 ---------------------------------------------------- CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era M Buehrle (W, 10-9) 6 9 4 4 3 3 0 3.63 M Myers (H, 8) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.74 M MacDougal (H, 20) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.15 B Jenks (S, 39) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.86 MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era J Santana (L, 15-13) 7 8 6 6 1 11 3 3.29 N Blackburn 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.08 WP - M MacDougal. HBP - L Ford (by M MacDougal). Pitches-strikes: M Buehrle 97-59; M Myers 11-8; M MacDougal 21-12; B Jenks 6-6; J Santana 106-72; N Blackburn 25-20. Ground balls-fly balls: M Buehrle 8-7; M Myers 1-1; M MacDougal 2-1; B Jenks 2-1; J Santana 6-4; N Blackburn 3-2. Batters faced: M Buehrle 29; M Myers 3; M MacDougal 5; B Jenks 3; J Santana 30; N Blackburn 7. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Welke. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Brian Knight. 3B--Lance Barksdale. T--2:29. Att--27,928. Weather: INDOORS</div>
