GAME THREAD: AL: TAMPA BAY (19-27) at CHI WHITE SOX (23-20)

AL: TAMPA BAY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 0
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 11 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TAM - JAMES SHIELDS, CHAD ORVELLA (8TH), BRIAN STOKES (9TH) AND
DIONER NAVARRO

CHA - MARK BUEHRLE, MIKE MACDOUGAL (8TH), MATT THORNTON
(8TH), BOBBY JENKS (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI


WP - BOBBY JENKS (2-1)
LP - CHAD ORVELLA (0-2)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: TAM - ELIJAH DUKES (9) OFF MARK BUEHRLE IN THE 7TH, 2 ON

CHA - LUIS TERRERO (2) OFF JAMES SHIELDS IN THE 4TH, 2 ON


TIME: 2:50 ATT: 34,538

PROBABLES: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON (0-6, 7.78)
CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ (2-2, 4.21)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (4) VS CHI WHITE SOX (5) - FINAL

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Dukes cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 .231
B Upton 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .309
C Crawford lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .310
T Wigginton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .239
D Young rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 .246
J Cantu 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .269
a-G Norton ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200
J Gomes dh 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .184
b-C Pena ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .309
D Navarro c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .190
B Harris ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304

Totals 32 4 9 4 2 6 11

a-struck out looking for J Cantu in the 8th; b-struck out swinging for J Gomes
in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - D Young (8, M Buehrle); C Crawford (11, M Buehrle). HR - E Dukes
(9, 7th inning off M Buehrle 2 on, 2 Out). S - D Navarro. RBI - J Gomes (5), E
Dukes 3 (16). 2-out RBI - J Gomes, E Dukes 3. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - D Young 1. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (12, 2nd base off M MacDougal/A Pierzynski). CS
- C Crawford (5, 3rd base by M Thornton), B Upton (4, 2nd base by M Buehrle).


FIELDING: Outfield assists - D Young (J Thome at Home). DP: 2 (D Young-D
Navarro, J Shields-B Harris-J Cantu).


CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Erstad 1b 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 .275
T Iguchi 2b 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .218
J Thome dh 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 .333
J Dye rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 5 .235
A Pierzynski c 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .260
J Crede 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 5 .223
R Mackowiak lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .221
J Uribe ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .218
L Terrero cf 3 2 1 3 0 1 1 .286

Totals 34 5 11 5 5 4 19

BATTING: 2B - D Erstad (8, J Shields); J Crede (3, J Shields). HR - L Terrero
(2, 4th inning off J Shields 2 on, 2 Out). SF - J Crede. RBI - L Terrero 3 (4),
T Iguchi (9), J Crede (18). 2-out RBI - L Terrero 3, T Iguchi. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Dye 1, J Thome 1, A Pierzynski 1, L Terrero 1. GIDP
- A Pierzynski. Team LOB - 11.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Buehrle-J Uribe-A Pierzynski-J Crede).


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TAMPA BAY - 010 000 300 -- 4
CHI WHITE SOX - 000 301 001 -- 5

Two outs when winning run scored.
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
J Shields 7 10 4 4 3 2 1 3.15
C Orvella (L, 0-2) 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 6.00
B Stokes 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.95

CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
M Buehrle 7 8 4 4 1 4 1 3.86
M MacDougal 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.06
M Thornton 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.29
B Jenks (W, 2-1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.70

C Orvella pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

WP - J Shields 2. IBB - D Young (by M MacDougal). HBP - R Mackowiak (by J
Shields); L Terrero (by J Shields); B Harris (by M Buehrle). Pitches-strikes: J
Shields 108-66; C Orvella 23-11; B Stokes 12-10; M Buehrle 106-66; M MacDougal
15-5; M Thornton 9-7; B Jenks 9-6. Ground balls-fly balls: J Shields 10-8; C
Orvella 0-2; B Stokes 0-1; M Buehrle 10-5; M MacDougal 0-1; M Thornton 0-0; B
Jenks 0-2. Batters faced: J Shields 34; C Orvella 5; B Stokes 3; M Buehrle 29;
M MacDougal 3; M Thornton 1; B Jenks 3.

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

T--2:50. Att--34,538.
Weather: 55 degrees, clear. Wind: 9 mph, in from
left.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CHI WHITE SOX

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
TAMPA BAY 4
CHI WHITE SOX 5 FINAL</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CHI WHITE SOX

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TAMPA BAY (4) AT CHI WHITE SOX (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
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TAMPA BAY 2ND: T Wigginton struck out swinging. D Young doubled to deep
right. J Cantu flied out to right, D Young to third. J Gomes singled to left,
D Young scored. D Navarro grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: A Pierzynski flied out to center. J Crede doubled to
deep left center. R Mackowiak flied out to center. J Crede to third on wild
pitch by J Shields. J Uribe walked. L Terrero homered to left, J Crede and
J Uribe scored. D Erstad flied out to right. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
CHI WHITE SOX 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: R Mackowiak fouled out to catcher. J Uribe grounded out
to shortstop. L Terrero hit by pitch. D Erstad walked, L Terrero to second.
T Iguchi singled to center, L Terrero scored, D Erstad to second, D Erstad to
third advancing on throw. J Thome grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: J Cantu singled to left. J Gomes fouled out to first.
D Navarro sacrificed to pitcher, J Cantu to second. B Harris hit by pitch.
E Dukes homered to left, J Cantu and B Harris scored. B Upton grounded out to
third. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: T Iguchi walked. J Thome walked, T Iguchi to second.
B Stokes relieved C Orvella. J Dye struck out swinging. A Pierzynski singled to
right, T Iguchi to third, J Thome to second. J Crede hit sacrifice fly to
left, T Iguchi scored. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, CHI WHITE SOX 5.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at CHI WHITE SOX

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TAMPA BAY (4) AT CHI WHITE SOX (5) - EVENT LOG
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Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- E Dukes CF, B Upton 2B, C Crawford LF,
T Wigginton 3B, D Young RF, J Cantu 1B, J Gomes DH, D Navarro C, B Harris SS,
J Shields RHP.

Chi White Sox Starting Lineups -- D Erstad 1B, T Iguchi 2B, J Thome DH, J Dye RF,
A Pierzynski C, J Crede 3B, R Mackowiak LF, J Uribe SS, L Terrero CF, M Buehrle LHP.

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

Gametime Weather: 55 degrees, Clear, wind in from left at 9 mph.


TAMPA BAY 1ST: E Dukes grounded out to second. B Upton flied out to left.
C Crawford grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0,
CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 1ST: D Erstad singled to left. T Iguchi grounded out to
shortstop, D Erstad to second. J Thome walked. J Dye popped out to second.
A Pierzynski grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0,
CHI WHITE SOX 0.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: T Wigginton struck out swinging. D Young doubled to deep
right. J Cantu flied out to right, D Young to third. J Gomes singled to left,
D Young scored. D Navarro grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 2ND: J Crede flied out to left. R Mackowiak hit by pitch.
R Mackowiak to second on wild pitch by J Shields. J Uribe grounded out to
shortstop, R Mackowiak to third. L Terrero struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

TAMPA BAY 3RD: B Harris flied out to center. E Dukes grounded out to
catcher. B Upton reached on infield single to third. B Upton caught stealing
second, pitcher to first to shortstop.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 3RD: D Erstad hit a ground rule double to deep right.
T Iguchi grounded out to first, D Erstad to third. J Thome struck out swinging.
J Dye flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: C Crawford hit a ground rule double to deep right center.
T Wigginton grounded out to first, C Crawford to third. D Young reached on
infield single to first. J Cantu grounded into double play, pitcher to
shortstop to catcher to third, D Young out at second, C Crawford out at home.
(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0.

CHI WHITE SOX 4TH: A Pierzynski flied out to center. J Crede doubled to
deep left center. R Mackowiak flied out to center. J Crede to third on wild
pitch by J Shields. J Uribe walked. L Terrero homered to left, J Crede and
J Uribe scored. D Erstad flied out to right. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
CHI WHITE SOX 3.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Gomes struck out swinging. D Navarro struck out swinging.
B Harris grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 5TH: T Iguchi grounded out to shortstop. J Thome singled to
center. J Dye singled to center, J Thome to second. A Pierzynski singled to
right, J Thome to third, J Dye to second. J Crede flied out to right, J Thome
thrown out at home. (0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: E Dukes popped out to first. B Upton walked. C Crawford
singled to center, B Upton to third. T Wigginton struck out swinging. D Young
grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 3.

CHI WHITE SOX 6TH: R Mackowiak fouled out to catcher. J Uribe grounded out
to shortstop. L Terrero hit by pitch. D Erstad walked, L Terrero to second.
T Iguchi singled to center, L Terrero scored, D Erstad to second, D Erstad to
third advancing on throw. J Thome grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: J Cantu singled to left. J Gomes fouled out to first.
D Navarro sacrificed to pitcher, J Cantu to second. B Harris hit by pitch.
E Dukes homered to left, J Cantu and B Harris scored. B Upton grounded out to
third. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 7TH: J Dye singled to center. A Pierzynski grounded into
double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, J Dye out at second. J Crede
singled to left. R Mackowiak grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 4, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: M MacDougal relieved M Buehrle. C Crawford reached on
infield single to shortstop. T Wigginton popped out to shortstop. C Crawford
stole second. D Young intentionally walked. G Norton hit for J Cantu.
M Thornton relieved M MacDougal. C Crawford caught stealing third, pitcher to
third. G Norton struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4,
CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 8TH: G Norton at first base. C Orvella relieved J Shields.
J Uribe flied out to left. L Terrero popped out to second. D Erstad struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

TAMPA BAY 9TH: B Jenks relieved M Thornton. C Pena hit for J Gomes. C Pena
struck out swinging. D Navarro fouled out to catcher. B Harris flied out to
center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, CHI WHITE SOX 4.

CHI WHITE SOX 9TH: T Iguchi walked. J Thome walked, T Iguchi to second.
B Stokes relieved C Orvella. J Dye struck out swinging. A Pierzynski singled to
right, T Iguchi to third, J Thome to second. J Crede hit sacrifice fly to
left, T Iguchi scored. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, CHI WHITE SOX 5.</div>

 

Crede's sacrifice fly helps White Sox top Devil Rays

<h3>CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- After one of his best outings in weeks,struggling Mark Buehrle wasn't able to secure a victory. Buthis Chicago White Sox teammates came through in dramaticfashion.

Joe Crede snapped a ninth-inning tie with a walk-off sacrificefly as the White Sox held of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with anexciting 5-4 victory on Friday night.

Journeyman outfielder Luis Terrero blasted a three-run homer forChicago, which secured its fourth win in its last fivecontests.

Tadahito Iguchi and Jim Thome led off the ninth with walks offTampa Bay reliever Chad Orvella (0-2) to start the inning off.

Brian Stokes relieved Orvella and struck out Jermaine Dye, butA.J. Pierzynski then looped a base hit to right field. The ballhung up in front of strong-armed Devil Rays right fielderDelmon Young before falling in, causing Iguchi to hold at third.

But just two pitches later, Crede lofted a deep fly ball to leftfield, backing Carl Crawford to just in front of the warningtrack, allowing Iguchi to easily score the winning run.

Trailing, 1-0, in the fourth inning, the White Sox got on the<div class="pre">board thanks to Terrero, who drilled his second homer of the</div>season off Devil Rays starter James Shields to make it 3-1.

Two innings later, Iguchi added an RBI single - ending an0-for-21 slump - to make it 4-1 for White Sox starter MarkBuehrle, who was having his best outing since tossing ano-hitter on April 18.

The lefthander had made it through the seventh inning just oncesince and has yielded at least three earned runs each time out.

Buehrle was cruising through this outing until facing Devil Raysrookie outfielder Elijah Dukes, who got his club back into thegame with one swing of the bat in the seventh.

Jorge Cantu singled to lead off the frame, and after Jonny Gomesfouled out and Dioner Navarro sacrificed Cantu to second,Brendan Harris was hit by a pitch, setting up Dukes' mammothblast off Buehrle.

Buehrle allowed four runs and eight hits in seven innings,striking out four and walking one.

Mike MacDougal and Matt Thornton combined to pitch a cleaneighth, and closer Bobby Jenks (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninthto pick up the win.

While Buehrle had just one bad inning, his counterpart Shieldshad an uncharacteristically bad start. The 25-year-oldrighthander yielded four runs and 10 hits in seven innings,while walking three and striking out two but did not figure inthe decision.

The lone bright spot on one of the worst staffs in the majorleagues, Shields had allowed just four combined earned runs inhis last three outings, while getting just an average of tworuns of support entering Friday's contest.

Crawford had three hits for the Devil Rays, who have lost six oftheir last seven games.

 

Crede's sacrifice fly helps White Sox top Devil Rays

<h3>CHI WHITE SOX 5, TAMPA BAY 4</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- After one of his best outings in weeks,struggling Mark Buehrle wasn't able to secure a victory. Buthis Chicago White Sox teammates came through in dramaticfashion.

Joe Crede snapped a ninth-inning tie with a walk-off sacrificefly as the White Sox held of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with anexciting 5-4 victory on Friday night.

"I was feeling good and I'm getting my stroke back," Crede said."Having three to four days off I was able to go to video and study."

Journeyman outfielder Luis Terrero blasted a three-run homer forChicago, which secured its fourth win in its last fivecontests.

Tadahito Iguchi and Jim Thome led off the ninth with walks offTampa Bay reliever Chad Orvella (0-2) to start the inning off.

Brian Stokes relieved Orvella and struck out Jermaine Dye, butA.J. Pierzynski then looped a base hit to right field. The ballhung up in front of strong-armed Devil Rays right fielderDelmon Young before falling in, causing Iguchi to hold at third.

But just two pitches later, Crede lofted a deep fly ball to leftfield, backing Carl Crawford to just in front of the warningtrack, allowing Iguchi to easily score the winning run.

Trailing, 1-0, in the fourth inning, the White Sox got on the<div class="pre">board thanks to Terrero, who drilled his second homer of the</div>season off Devil Rays starter James Shields to make it 3-1.

Two innings later, Iguchi added an RBI single - ending an0-for-21 slump - to make it 4-1 for White Sox starter MarkBuehrle, who was having his best outing since tossing ano-hitter on April 18.

The lefthander had made it through the seventh inning just oncesince and has yielded at least three earned runs each time out.

Buehrle was cruising through this outing until facing Devil Raysrookie outfielder Elijah Dukes, who got his club back into thegame with one swing of the bat in the seventh.

"He came through in a big moment giving us a chance to bring thetying run to the plate at that point in the game," Tampa Bay managerJoe Maddon said.

Jorge Cantu singled to lead off the frame, and after Jonny Gomesfouled out and Dioner Navarro sacrificed Cantu to second,Brendan Harris was hit by a pitch, setting up Dukes' mammothblast off Buehrle.

Buehrle allowed four runs and eight hits in seven innings,striking out four and walking one.

"He got in trouble for a little while, but he threw the ball good."Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said.

Mike MacDougal and Matt Thornton combined to pitch a cleaneighth, and closer Bobby Jenks (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninthto pick up the win.

While Buehrle had just one bad inning, his counterpart Shieldshad an uncharacteristically bad start. The 25-year-oldrighthander yielded four runs and 10 hits in seven innings,while walking three and striking out two but did not figure inthe decision.

The lone bright spot on one of the worst staffs in the majorleagues, Shields had allowed just four combined earned runs inhis last three outings, while getting just an average of tworuns of support entering Friday's contest.

Crawford had three hits for the Devil Rays, who have lost six oftheir last seven games.