Battle of the Windy City

It would be the Civil War, Illinois style (maybe they'll make one of these neat replica chess sets). As we see it, the World Series won't be leaving the Windy City this year as the Cubs and White Sox will meet in the championship.

What better way for the Cubs to end their miserable streak of losing then to beat their hated crosstown rivals?

Here's our round by round break down.


ALDS

Red Sox vs. Angels - Wow this is tough. The defending champs are banged up. Josh Beckett may not be able to go. At the very least he won't start until game three. Mike Lowell (hip) and J.D. Drew (back) are also having lingering issues.

The Angels have had trouble beating the Red Sox in the past, but this year they should be able to handle them. Which is why we are picking the Red Sox in 5. Yes, you read that correctly. The Angels clinched the AL West very early, and their starting pitching hasn't looked so terrific the last month of the season. Being that we hate the Red Sox, we hope we're wrong, but we think Dice-K and Jon Lester make the difference in this one.
Red Sox in 5.

White Sox vs. Rays - The Rays are in their very first post-season while their opponent won the World Series just three years ago, and much of that team is still intact. We think the Rays starting pitching and bullpen will take on water in some of the cracks we've started to see. Dan Wheeler and company just are not that great, and Troy Percival is banged up.

Scott Kazmir is great, but isn't always on. Garza and Shields are good, but hittable. Sonnanstine and Jackson? Nah.

Mark Buerhle, Gavin Floyd, and John Danks should be the difference here, as well as the White Sox set up men to Bobby Jenks. The Sox also have a lot of momentum coming off of Monday's huge win and last night's one game playoff with the Twins.
White Sox in 4


NLDS

Brewers vs. Phillies - Unfortunately for Milwaukee, CC Sabathia cannot go every day. He is slated to come back on three days rest again for game two and is also scheduled for game 5. We don't see this going that long though.

The Phillies have tremendous hitting, good starting pitching, and a solid pen. They also have the experience of last year's playoff failure to build off of. The Brewers haven't been in the post-season since they won the World Series in 1982.
Phillies in 4

Dodgers vs. Cubs - We're sure Manny will have a huge series and Joe Torre will be the talk of the town...for a bit. We expect another first round exit by Torre, though it will be no fault of his own. The Cubs are just a better, deeper ball club than the Dodgers.

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden are the keys to the series. Their health and ability to pitch. And Ted Lilly is on a roll.
Cubs in 5


ALCS

Red Sox vs. White Sox - Sox it to me. Should be a well pitched game, but the number games will take its toll on the banged up Red Sox.
White Sox in 6

Phillies vs. Cubs - This should be a great one that could go the distance. We think it will come up just shy of that, however, with the Cubs sacrificing a goat and Bartman before game six.
Cubs in 6


World Series
White Sox vs. Cubs - Brother vs. Brother. This one goes the distance, with the Cubs winning by a knockout late.
Cubs in 7

World Series MVP Prediction - Aramis Ramirez

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The Pennant Race - 9/1

Labor Day is here, which means there's a month of baseball season left and Jerry Lewis is on the tube. With the exception of the AL West, and maybe the NL Central, all the divisional and wildcard races are up for grabs.

AL East

The Rays pounded the Orioles 10-4 on Sunday, to finish off a three game sweep in which they scored 34 runs. The victory moved them 5.5 games ahead of the Red Sox, who lost the finale of their three game series with the White Sox, 4-2.

AL Central

The White Sox win kept them a half-game ahead of the Twins in the central standings. Gavin Floyd picked up his 15th win and Jim Thome hit career home run number 536 to tie him with Mickey Mantle for 14th place on the all-time list.

In addition to being within striking distance of Chicago, the Twins moved to 2.5 back of the Red Sox in the wildcard race, with a 12-4 thumping of the A's. Justin Morneau homered and knocked in four runs, giving him 108 RBI entering September.

NL East

The Mets maintained their one game lead on the Phillies, by beating the Marlins 6-2 on Sunday. Carlos Beltran, who hit the game winning grand slam on Friday, David Wright, and Nick Evans each homered to help Pedro Martinez to pick up career win number 214.

The Phillies beat the Cubs 5-3 to gain a split of the four game series, after losing the first two. Jayson Werth homered for the third time in two games and Jamie Moyer won his 12th game. It was the 242nd win of Moyer's 22-year career. Remarkably, he only won 72 games in his first nine seasons.

NL Central

The Cubs lead in the division was reduced to 4.5 games due to the continuing heroics of the Brewers' CC Sabathia. The big man tossed a controversial 1-hit complete game shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The play in question was the lone hit of the game. The Pirates' Andy LaRoche hit a tapper to the side of the mound that Sabathia bare handed and dropped. Had he picked the ball cleanly, he would have gotten LaRoche easily at first. But the official scorer ruled it an error. It would turn out to be the lone Pittsburgh hit. After the game, manager Ned Yost and Sabathia's teammates were clearly upset, and there was a plan (naive at best) to appeal to the league to have the call overruled.

The Brewers maintained a 4.5 game lead over the Phillies in the wildcard, while the Cardinals dropped to 6.5 back with a 3-0 loss to the Astros.


NL West

The Dodgers took two of three from the Diamondbacks to get back within 2.5 of Arizona in the west. LA dominated both wins, 6-2 on Saturday, and 8-1 on Sunday, with plenty of hitting and pitching. Derek Lowe threw six scoreless innings on Sunday night baseball, to beat Brandon Webb, who was walloped for the second straight time out in his attempt to win his 20th game.


Other News

The Indians, feel good about themselves, 10-game winning streak came to an abrupt end as they were swept by the Mariners in three straight.

The Padres Jake Peavy tossed a gem on Sunday (8 IP 5 H 0 R 13 K) only to see Trevor Hoffman blow the lead in the ninth. Hoffman then got the win when Luis Rodriguez drove in the game winner in the bottom of the ninth.

The Dodgers' Jeff Kent could be done for the season after it was announced he will undergo knee surgery to repair torn cartilage.

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The Pennant Race - 8/25

Walk-off home runs affected a couple of pennant races yesterday. With the Dodgers having already lost to the Phillies, 5-0, the Diamondbacks had a chance to increase their lead in the NL West. But Padres' outfielder Jody Gerut had something else in mind: a 2-out, 2-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to give San Diego a 4-2 win. The game featured a good duel between starters Jake Peavy and Dan Haren.

Meanwhile, over in the AL, the Twins led the Mariners 2-1 in the ninth inning, but faced with a first and third and no-out situation, they elected to play for the double play. They got it when Jeff Clement bounced into a 6-4-3 twin killing. That sent the game into extra innings where Adrian Beltre decided it in the eleventh inning with a 2-run home run off of Jesse Crain.

While the Diamondbacks remained three games ahead of LA, the Twins fell into second place in the AL Central, one game behind Chicago. That's because the White Sox split a pair of 4-3 games. The first was the completion of a game suspended nearly four months ago in Chicago. The Orioles and White Sox were tied 3-3 when the game was stopped on April 28 in the 11th inning. It would take three more innings yesterday before the Orioles' Luis Montanez knocked in the go-ahead run.

In the regularly scheduled game, Jim Thome's sixth inning home run snapped a 3-3 tie and the White Sox held on to the 4-3 lead. Thome's home run was number 535, putting him one behind Mickey Mantle on the all-time HR list.

The Mets maintained their half-game advantage over the Phillies behind another dominant performance from Mike Pelfrey. The right-hander became the first Mets pitcher to throw consecutive complete games since 1995. Pelfrey is 10-2, 2.90 since the managerial change at Shea. He got plenty of offensive support in the 9-1 Mets win last night as Carlos Delgado hit a pair of 3-run home runs. Since July 1st, Delgado has 14 home runs and 45 RBI in 49 games.

Brett Myers tossed seven shutout innings in the Phillies' 5-0 win over the Dodgers. Myers is 4-1, 1.24 over his last six starts. Last year's NL MVP, Jimmy Rollins, is trying to get his game back in gear and last night helped his cause. A double, triple, walk, two RBI, and a run scored. Manny Ramirez has hit his first LA mud slide- he's in a 5-24 skid.

The Cubs blasted the Pirates 12-3 behind a 3-run blast from Aramis Ramirez and four RBI by Kosuke Fukudome. Ramirez has three home runs and 10 RBI in his last three games. Ted Lilly won his 13th game, beating Jeff Karstens, who looked more like his real self (3 IP, 5 ER). The Brewers were idle, so the Cubs' lead was increased to 5 games.


Other News

The Indians have been out of the race for a long time, but kudos to them for not giving up their season. Their 4-3, 10 inning win over Detroit last night was their eighth straight. Grady Sizmore homered twice in the game, making him only the second Indians player, along with Joe Carter, to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season. He has an excellent chance to join Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, and Alfonso Soriano as the only members of the 40-40 club.

The Twins got some bullpen help yesterday, acquiring lefty reliever Eddie Guardado from the Rangers for minor leaguer Mike Hamburger. There was no side of fries.

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Around the Horn - 7/1

Look out AL Central, here come the Detroit Tigers. In case you haven't noticed, the Tigers, after last night's come from behind 5-4 win over the Twins, are now two games over .500 (42-40). The Tigers were 19-8 in June, and have won 7 straight, moving them to within 5 games of the White Sox for the AL Central lead.

The Tigers will be tested now though. Magglio Ordonez went on the DL after straining an oblique muscle on Sunday and Miguel Cabrera may be joining him after suffering from a hip flexor last night.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (42-40) «	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	12	3
Minnesota (45-38)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	13	0

W: C. Fossum (1-0) L: M. Guerrier (4-3) S: J. Zumaya (1) HR: DET - M. Thames (15) MIN - None

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The Mets just can't build off of anything. They had a big win on Sunday against the Yankees after losing two straight. So what did they do last night? Go out and get clobbered 7-1 by the Cardinals. John Maine had a rough outing and the Mets offense fell flat. And Kyle Lohse is 10-2!

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
N.Y. Mets (40-42)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	3
St. Louis (48-36) «	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	x	7	10	2

W: K. Lohse (10-2) L: J. Maine (8-6) HR: NYM - None STL - C. Duncan (5)

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Tampa Bay has its first big Summer series...EVER. They got off on the right foot last night, holding off the Red Sox 5-4 despite Troy Percival being forced from the game in the 9th inning. The Rays closer apparently re-aggravated a hamstring problem. Back up closer Dan Wheeler had already pitched, so J.P. Howell closed things out. And the Red Sox still haven't, and won't, taken any disciplinary action against Manny Ramirez.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (50-35)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	8	1
Tampa Bay (50-32) «	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	x	5	6	0

W: J. Shields (6-5) L: J. Masterson (4-2) S: J. Howell (2) HR: BOS - J. Drew (16) TB - B. Upton (6), G. Gross (6)

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Jr. still has some pop in that bat. Ken Griffey Jr. came off the bench to hit a walk off 2-run home run to give the Reds a 4-3 win over the Pirates in the 9th. It was career home run number 603. Before the game, Jr. playfully asked manager Dusty Baker's 9-yr old son Darren why he wasn't playing. "You can't hit lefties, and you're old!", responded Darren. Take that kid.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (38-44)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	9	0
Cincinnati (39-45) «	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	8	0

W: F. Cordero (3-1) L: M. Capps (1-3) HR: PIT - A. LaRoche (8) CIN - J. Hairston (2), K. Griffey (10)

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The Marlins walked one off too against the Nationals. After the fish tied the game in the 9th, Josh Willingham hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the 10th. These fish know how to hit home runs.

Final 10th	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Washington (33-51)	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	10	0
Florida (43-39) «	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	11	0

W: K. Gregg (6-2) L: J. Rauch (4-2) HR: WAS - E. Dukes (4), D. Young (4) FLA - J. Willingham (7), H. Ramirez (19), J. Willingham (8)

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The White Sox know how to hit home runs too. Nick Swisher hit a pair last night, including his second grand slam in a week, as the White Sox out lasted the Indians 9-7. Jim Thome also went deep as the Pale Hose increased their lead over the Twins to 2.5 games in the AL Central.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (37-46)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	7	14	0
Chi. White Sox (47-35) «	3	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	x	9	9	2

W: G. Floyd (9-4) L: J. Sowers (0-4) S: M. Thornton (1) HR: CLE - J. Peralta (12) CHW - J. Thome (16), N. Swisher (10), N. Swisher (11)

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Good and Bad news for the Astros last night. Roy Oswalt struck out 9 to lead the 'stros to a 4-1 win over the Dodgers. The bad news? Oswalt left the game in the 7th inning with a strained hip. Lance Berkman belted his 22nd home run.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
L.A. Dodgers (38-44)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0
Houston (40-43) «	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	x	4	6	0

W: R. Oswalt (7-8) L: E. Stults (2-1) S: J. Valverde (22) HR: LA - None HOU - L. Berkman (22)

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Talk about a change in fortune. The Rockies lead the Padres 8-3. Final score- Padres 15 Rockies 8 with a 7-run 9th inning. The Pads hit 4 home runs, including a pair by Edgar Gonzalez. Jody Gerut also had one and knocked in 4.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego (33-51) «	1	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	15	22	0
Colorado (32-51)	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	9	0

W: H. Bell (6-3) L: B. Fuentes (1-4) HR: SD - E. Gonzalez (2), K. Kouzmanoff (11), J. Gerut (4), E. Gonzalez (3) COL - B. Hawpe (11)

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Greg Smith pitched the A's to a big 6-1 win over the Angels. Smith threw the first complete game of his career, limiting the Angels to just 4 hits. The win moved the A's to within 3.5 games of the Angels in the AL West.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland (45-37) «	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	13	0
L.A. Angels (49-34)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	2

W: G. Smith (5-6) L: J. Garland (7-5) HR: OAK - None ANA - M. Napoli (12)

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Complete games are nothing out of the ordinary for Roy Halladay, who went the distance in the Blue Jays 2-0 blanking of the Mariners last night. It was the 10th career shutout for the big right-hander.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto (41-43) «	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	10	1
Seattle (31-51)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

W: R. Halladay (9-6) L: R. Dickey (2-4) HR: TOR - None SEA - None

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Mark DeRosa homered twice, including a grand slam, and drove in 6 as the Cubs pounded the Giants 9-2. Ted Lilly won his 9th while Barry Zito, unfortunately for Giants fans, went back to pitching like Barry Zito.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chi. Cubs (50-33) «	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	9	10	0
San Francisco (36-47)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2

W: T. Lilly (9-5) L: B. Zito (3-12) HR: CHC - M. DeRosa (9), M. DeRosa (10) SF - None

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Good to see Doug Davis out on the mound and competing. In fact he picked up the win against his old club for the Diamondbacks last night.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee (44-38)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	1
Arizona (42-41) «	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	x	6	11	0

W: D. Davis (3-3) L: D. Bush (4-8) S: B. Lyon (17) HR: MIL - None ARI - M. Reynolds (17)

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O's closer George Sherrill blew a save in the 9th for the second straight game. This time it was the Royals coming from behind to tie things up on a Miguel Olivo home run. Jose Guillen knocked in the game winner in the 11th. Joakim Soria, the best unknown closer, picked up his 22nd save.

Final 11th	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Kansas City (38-45) «	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	6	14	0
Baltimore (41-40)	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	1

W: R. Mahay (4-0) L: C. Bradford (3-3) S: J. Soria (22) HR: KC - M. Olivo (9) BAL - R. Hernandez (7)

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Yankee Fail to Weather the White Sox

Things were going swimmingly for the Yankees last night. They held a 3-0 lead and Phil Hughes had allowed just 1 hit in 2 innings of work. Then the rains came and washed away the Yankees hopes of winning a fourth straight game.

Joe Crede singled home Carlos Quentin with the winning run with one out in the 9th against Joba Chamberlain. The Yankees had overcome a 6-3 deficit on Melky Cabrera's 2-run home run in the 6th and an RBI single by Morgan Ensberg in the 7th. But after breezing through the 8th inning with a pair of strike outs, Chamberlain ran into trouble in the 9th.

First A.J. Pierzynski narrowly missed hitting one out of the ball park when he flied to the warning track in center. Then Quentin drilled one to left that hit the base of the left field wall for a double. When Chamberlain left a pitch up in the zone to Crede, the White Sox 3rd Baseman lined it to center to easily score Quentin ahead of Cabrera's throw.

The loss was Chamberlain's first in 27 major league appearances. He might not have been used for 2 innings or even in the 8th inning, had the Yankees bullpen not been shorted. Brian Bruney twisted his foot when he stumbled en route to covering 1st Base on Tuesday night. He was in a walking boot yesterday, which had everyone wondering why he wasn't placed on the DL and another reliever called up. That scenario is likely to take place before tonight's game in Cleveland.

The Yankees took advantage of White Sox starter Gavin Floyd's control problems in the 3rd inning. Jason Giambi lead off with a single, the first of his two hits on the night, and moved to 2nd on a wild pitch. Floyd then walked Cabera and Johnny Damon, retiring Jose Molina in between, to load the bases with one out. Derek Jeter's sac fly to right brought home Giambi with the game's first run and the hot hitting Bobby Abreu plated two more with a double up the gap in left-center field. But by the time Enbserg grounded out to end the inning, the rain was coming down in buckets and the umpires stopped play.

hen play resumed some 50 minutes later, Hughes was shut down for the night and Joe Girardi brought in Ross Ohlendorf, who has become the unofficial long man out of the pen. Ohlendorf retired the White Sox in order in the 3rd, but ran into big trouble one inning later.

With one out the White Sox put two men aboard on a single by Orlando Cabrera and a walk to Jim Thome. Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye followed with consecutive singles to cut the lead to 3-2, and then Pierzynski doubled to right-center to tie the game. Dye moved to 3rd on the play and scored ahead of Ensberg's throw on a Quentin grounder. Alexi Ramirez drove in the 5th run of the inning with an RBI double.

LaTroy Hawkins proved that no matter what no matter what number he wears, he was an ill advised signing. Thome took him deep in the 5th for his 6th home run of the year and the 513th of his career, moving him past Ernie Banks and Eddie Matthews on the all-time list.

The Yankees had a chance to take the lead in the top of the 9th on singles by Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui with one out. Ozzie Guillen immediately sent for his closer Bobby Jenks (we're not sure which is stranger, how out of shape he looks or that blonde goatee) to face pinch-hitter Jorge Posada. The move worked as Posada bounced into an inning ending double play.

-On a side note, we get a good laugh every time Posada hits a potential double play ball. Why? Because Michael Kay says, "They'll try to get two." Have you ever seen Posada beat the throw to first? We didn't think so.
News and Notes

Bobby Abreu's two RBI gave him 1,000 for his career.

Joba Chamberlain took the loss somewhat in stride. “I’m not perfect every night,” said Chamberlain, who was the subject of much attention this week when team co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said he should be starting instead of relieving. “I give up hits and that’s the way it’s going to be. I let my team down.”

In addition to Bruney, Kyle Farnsworth was felled by the wet grounds. Farnsworth slipped down to one knee on his final pitch of the night and felt a twinge in his elbow afterwards. He'll be re-evaluated today.

Jermaine Dye left the game for the White Sox after the 6th inning with a strained groin. He'll sit in tonight's with the Orioles.

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, DH	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	.244
Jeter, SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.275
Abreu, RF	5	1	2	2	0	2	2	.299
Matsui, LF	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	.324
Ensberg, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	.300
a-Posada, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.298
Gonzalez, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Cano, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.159
Giambi, 1B	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	.161
Cabrera, CF	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	.309
Molina, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.300
Totals	34	6	9	6	6	5	14
a-Grounded into a double play for Ensberg in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Abreu (4, Floyd), Giambi (3, Floyd). HR: Cabrera (4, 6th inning off Floyd, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Jeter; Abreu 3; Matsui; Ensberg; Giambi 3; Cabrera 5. RBI: Jeter (13), Abreu 2 (16), Cabrera 2 (10), Ensberg (2). 2-out RBI: Abreu 2; Cabrera 2; Ensberg. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ensberg; Matsui; Giambi 2. SF: Jeter. GIDP: Posada. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Damon (4, 2nd base off Floyd/Pierzynski). FIELDING DP: (Cano-Jeter-Giambi).

Chi White Sox	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Swisher, CF-RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.232
Cabrera, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.263
Thome, DH	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	.236
Konerko, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.203
Dye, RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.316
Uribe, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.164
Pierzynski, C	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.319
Quentin, LF	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	.246
Crede, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.293
Ramirez, 2B-CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.167
Totals	34	7	10	7	1	6	7
BATTING 2B: Pierzynski (7, Ohlendorf), Ramirez (2, Ohlendorf), Quentin (2, Chamberlain). HR: Thome (6, 5th inning off Hawkins, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Swisher; Cabrera; Thome 4; Konerko 2; Dye; Pierzynski 2; Quentin 2; Crede; Ramirez 2. RBI: Konerko (16), Dye (9), Pierzynski (12), Quentin (17), Ramirez (1), Thome (18), Crede (21). 2-out RBI: Ramirez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Swisher 2. GIDP: Pierzynski. Team LOB: 3. BASERUNNING CS: Swisher (2, 2nd base by Farnsworth/Molina). FIELDING DP: (Uribe-Cabrera-Konerko).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hughes	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7.85
Ohlendorf	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	0	6.06
Hawkins	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	10.03
Farnsworth	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.35
Chamberlain (L, 1-1)	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	1.93

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Floyd	6.0	5	5	5	4	4	1	2.84
Thornton (H, 2)	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.87
Linebrink (BS, 1)	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.45
Logan	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.12
Jenks (W, 1-0)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86

WP: Floyd.
IBB: Matsui (by Floyd).
Pitches-strikes: Hughes 23-15, Ohlendorf 49-33, Hawkins 26-18,
Farnsworth 12-8, Chamberlain 33-23, Floyd 90-49, Thornton 14-6,
Linebrink 14-6, Logan 20-14, Jenks 4-2.
Ground outs-fly outs: Hughes 3-2, Ohlendorf 2-3, Hawkins 3-2,
Farnsworth 0-1, Chamberlain 1-1, Floyd 5-9, Thornton 0-1, Linebrink 0-1,
Logan 2-2, Jenks 2-0.
Batters faced: Hughes 6, Ohlendorf 13, Hawkins 7, Farnsworth 3,
Chamberlain 6, Floyd 27, Thornton 4, Linebrink 3, Logan 6, Jenks 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Linebrink 2-1, Jenks 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Paul Emmel. 1B: Gary Darling. 2B: Jerry Meals. 3B: Bill Miller.
Weather: 64 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, In from CF.
T: 3:05 (1:25 delay).
Att: 27,243.

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