2006 Chicago White Sox Schedule

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Here is the complete 2006 White Sox regular season schedule.All games and times are Central Time and subject to change.All home games are in CAPS.All Holidays(Memeorial Day,4th of July,All-Star Game,and Labor Day) are in red.

APRIL 2- CLEVELAND W 10-4(Thome goes deep!)
APRIL 4- CLEVELAND L 8-2(Rings are nice.Garcia was not.)
APRIL 5- CLEVELAND L 4-3,11 inn.(14 men stranded)
APRIL 7- @ Kansas City, L 11-7(Sox had 6-0 lead after 3)
APRIL 8- @ Kansas City, L 4-3(Sweeney hurts us again)
APRIL 9- @ Kansas City, W 3-1(Buehrle spectacular)
APRIL 10- @ Detroit W 5-3(Thome goes deep again!)
APRIL 12- @ Detroit, W 4-3(Back to .500)
APRIL 13- @ Detroit, W 13-9(Motown hit parade)
APRIL 14- TORONTO, L 13-7(Vazquez rocked)
APRIL 15- TORONTO, W 4-2(Konerko goes deep twice)
APRIL 16- TORONTO, W 6-4(5 innings-rain)
APRIL 17- KANSAS CITY, W 9-0(Contreras spectacular!)
APRIL 18- KANSAS CITY, W 4-1(Garland settles in)
APRIL 19- KANSAS CITY, W 4-0(Vazquez flirts with no-no)
APRIL 21- MINNESOTA, W 7-1(Buehrle outpitches Santana!)
APRIL 22- MINNESOTA, W 9-2(Thome goes off again!)
APRIL 23- MINNESOTA, W 7-3(Uribe goes deep twice)
APRIL 24- @ Seattle, L 4-3
APRIL 25- @ Seattle, W 13-3
APRIL 26- @ Seattle, L 5-1
APRIL 28- @ Los Angeles, W 8-5
APRIL 29- @ Los Angeles, W 2-1(Contreras dominant again!)
APRIL 30- @ Los Angeles,W 6-5(1st sweep in Anaheim since '92)
April record;17-7,1st place,1 1/2 games ahead of Detroit

MAY 1- @ Cleveland, W 8-6
MAY 2- @ Cleveland, W 7-1
MAY 3- SEATTLE, W 6-5,11 innings(Pablo Power!)
MAY 4- SEATTLE, W 4-1(Contreras wins again!)
MAY 5- KANSAS CITY
MAY 6- KANSAS CITY, 6:05pm (Fireworks)
MAY 7- KANSAS CITY, 1:05pm (World Series Posters)
MAY 9- LOS ANGELES, 7;05pm
MAY 10- LOS ANGELES, 7:05pm
MAY 11- LOS ANGELES, 7:05pm
MAY 12- @ Minnesota, 7:10pm
MAY 13- @ Minnesota, 6:10pm
MAY 14- @ Minnesota, 7:05pm,ESPN
MAY 15- @ Minnesota, 12:10pm
MAY 16- @ Tamap Bay, 6:15pm
MAY 17- @ Tampa Bay, 6:15pm
MAY 18- @ Tampa Bay, 6:15pm
MAY 19- CHICAGO CUBS, 3:05pm
MAY 20- CHICAGO CUBS, 12:20pm,FOX
MAY 21- CHICAGO CUBS, 1:05pm
MAY 22- OAKLAND, 7:05pm
MAY 23- OAKLAND, 7:05PM
MAY 24- OAKLAND, 7:05PM
MAY 26- @ Toronto, 6:07pm
MAY 27- @ Toronto, 3:07pm
MAY 28- @ Toronto, 12:07pm
MAY 29- @ Cleveland, 12:05pm
MAY 30- @ Cleveland, 6:05pm,ESPN
MAY 31- @ Cleveland, 6:05pm

JUNE 1- @ Cleveland, 6:05pm
JUNE 2- TEXAS, 7:35pm (Latin American night and Fireworks)
JUNE 3- TEXAS, 6:05pm (Fireworks)
JUNE 4- TEXAS, 1:05pm
JUNE 6- DETROIT, 7:05pm
JUNE 7- DETROIT, 7:05pm
JUNE 8- DETROIT, 7:05pm
JUNE 9- CLEVELAND, 7:35pm (Fireworks)
JUNE 10- CLEVLEAND, 12:20pm,FOX
JUNE 11- CLEVELAND, 1;05pm (Youth XL Jerseys)
JUNE 12- @ Texas, 6:05pm,ESPN
JUNE 13- @ Texas, 7:05pm
JUNE 14- @ Texas, 7:05pm
JUNE 15- @ Texas, 7:05pm
JUNE 16- @ Cincinnati, 6:10pm
JUNE 17- @ Cincinnati, 5:10pm
JUNE 18- @ Cincinnati, 12:15pm
JUNE 20- ST.LOUIS, 7:05pm
JUNE 21- ST.LOUIS, 7:05pm
JUNE 22- ST.LOUIS, 7:05pm
JUNE 23- HOUSTON, 7:05pm (Fireworks)
JUNE 24- HOUSTON, 12:20pm,FOX
JUNE 25- HOUSTON, TBD (World Series Caps)
JUNE 27- @ Pittsburgh, 6:05pm
JUNE 28- @ Pittsburgh, 6:05pm
JUNE 29- @ Pittsburgh, 11:35am
JUNE 30- @ Chicago Cubs, 1:20pm

JULY 1- @ Chicago Cubs, 12:20pm,FOX
JULY 2- @ Chicago Cubs, 1:20pm
JULY 3- BALTIMORE, 6:05pm (Independence Day Fireworks)
JULY 4- BALTIMORE, 3:05pm
JULY 5- BALTIMORE, 7:05pm
JULY 6- BALTIMORE, 7:05pm
JULY 7- BOSTON, 7:05pm (Fireworks)
JULY 8- BOSTON, 12:20pm,FOX
JULY 9- BOSTON, 1:05pm
JULY 11- All-Star Game @ Pittsburgh
JULY 14- @ New York, 6:05pm
JULY 15- @ New York, 12:20pm,FOX
JULY 16- @ New York, 12:05pm
JULY 18- @ Detroit, 6:05pm
JULY 19- @ Detroit, 6:05pm
JULY 20- @ Detroit, 12:05pm
JULY 21- TEXAS, 7:35pm (Fireworks)
JULY 22- TEXAS, 6:05pm (Fireworks)
JULY 23- TEXAS, 1:05pm
JULY 24- MINNESOTA, 7:05pm
JULY 25- MINNESOTA, 7:05pm
JULY 26- MINNESOTA, 1:05pm
JULY 28- @ Baltimore, 6:05pm
JULY 29- @ Baltimore, 3:35pm
JULY 30- @ Blatimore, TBD
JULY 31- @ Kansas City, 7:10pm

AUGUST 1- @ Kansas City, 7:10pm
AUGUST 2- @ Kansas City, 7:10pm
AUGUST 4- @ Toronto, 6:07pm
AUGUST 5- @ Toronto, 3:07pm
AUGUST 6- @ Toronto, 12:07pm
AUGUST 8- NEW YORK, 7:05pm
AUGUST 9- NEW YORK, 7:05pm
AUGUST 10- NEW YORK, 7;05pm
AUGUST 11- DETROIT, 7:35pm (Elvis Night and Fireworks)
AUGUST 12- DETROIT, 6:05pm (White Sox Grand Prix and Fireworks)
AUGUST 13- DETROIT, 1:05pm
AUGUST 14- KANSAS CITY, 7:05pm
AUGUST 15- KANSAS CITY, 7:05pm
AUGUST 16- KANSAS CITY, 7:05pm
AUGUST 17- KANSAS CITY, 1:05pm
AUGUST 18- @ Minnesota, 7:10pm
AUGUST 19- @ Minnesota, 6:10pm
AUGUST 20- @ Minnesota, 1:10pm
AUGUST 21- @ Detroit, 6:05pm
AUGUST 22- @ Detroit, 6:05pm
AUGUST 23- @ Detroit, 6:05pm
AUGUST 24- @ Detroit, 12:05pm
AUGUST 25- MINNESOTA, 7:35pm
AUGUST 26- MINNESOTA, 6:05pm
AUGUST 27- MINNESOTA, 1:05pm
AUGUST 29- TAMPA BAY, 7:05pm
AUGUST 30- TAMAP BAY, 7:05pm
AUGUST 31- TAMPA BAY, 1:05pm

SEPTEMBER 1- @ Kansas City, 7:10pm
SEPTEMBER 2- @ Kansas City, 6:10pm
SEPTEMBER 3- @ Kansas City, 1:10pm
SEPTEMBER 4- @ Boston, 6:05pm
SEPTEMBER 5- @ Boston, 6:05pm
SEPTEMBER 6- @ Boston, 6:05pm
SEPTEMBER 7- CLEVELAND, 7:05pm
SEPTEMBER 8- CLEVELEND, 7:35pm (Half-way to St.Patrick's Day and Green Sox Caps)
SEPTEMBER 9- CLEVELAND, 6:05pm (Fireworks)
SEPTEMBER 10- CLEVELAND, 1:05pm
SEPTEMBER 11- @ Los Angeles, 9:05pm
SEPTEMBER 12- @ Los Angeles, 9:05pm
SEPTEMBER 13- @ Los Angeles, 2:35pm
SEPTEMBER 15- @ Oakland, 9:05pm
SEPTEMBER 16- @ Oakland, 3:05pm
SEPTEMBER 17- @ Oakland, 3:05pm
SEPTEMBER 18- DETROIT, 7;05pm
SEPTEMBER 19- DETROIT, 7:05pm
SEPTEMBER 20- DETROIT, 7:05pm
SEPTEMBER 21- SEATTLE, 7:05pm
SEPTEMBER 22- SEATTLE, 7:35pm
SEPTEMBER 23- SEATTLE, 6:05pm (Fireworks)
SEPTEMBER 24- SEATTLE, 1:05pm (Fan Appreciation Day)
SEPTEMBER 25- @ Cleveland, 6:05pm
SEPTEMBER 26- @ Clevlenad, 6:05pm
SEPTEMBER 27- @ Cleveland, 6:05pm
SEPTEMBER 29- @ Minnesota, 7:10p,
SEPTEMBER 30- @ Minnesota, 11:10am

OCTOBER 1- @ Minnesota, 1:10pm

I'll have more broadcast and promotional giveaways as they become available.

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Off and Running!

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Jim Thome is congratulated by teammate A.J. Pierzynski after Thome's two-run homer Sunday. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

On perhaps the most festive and emotional Opening Day in franchise history,the Defending World Champions White Sox picked up where they left off with a 10-4 win over the visiting Cleveland Indians on Sunday Night.

The festivities got off to a rousing start with the unfurling of the Chanpionship banners hanging from the outfield light towers prior to the game.

Once the game began,Mark Buehrle was his old self,working very quicky for the first 3 innings.

The Sox jumped out in the 3rd inning on an RBI groundout by Scott Podsednik scoring Juan Uribe.Tadahito Iguchi singled home Brian anderson to make it 2-0 Sox.Then later in the inning,Paul Konerko brought home Iguchi on a sac fly to right.

The Tribe tied the game right away in the 4th on an RBI double by Victor Martinez,and a 2-run homer from Eduardo Perez.

After Cleveland was retired in the 4th,the rains came,causing a 2 hour and 57 minute delay.

But once play resumed,it was time for the Sox to erupt,and that they did.

The Sox scored 3 times in the bottom of the 4th capped off by Jim Thome's 2-run bomb deep into the right field seats to make it 6-3 Good Guys.They added another 3-spot in the 5th inning on an RBI single by AJ Pierzynski,scoring Jermaine Dye.Brian Anderson followed later in the inning with a 2-run single scoring Pierzynski and Joe Crede.

Dye made it 10-3 with a single scoring Gooch in the 6th.

Cleveland got a run back in the 8th on a run scoring sac fly by Jhonny Peralta.

Outside of Buehrle's 4th inning trouble,the pitching was brilliant in the game.Buehrle allowed 3 runs on 4 hits in 4 innings pitched.He was replaced after play resumed by Brandon McCarthy and was stellar in middle relief.McCartrhy went 3 inning,retiring all 9 men he faced,striking out 2 in picking up the win.

Cleveland 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0- 4 7 2
White Sox 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 x- 10 9 0

WP- Brandon McCarthy(1-0)
LP- Francisco Cabrera(0-1)

HR;CLE;EPerez(1)-SOX;Thome(1)

T- 2:59 (2:57 rain delay)
Att- 38,802(sellout)
Weather- Cloudy,57 degrees

WALK THE LINE; White Sox batters walked 9 times in the game.

Jermaine Dye was 3-3 with 2 infield hits and a walk in the game.Thome was 1-2 with an absolute bomb to right field in the 4th that was measured at 438 feet.Brian Anderson was 2-3 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.

Cleveland starter CC Sabathia left the game with an abdominal strain in the 3rd inning.He went 2 1/3 innings,and was charged with 3 runs on 3 hits.

White Sox record;1-0,1st place in the AL Central

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It was a combination of 2 things on 35th and Shields this afternoon.

#1). Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook was very sharp in his outing.and #2.) Sox starter Freddy Garcia was the complete opposite.

That added up to an 8-2 Cleveland win on a sunkissed afternoon as the White Sox recieved thier 2005 World Series rings.

The Tribe jumped on the board first when Victor Martinez took Garcia out of the park in the 2nd inning for a quick 1-0 lead.They would add 3 more in the 4th on RBI singles by Aaron Boone,Casey Blake,and Grady Sizemore.

The Sox got on the board in the bottom of the inning when Jim Thome cleared the right field bleachers with an absolute bomb.It was his 2nd in as many games and broght the Sox to within 3 at 4-1.His blast was estimated at 448 feet.

Cleveland put it away for all intents and purposes in the 5th inning when they put up another 3-spot,highlighted by Aaron Boone's 2-run double.Boone would add a solo homer in the 7th inning.

The Sox got one back in the bottom of the 7th when Rob Mackowiak's groundout scored AJ Pierzynski.



Cleveland 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0- 8 14 0
White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0- 2 6 1
WP- Jake Westbrook (1-0)
LP- Freddy Garcia(0-1)

HR- CLE;VMartinez(1),ABoone(1)- SOX;Thome(2)

Weather: 49 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 14 mph, R to L.
T: 2:35.
Att: 37,591

NOTES;Freddy Garcia went 4+ innings and was charged with 7 runs,all earned on 9 hits,walking 2 and striking out 2.

Jake Westbrook was superb in his start,going 6 1/3 innings,giving up 2 runs on 6 hits,walking 1 and striking out 4.

The loss knocks the White Sox out of 1st place for the 1st time since the end of the 2004 season.The span lasted 186 days.

AJ Pierzynski had a wonderful last 24 hours.Last night,he was in Indianapolis watching his alma mater Florida Gators win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.This afternoon,when his name was called to get his ring,he was doing "The Gator Chop" for Florida.As his at-bat music this afternoon,it was the University of Florida fight song.


White Sox record;1-1,tied for 2nd place with Cleveland,1/2 game behind Detroit.

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The White Sox left 14 men on base in a 4-3, 11 inning loss to the visiting Cleveland Indians Wednesday afternoon.

Cleveland got on the board in the 1st inning when starter Jose Contreras got himself in trouble early.With the bases loaded,Victor Martinez scored Jason Michaels on a sac fly.Then after Ben Broussard walked to reload the bases,Ronnie Belliard was hit by a pitch scoring Jhommy Peralta to make it a 2-0 Cleveland lead.

The Sox got one back in the 4th when Rob Mackowiak's base hit scored Tadahito Iguchi to cut the Tribe lead to 2-1.

The Sox got the tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the 6th inning.Gooch led off the inning with a single to center.Jim Thome was drilled in the back by a pitch from starter Cliff Lee.Konerko then walked to load the bases.The next batter Rob Mackowiak hit a sharp grounder to Broussard at 1st,who came up thorwing to C Victor Martinez to force Iguchi at home.

Lee then hit AJ Pierzynski to score Thome to tie the game at 2.

After Matt Miller replaced Lee,he got Juan Uribe to hit into a sac fly to RF Casey Blake,scoring Konerko to give the Sox a shrt-lived 3-2 lead.

With rookie Boone Logan on the hill in the 8th inning,Sox killer Travis Hafner delivered a solo bomb deep into the RF seats to tie the game at 3.

The Sox had a golden opportunity in the 9th to pull out a win.With 1 out,Gooch singled,then went to 2nd on a Guillermo Mota wild pitch,thus taking the bat out of Jim Thome's hand as he was walked intentionally.Konerko then struck out for the 2nd out,Mackowiak walked to load the bases before Pierzynski popped out to Peralta in short left field.

After a scoreless 10th,the Tribe broke through against Neal Cotts as Casey Blake doubled home Jason micheals to untie the game.

The Sox got a baserunner on in the 11th against closer Bob Wickman,but coudn't capitalize.



Cleveland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1- 4 13 1
White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0- 3 8 0

WP- Danny Graves(1-0)
LP- Neal Cotts(0-1)
Save- Bob Wickman(1)

HR-CLE; Hafner(1)

T: 4:00.
Att: 33,586
Weather: 48 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 10 mph, In from CF.

NOTES;Prior to the game,White Sox greats Harold Baines,Minnie Minoso,Billy Pierce,and Luis Aparicio presented the World Series Trophy to Ozzie Guillen.

Jermaine Dye was lifted from the game after the 1st inning after having what was described as a knot in his left calf.Dye is day-to-dat and will be evaluated Thursday.

White Sox batters were hit 3 times in the game.(Thome,Pierzynski,and Ozuna)

Jose Contreras went 6 innings,giving up 2 runs on 6 hits,walking 2 and striking out 3.After a 27 pitch 1st inning,he settled down for the rest of his outing.

The 3-4-5 men in the lineup(Thome,Konerko,Mackowiak) were a combined 1-13 in the game.

Of the 14 men left on,7 were left in socring position.

The Sox drop below .500 for the 1st time since September 20,2004.They were 74-75 at that point.

White Sox record;1-2,4th place, 1 1/2 games behind Detroit.

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The Chicago White Sox held a 6-0 lead after 3 1/2 innings of play tonight,but the host Kansas City Royals pounded the Sox the rest of the way in picking up thier 1st win of the season in front of a loud,boisterous crowd tonight.The royals defeated the Sox by an 11-7 count.

Thisng looked real good early for the south siders as they opened the 1st inning with 5 runs.The Sox loaded the bases in the 1st inning with 0 out when Paul Konerko doubled home Pablo Ozuna and Tadahito Iguchi for a quick 2-0 lead.

Joe Crede and Juan Uribe then singled home runs to up the lead to 4-0,and Rob Mackowiak's RBI groundout gave the Sox a 5-0 lead before starter Jon Garland took the mound.

The Sox added another run in the 3rd inning when with runners on 2nd and 3rd,catcher Chris Widger's sac fly scoring Konerko seemingly put the game away at 6-0.

But these weren't the Kansas City Royals that we all know and love.They began chipping away in the 4th inning as they began to tattoo Garland at will.In all fairness,LF Pablo Ozuna misplayed 2 deep flies in the inning,thanks to a howling wind blowing in from left.Ozuna first misplayed Reggie Sanders' fly ball allowing Mark Grudzielanek to score from 2nd.Later in the inning,Ozuna broke in for an Emil Brown fly ball,only to have to change directions,and by that time,it was too late,Brown had himself a double,scoring Sweeney and Sanders.

Angel Berroa then doubled to Ozuna scoring 2 more rus,and just like that,the Royals were back in the game at 6-5.

After the Sox scored a run in the 5th to make it 7-5,the Royals tied the game in the bottom of the inning on a wild picth and a run scoring sac fly to tie the game at 7.

John Buck gave KC the lead in the 6th with a double that ended up chasing Garland.Matt Thornton gave up another double to David DeJesus to close the book on Garland.

The Royals added single tallies in the 7th and 8th innings to complete the carnage.



White Sox 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0- 7 14 1
Kansas City 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 X- 11 13 0
WP- Mike Wood(1-0)
LP- Jon Garlnd(0-1)

HR- none

T: 2:51.
Att: 23,204.
Weather: 54 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, L to R.

ROYAL CROWNED; Jon Garland was torched for 9 runs,all earned on 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings.He walked 2 and struck out 6.Matt Thornton pitched 2 2/3 innings,giving up 2 runs on 3 hits,walking 4 and striking out 2.Thornton was generously clocked by the Kauffman Stadium speed gun at 101 on a couple of occasions tonight.

For the Sox at the plate tonight,Paul Konerko was 3-5 with a double,2 RBIs,and 3 runs scored.Juan Uribe was 3-5 with a double and an RBI.Pablo Ozuna was 2-4.And Joe Crede was 2-5 with a double,a run scored,and an RBI.

The Royals got 6 doubles in the game.

White Sox record;1-3,tied for 4th place with Minnesota,3 games behind Detroit

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Mike Sweeney's 2-run line drive shot off Cliff Politte in the bottom of the 8th was the difference as the Kansas City Royals defeated the White sox for the 2nd straight game 4-3.

The Sox jumped out in front in the 4th on joe Crede's sac fly to center,scoring Jim Thome.

The Royals came back against starter Javier Vazquez in the 6th inning when Reggie Sanders doubled scoring Mark Grudzielanek and Mike Sweeney to give KC a 2-1 lead.

The White Sox re-took the lead in the top of the 8th inning when with Brian Anderson on 2nd,and Scott Podsednik at 1st,Jim Thome hit a ringing double off the left field wall off reliever Andrew Cisco to tie the game.Then 1 out later,AJ Pierzynski hit a sharp grounder to 1st baseman Doug Mientkewicz.He could not find the handle on the ball,and the pitcher did not cover 1st,so he had to eat the ball and Podsednik scored to give the Sox a short-libved 3-2 lead.

But in the bottom of the 8th with Cliff Politte on the hill,Grudzielanek led off with a single,then Sox killer Mike Sweeney lined a shot into the 1st row of the left field seats to give the Royals a 4-3 lead.

Ambiorix Burgos struck out the 1st 2 batters in the 9th before getting PH Ross Gload to fly out to center to end the game.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0- 3 6 1
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 X- 4 7 0
WP- Elmer Dessens(1-0)
LP- Cliff Politte(0-1)
Save- Ambiorix Burgos(1)

HR- KC; Sweeney(1)

T: 2:47.
Att: 18,031.
Weather: 51 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 9 mph, In from LF.

FEELING BLUE; Javier Vazquez turned in one of the best games by a Sox starter so far by going 7 innings,giving up 2 runs on 5 hits,walking 1 and striking out 7.

AJ Pierzynski was 2-4 for the Sox this afternoon.

Mike Sweeney is now hitting .322 in his career vs. the White Sox(128-for-397) with 29 home runs and 92 RBIs,the most against any opponent in his career.

White Sox record;1-4,4th place,3 1/2 games behind Detroit.

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Buehrle's KC Masterpiece

Mark Buehrle put an end to the 4-game skid as he threw 8 innings of shutout ball as the White Sox took a 3-1 win at Kauffman Stadium this afternoon,salvaging the finale of a 3-game series.

Buehrle was on his game this afternoon,going 8 innings,giving up 6 hits and striking out 1,while throwing an economical 88 pitches.

Offensively,the Sox pretty much got all they needed in the 2nd inning when Joe Crede drove in a pair with a double to left,scoring Jermaine Dye and AJ Pierzynski.

Jim Thome put an exclamation point on the game with a mammoth solo blast to right field in the 8th inning off losing pitcher Scott Elarton.

Bobby Jenks pitched the 9th inning,allowing a home run to Reggie Sanders for the Royals' only tally.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
White Sox 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- 3 5 1
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- 1 7 2
WP- Mark Buehrle(1-0)
LP- Scott Elarton(0-2)
Save- Bobby Jenks(1)

HR- SOX;Thome(3)

Ejections;Royals manager Buddy Bell in the 9th

T- 2:17
Att- 15,094
Game time weather- Sunny,60 degrees
Wind- 12 mph L to R

NOTES;Jermaine Dye returned to the lineup for the 1st time since Wednesday.He went 1-2 officially with 2 walks.

Royals skipper Buddy Bell was tossed in the 9th inning after disputing a call by HP umpire Mike Winters on a diving catch by Joe Crede off the bat of Sox killer mike Sweeney.Crede caught a line drive,and lost the ball as he showed the ump the ball.3B ump Bruce Froemming initially ruled it an error on Crede,but was overruled by Winters.

White Sox record;2-4,4th place,3 games behind Cleveland and Detroit

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Freddy Notches 100th Career Win!


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Freddy Garcia worked six innings to pick up his first win of the season. (Paul Sancya/AP)

The White Sox spoiled Detroit's home opener with an excellent all-around effort in a 5-3 win at Comerica Park this afternoon before a sellout crowd of 44,179.

Freddy Garcia pitched much better than he did last Tuesday vs. Cleveland,this time giving up 3 runs on 5 hits in 6 innings of work for his 1st win of the season.It was also his 100th victory of his career.Bobby Jenks pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning for his 2nd save.

Offensively,it was the long ball that did it for the Sox this afternoon.Jim Thome hit another absolute bomb in the 3rd inning off Tiger starter Jeremy Bonderman for a 2-run shot to tie the game at 2.

Joe Crede hit a line drive 2-run shot in the 6th and Paul Konerko cranked out his 1st of the season,a solo shot in the 8th.

The defense was also spectacular in the game,as Joe Crede flashed some leather,taking away a hit from Magglio Ordonez,and kepping the Tigers off the board in the 1st inning.Crede made another defensive gem in the 5th when he took a hit away from Placido Polanco.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
White Sox 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0- 5 7 1
Detroit 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0- 3 7 0
WP- Freddy Garcia(1-1)
LP- Jeremy Bonderman(1-1)
Save- Bobby Jenks(2)

HR- SOX;Thome(4),Crede(1),Konerko(1)-DET;Monroe(2)

T- 2:14.
Att- 44,179.
Weather: 54 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 12 mph, In from CF.


TIGER TAMING; Freddy Garcia got his velocity back this afternoon as his fastball was clocked consistently in the low-90s.His last outing,his fastball had been topped out at around 88 mph.

Paul Konerko was 2-3 with a walk,2 runs scored and a homer.Tadahito Iguchi was 2-4 with a run scored.

White Sox record;3-4,3rd place,2 2/2 games behind Cleveland.

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In a lightning quick game,the White Sox climbed back to the .500 mark with a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park this afternoon.

Jose Contreras picked up his 1st win of the season as he went 8 strong innings,giving up a solo home run to Craig Monroe in the 6th inning.He threw 110 pitches and 77 strikes,walking 1.striking out 2,on 6 hits.

Bobby Jenks gave up a 2-run homer to Chris Shelton in the 9th inning,while collecting his 3rd save of the season.

Jim Thome homered for the 5th time this season for the Sox in the 4th inning,a solo shot off Tigers pitcher Nate Robertson(1-1).

The Sox added 3 more in the 7th,highlighted by Paul Konerko's 2-run single scoring Tadahito Iguchi and Jim Thome.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0- 4 6 0
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2- 3 8 1
WP- Jose Contreras(1-0)
LP- Nate Robertson(1-1)
Save- Bobby Jenks(3)

HR-SOX;Thome(5)-DET;Monroe(3),Shelton(6)

T: 2:14.
Att: 12,601
Weather: 56 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, R to L.

NOTES;Thome's 5 home runs in 8 games matches the White Sox record for the fastest 5 homers set by Bob Niemann in 1951.

Thome and Konerko each went 2-4 in the game.Thome scored twice including a homer and a 7th inning dounble.

White Sox record;4-4,3rd place,2 games behind Cleveland

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In a game where effective pitching was practically non-existent,the White Sox survived a 13-9 sugfest against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park this afternoon completing thier first 3-game sweep of the year.

Starter Jon Garland was ineffective in his outing,despite picking up his 1st win of the year.Garland worked 5 innings,giving up 7 runs and tying a career high with 13 hits in the game.

This was a game that featured combined total of 38 hits.

The Sox got on the board against Tigers fireballer Justin Verlander in the 1st inning on back-to-back monster blasts by Tadahito Iguchi and Jim Thome.Yep,that guy again.

For Gooch,it was his 1st of the year.Thome now has 6.

The Sox looked like they were going to run away and hide in the 3rd inning when they scored 5 runs in the inning-all with 2 out to make it 7-1.That scorung barrage began wih an RBI single by Jermaine Dye,followed by an RBI double by AJ Pierzynski scoring Dye.Joe Crede singled home AJ to make it 6-1.Then SS Alex Cintron hit the 1st of his 2 triples in the game to score Crede to make it 7-1 Sox.

They added 2 more in the 4th on Thome's RBI double scoring Scott Podsednik,and would score himself on Dye's single to make it 9-1.

After Chris Shelton hit a 2-run homer(#7 for the season) for the Tigers in the bottom of the 4th,the Sox made it 10-3 on Cintron's 2nd triple of the game scoring Joe Crede.

But Garland ran into a whole heap of trouble in the 5th.Former Sox slugger Magglio Ordonez took Garland deep for a 2-run shot to cut the lead to 10-5.Carlos Guillen doubled later in the inning to score Shelton to make it 10-6.Then Craig monroe drove home Guillen to make it 10-7.

Detroit made it 10-8 in the 6th against Brandon McCarthy when Ivan Rodriguez' base hit scored Placido Polanco.Podsednik's error in left allowed Pudge to advance to 2nd.He was eventually stranded there.

In the White Sox 7th,Iguchi doubled scoring Briann Anderson and Podsednik to give the Sox a 4-run cushion at 12-8.They added another on Paul Konerko's single scoring Gooch for a 13-8 margin.

But,as it usually is in baseball,no lead is safe.Detroit closed the gap in the 8th inning when Polanco's groundout scored Omar Infante to make it 13-9 White Sox.

The Tigers did not go away quietly in the 9th against Matt Thornton,as the Tigers loaded the bases on 3 singles until Curtis Granderson,representing the tying run at the plate was called out looking to end a wild game in Detroit.

Whew!



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
White Sox 2 0 5 2 1 0 3 0 0- 13 17 1
Detroit 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 0- 9 21 0

WP- Jon Garland(1-0)
LP- Justin Verlander(1-1)

HR-SOX;Iguchi(1),Thome(6)-DET;Shelton(7),Ordonez(3)

T: 3:12.
Att: 14,027
Weather: 75 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 15 mph, Out to LF

HITSVILLE USA; The 38 hits by the 2 teams this afternoon is a Comerica Park record.15 individual players recorded at least 2 hits.Both teams each left 10 men stranded in the game.

The last time the Tigers had 21 or more hits,and lost was back in 1934.

In 2 starts so far this season,Jon Garland has pitched 10 2/3 innings,giving up 16 earned runs on 23 hits for an 13.94 ERA.

Jim Thome has homered in 4 consecutive games,tying AJ Pierzynski for 2nd on the all-tim White Sox consecutive game HR list.Carlo Lee went deep in 5 straight games in April,2003.

Alex Cintron became the 1st Sox player to hit 2 triples in a game since Jose Valentin did it on June 18,2004 against the Montreal Expos at Olympic Stadium.

Struggling Scott Podsednik(.059) and Brian Anderson(.154) were the only starters to not get a hit.Bot however did reach base via the walk.

Thome was officially 2-3 with 2 walks and 3 runs scored,raising his average to .379. Konerko was 3-6 with an RBI to raise his average to .324

The White Sox have won 11 of the last 13 games at Comerica,and are now 35-21 all-time at Comerica.

White Sox record;5-4,tied for 2nd place,1 1/2 games behind Cleveland

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Javier Vazquez did not have his best stuff against the hottest hitting team in baseball Friday night as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays drilled the White Sox 13-7 on an unseasonably warm April evening in Chicago.

The Jays belted out 18 hits against Sox pitching.

Toronto jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning on Shea Hillenbrand's 2-run homer off Vazquez.

The Sox answered back with 3 in the bottom of the frame as Paul Konerko hit a solo shot,and Pablo Ozuna hit a 2-run double to give the Sox a 3-2 lead.

They added 2 more in the 3rd inning on a bases loaded RBI single by Joe Crede,and an RBI ground ball force out by Alex Cintron to make it 5-2 Sox after 3.

But from the 5th through the 9th innings,the Jays scored 11 unanswered runs.Thier biggest blow came in the 5th inning when they put up a 5-spot.That was highlighted by Troy Glaus' 2-run double which put Toronto ahead for good at 6-5 at that point.

The boys from Canada scored 4 more times in the 7th,highlighted by a 2-run blast by Vernon Wells off Cliff Politte.Lyle Overbay added a solo shot in that same inning off Politte.

Neal Cotts served up a 2-run blast to Glaus in the 9th inning before the Sox answered back with 2 of thier own in the bottom of the inning.Those runs coming on Jermaine Dye's 1st homer of the season,a 2-run shot to make it 13-7 Toronto.

Javier Vazquez went 6 innings,giving up 7 runs,all earned on 9 hits.He just kept pitching on the outside corners to the Blue Jays hitters,and they kept taking him to right field all night.

The 2 most reliable guys from the pen in '05,Cliff Politte and Neal Cotts,both struggled in the game.

Politte went 1 2/3 innings,giving up 4 runs on 5 hits,and giving up 2 long home runs.Neal Cotts pitched the 9th,allowing 2 runs on 4 hits.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 2- 13 18 0
White Sox 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2- 7 13 2
WP- Pete Walker(1-1)
LP- Javier Vazquez(0-1)

HR-TOR;Hillenbrand(1),VWells(5),Overbay(2),Glaus(3)-SOX;Konerko(2),Dye(1)

T: 3:15.
Att: 31,418
Weather: 74 degrees, clear.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to LF

BIRD DROPPINGS; White Sox pitching has given up a total of 39 hits in the past 2 games.The last time they gave up that many hits in a 2-game span was August 31-September 1,1974 against the New York Yankees.

Joe Crede matched a career high with 4 hits in the game,and contunues to play stellar defense at 3rd.

Pablo Ozuna went 3-5 with 2 RBIs filling in for the slumping Scott Podsednik.

On the down side,Brian Anderson saw his average drop to .129 with an 0-5 performance with 2 strikeouts.He left the bases loaded twice in his first 2 at-bats.

White Sox record;5-5,3rd place tie with Minnesota,1 game behind Cleveland and Detroit

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Order Restored!

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Tadahito Iguchi makes a spectacular throw to first in the ninth inning. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Paul Konerko drove in all 4 White Sox runs this afternoon on a pair of 2-run homers as order was restotred on the South Side in a White Sox 4-2 win over the Toronto blue Jays at sun-drenched US Cellular Field this afternoon.

The Jays struck early as they scored 2 runs in the 1st inning off starter Mark Buehrle.It looked like another slugfest from the outset as Buehrle gave up hits to the first 3 Toronto batters,including a 2-run homer to Alex Rios.

After that,Buehrle settled donw,and all but trenered the Jays offense useless.

Konerko promptly tied the game up with 1 swing in the bottom of the 1st off AJ Burnett,who was making his 1st start of the season.

Konerko went deep again in the 5th inning for what would be the decisive blow of the game.

Buehrle threw 25 pitches in the 1st inning when he gave up the 2 runs.But from the 2nd through the 8th,he threw only 80 pitches and gave up 2 hits the rest of the way for the win.Bobby Jenks pitched a scoreless 9th for his 4th save of the season.

Jenks got some help from Tadahito Iguchi in the 9th when he turned in perhaps the defensive play of the year.Bengie Molina hit an infield chopper over the head of Jenks.Gooch then charged the ball until he barehanded it on the infield grass right behind the mound.In one motion,Gooch turned around,perpendicular to the ground and fired a perfect strike to Konerko to nail Molina from me to you.It was something you had to see for yourself.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 2 6 2
White Sox 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X- 4 7 0
WP- Mark Buehrle(2-0)
LP- AJ Burnett(0-1)
Save- Bobby Jenks(4)

HR-TOR;Rios- SOX;Konerko 2(4)

T: 2:10.
Att: 33,247
Weather: 57 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 11 mph, L to R

NOTES; Scott Podsednik got a hit today.He went 1-4 and now has a .079 batting average.

Vernon Wells went 3-4 for the Jays in the game.

Buehrle got 13 ground ball outs from Toronto hitters today;

White Sox record;6-5,tied for 2nd place with Detroit,1 game behind Cleveland.

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In a rain shortened game this afternoon,the White Sox blasted off to a 6-0 lead until the Blue Jays came back with 4 runs in the top of the 5th against an ineffective Freddy Garcia in a monsoon.The game was called after 4 1/2 innings because of heavy rains in Chicago.

The Sox jumped out to a 3-0 lead on an RBI single by Tadahito Iguchi,and a 2-run homer from Jermaine Dye.They added 2 more in the 2nd on Jim Thome's 7th blast of the year,a 2-run shot with Podsednik aboard.

They made it 6-0 in the 4tyh when Paul Konerko scored Thome from 1st with a double into the left field corner.Jays' C Bengie molina couldn't hold on to the ball in what would have been a very close play at the plate.

The Jays came back in the top of the 5th when Garcia walked 4 batters in the inning.

With the bases juiced,Russ Adams singled scoring Eric Hinske to make it 6-1.Then the merry-go-round continued as Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay walked respectively to make it 6-3.Bengie Molina made it 6-4 when he reacehed on a Tadahito Iguchi error.



1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Toronto 0 0 0 0 4- 4 4 1
White Sox 3 2 0 1 X- 6 9 1
WP- Freddy Garcia(2-1)
LP- Josh Towers(1-2)

HR-SOX;Dye(2),Thome(7)

T: 1:36 (1:32 rain delay)
Att: 27,137
Weather: 58 degrees, cloudy
Wind: 16 mph, In from LF

WET N' WILD;Scott Podsednik was back in the lineup and he went 2-3 in the game with 2 runs scored.He now has a .122 batting average.

Jim Thome has reached base and scored in all 12 games played so far this season.His 7 home runs in the 1st 2 weeks matches his entire 2005 total.

Freddy Garcia walked 6 batters in the game,hitting 90 on the radar gun just once.He threw 106 pitches in his 5 inning stint.

The rain delay also featured the traditional Mark Buehrle tarp dive. Buehrle tried to hit the field on the first delay, but was waved off with the tarp coming off. But Buehrle followed his routine during the second delay, with lightning cracking in the background.

White Sox record;7-5,tied for 1st place with Cleveland and Detroit,1 game ahead of Minnesota

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Jose Contreras wasw spectacular in his start,and the offense fired on Royals pitchi9ng early and often as the Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 9-0 at US Cellular Field this evening.

The real story of this game was starter Jose Contreras.He went 7 innings,facing only 22 batters,and giving up only 1 hit while striking out 6 batters in 101 pitches.

As for the offense,they began firing on old Sox nemesis Joe Mays in the 1st inning.With 1 out,Tadahito Iguchi singled to right,then went to 2nd on a wild pitch.Jim Thome walked.Then the next batter Paul Konerko drove a 3-1 pitch deep into the left field seats for a 3-0 Sox lead.

Later in the inning,with AJ Pierzynski on 1st,Joe Crede belted a Mays offering into the 1st row of the leaft field seats for a 5-0 lead.

The Sox added 2 more in the 5th on an RBI single by Jim Thome,scoring Scott Podsednik,and an RBI double by Konerko,scoring Iguchi to make it 7-0.

Podsednik singled home Juan Uribe in the 6th and Pablo Ozuna singled home Ross Gload in the 7th to make it 9-0.

Boone Logan worked a perfect 8th inning,and Cliff Politte worked a perfect 9th.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 1 1
White Sox 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 X- 9 12 0
WP- Jose Contreras(2-0)
LP- Joe Mays(0-2)

HR-SOX;Konerko(5),Crede(2)

T: 2:29.
Att: 27,889
Weather: 48 degrees, clear.
Wind: 16 mph, L to R.

NOTES; Scott Podsednik went 2-5 in the game with a double,and RBI,and a run scored.He has now hit safely in 3 straight,and 4 of his last 5 games.

Paul Konerko continues his torrid hitting as he went 2-3 with a homer and 4 RBIs and raising his batting average to a blistering .380 on the young season.

Jose Contreras now lowers his ERA to 1.29 after his stellar outing this evening.

Cliff Poliite,after a rough outing last Friday night against Toronto,only needed 4 pitches to shut down the Royals in the 9th inning.

White Sox record;8-5,tied for 1st place with Clevleand.1 game ahead of Detroit

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Jon Garland had his best outing of the season Tuesday night as the White Sox handed the visiting Kansas City royals thier 8th consecutive loss with a 4-1 win at US Cellular Field.

Garland went 6 1/3 innings,allowng a run on 6 hits.He stayed away from the sinker for most of the night.It was the pitch that had been giving him trouble all season.

Brandon McCarthy and Bobby Jenks pitched shutout ball the rest of the way.

The Sox scored 3 in the 4th inning on an RBI single by Joe Crede,and a 2-run songle by Juan Uribe.They added thier 4th run in the 7th on Jim Thome's single.

Mark Teahen's solo homer in the 3rd accounted for KC's only run of the game.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 7 2
White Sox 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X- 4 7 1
WP- Jon Garland(2-1)
LP- Jeremy Affeldt(0-2)
Save- Bobby Jenks(5)

HR-KC;Teahen(1)

T: 2:19.
Att: 21,901
Weather: 57 degrees, clear.
Wind: 13 mph, In from LF.

NOTES;Scott Podsednik went 2-5 in the game,for his 3rd straight multi-hit game.

Jim Thome got his AL leading 16th walk of the season.He has scored in 14 straight games,tying the club recotrd set by Frank Thomas in 1994.

White Sox record;9-5,tied for 1st place with Cleveland,2 games ahead of Detroit

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Vazquez Flirts With History

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Javier Vazquez was perfect through four innings on Wednesday. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)


Javier Vazquez was perfect through four innings on Wednesday. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Javier Vazquez pitched perhaps the best game of his career this afternoon as he took a no-hitter into the 7th inning as the White Sox completed a 3-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 4-0 win at US Cellular Field.

The Sox have now won 9 of the last 10 ballgames after a 1-4 start.

Vazquez(1-1) retired the first 12 Royals he faced until he walked the leadoff batter in the 5th.

Doug Mientewicz got an excuse me dribbler down the 3rd base line to break up the no-no with 1 out in the 7th inning.Vazquez gave up a leadoff single to Esteban German in the 9th inning before being relieved by Neal Cotts.Vazquez left to a thunderous standing ovation.

Cotts was ineffective in 1/3 inning before giving way to Bobby Jenks,who picked up his 6th save of the season.

Ofensively for the Sox,they got on the board in the 1st inning when Alex Cintron scored on a wild pitch from Royals starter Scott Elarton.

They made it 2-0 the traditional way-a line shot home run by Juan Uribe in the 5th.Scott Podsednik then doubled,1 out later,Jim Thome was walked intentionally.Paul Konerko singled to load the bases.Then Jermaine Dye was hit by a pitch scoring Podsednik.

After Elarton was pulled in favor of Luke Hudson,Thome scored on a passed ball with AJ Pierzynski at-bat to make it 4-0 White Sox.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 3 0
White Sox 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X- 4 6 0
WP- Javier Vazquez(1-1)
LP- Scott Elarton(0-4)
Save- Bobby Jenks(6)

HR- SOX;Uribe(1)

T: 2:34.
Att: 26,327
Weather: 66 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 16 mph, In from LF.

SWEEP DREAMS;Scott Podsednik continues his hot hitting as he went 2-3 with a double and a run scored in the game.He now has 4 straight multi-hit ballgames,and sees his BA jump from .059 last week at this time to .204 tonight.

Vazquez went 8 innings,giving up 2 hits,walking 1 and striking out 7.Neal Cotts scuffled in his appearance,going 1/3 inning and giving up a hit.

Jim Thome scored a run for the 15th consecutive game,eclipsing Frank Thomas' 1994 record of 14 games to start the season.Thome walked for the 17th and 18th time today.

White Sox record;10-5,1st place,1/2 game ahead of Cleveland

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Mark Buehrle struck out six Twins, giving up one run in eight innings. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)

In a pitching matchup that was as good as advertised,Mark Buehrle went toe to toe against Minnesota superstud Johan Santana and didn't flinch.But it was Jim Thome who provided the margin with his 8th homer of the year as the Sox took the opening game of a 3-game set against Central Division rival Minnesota by a 7-1 margin.

Buehrle went 8 innings,giving up a run on 4 hits,walking 1 and striking out 6 Twins to raise his record to 3-0 on the season while throwing 102 pitches.

Santana went 7 innings,giving up Jim Thome's 2-run homer in the 6th inning,spoiling an otherwise equally masterful pitching performance from him.Santana gave up 5 hits,a walk and struck out 6 while throwing 120 pitches.

After Thome went yard in the bottom of the 6th,Minnesota came within 1 when Lew Ford hit a rocket into the left field seats off Buehrle in the 8th inning.

But the Sox would explode offensively in the bottom of the 8th against another Sox nemisis,Juan Rincon.

After Thome and Paul Konerko singled to lead off the bottom of the 8th,Jermaine Dye doubled to score Pablo Ozuna(pinch-running for Thome).Konerko and Dye would come around to score after SS Juan Castro air-mailed the relay throw from Torii Hunter into the White Sox dugout to make it a 5-1 lead.

Brian Anderson would drive in a run with a sac fly later in the inning,and Scott Podsednik would double home AJ Pierzynski to make it 7-1.

Neal Cotts pitched the 9th and gave up a hit and a walk,but that was about it.

Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- 1 5 1
White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 x- 7 11 0

WP- Mark Buehrle(3-0)
LP- Johan Santana(0-3)

HR-SOX;Thome(8)- MIN;Ford(1)

T: 2:29.
Att: 31,287.
Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, R to L.

NOTES;Jim Thome was 2-4 in the game with a run scored.He has now scored in all 16 games this season.

Jermaine Dye and AJ Pierzynski both went 2-3 in the game.

White Sox record;11-5,1st place,1 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland

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Jermaine Dye (left) rounds third after hitting a three-run homer in the first. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Jermaine Dye and AJ Pierzynski each had 3 hits apiece as they helped lead the White Sox to thier 11th win in thier last 12 games with a 9-2 pounding of the Minnesota Twins at US Cellular Field tonight.

Dye got things going in the 1st inning when he belted a 3-run homer off Brad Radke(2-2) and the Sox never looked back.

Tadahito Iguchi made it 4-0 in the 2nd when he doubled to score Rob Mackowiak.

The Twins finally got on the board in the 5th when after Lew ford singled,stole 2nd,and stole 3rd,Luis Rodriguez grounded out,scoring Ford to make it a 4-1 Sox lead.

Dye struck again in the Sox half of the 5th when he doubbled to left,scoring Jim Thome to make it 5-1.Then afer AJ Pierzynski walked to load the bases,Joe Crede grounds out to the shortstop scoring Paul Konerko to make it 6-1.

Torii Hunter homered in the 6th inning to make it 6-2 Sox.

The Sox scored 1 in the 7th on Crede's RBI single scoring Dye to make it 7-2.

But Jim Thome would save the best for last in the White Sox 8th when he smoked an 0-1 offering from Twins reliever Jesse Crain deep into the right field seats for a 2-run bomb,his 9th of the season,making it a 9-2 game.

White Sox starter Freddy Garcia went 6 2/3 innings,running out of gas in the 7th.In that inning,the Twins loaded the bases on 3 Sox pitchers(Garcia,Boone Logan,and Brandon McCarthy) before McCarthy got torii hunter to fly out to end the inning.

Bobby Jenks pitched the 9th inning,giving up a hit,and striking out tony Batista to end it.


Minnesota 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0- 2 11 0
WHITE SOX 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 X- 9 16 0


WP- Freddy Garcia(3-1)
LP- Brad Radke(2-2)

HR- MIN;Hunter(5)-SOX; Dye(3),Thome(9)

T: 3:01.
Att: 38,955(sellout)
Weather: 60 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, L to R

TWIN KILLINGS; Jim Thome scored in his 17th consecutive game to start the season,a Major League record.Thome also tied the White Sox record for most homers in the month of April with his 9th of the season.Only Frank Thomas in 1996 hit 9 homers in April.

Thome also walked twice,extending his ML lead to 20 this season.

Freddy Garcia picked up his 102nd ML victory,tying former Sox hurler Wilson Alvarez for most career wins by a Venezuelan native.

Jermaine Dye has 9 hits in his last 15 at-bats with runners in scoring position.

White Sox record;12-5,1st place, 1 1/2 games ahead of Detroit

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White Sox swat to sweep

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Juan Uribe watches the flight of his three-run homer in the sixth. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Juan Uribe went deep twice this afternoon to help propel the Chicago White Sox to a 7-3 win to complete a 3-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins at US Cellular Field this afternoon.

The win now extends the White Sox current winning streak to 8 games,and 12 of the last 13 games.

After the Twins jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the 1st inning off starter Jose Contreras,the Sox tied it up in the 3rd inning against Twins starter Carlos Silva.Scott Podsednik led off with a double,then went to 3rd on Tadahito Iguchi's single,then Pods came home on Jim Thome's sac fly to tie the game at 1.

The Sox took the lead for good in the 4th inning on back-to-back homers from Joe Crede and Juan Uribe to make it 3-1.

After Joe Mauer homered in the 6th to bring Minnesota to within 1 at 3-2,the Sox exploded for 4 runs in the bottom of the frame.Highlighted by back-to-back blasts by Uribe,who hit a 3-run shot,and Brian Anderson,his 1st of the season,making it a 7-2 game.

The Twins added a single tally in the 9th inning off Cliff Politte.



Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1- 3 8 0
WHITE SOX 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 X- 7 14 0
WP- Jose Contreras(3-0)
LP- Carlos Silva(1-3)

HR- MIN; Mauer(1)- SOX; Crede(3),Uribe 2(3),Anderson(1)

T: 2:24.
Att: 38,102(sellout)
Weather: 65 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 17 mph, Out to LF.

SWEEP DREAMS; This was the 1st White Sox sweep of the Twins at home since June 30-July 2,2003.

The Sox hit back-to-back homers today was the 1st time that they have done this since June 11,2000 when Frank Thomas and Magglio Ordonez followed by Ray Durham and Jose Valentin did it aginst the Chicago Cubs.

Jim Thome failed to reach base today,going 0-4 and snappping his Major League record 17 games at the outset of the season scoring a run.Thome had an RBI sac fly and hit the ball hard every time.

Jose Contreras went 8 innings for his 3rd win of the season,extending his personal winning streak to 11 regular season games dating back to August 21,2005.Contreras gave up 2 runs on 6 hits,walking 3 and striking out 2.

Uribe and Anderson combined for 5 hits from the bottom of the lineup this afternoon.Both were coming into today's action hitting below .200 on the year.

The Sox have now won 10 straight against AL Central opponents this year.

White Sox record;13-5,1st place, 2 games ahead of Detroit