2011 Chicago White Sox: Playing for keeps and a city.

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White Sox end road trip with 9-2 record

New York - The Chicago White Sox (18-8) found out a lot about themselves in the last two weeks. They had to play two playoff teams from last season and a playoff hopeful this season and came away with a blistering 9-2 record after those 11 games.

Gavin Floyd (4-0 2.40) out-dueled C.C. Sabathia (3-1 4.38) to remain unbeaten. Floyd notched 7 and 2/3 innings, giving up 6 hits and 2 ER. Sox #6 hitter, Alexei Ramirez, hit his 5th home run of the season and the White Sox came away with a 4-2 victory over the Yankees for the 3rd straight game.

The Sox head home for 6 straight games, starting with 4 against the Baltimore Orioles (10-15) before hosting the defending Central champs Minnesota Twins (16-10) in a 2 game set.

Jake Peavy (1-0 3.18) will make his 3rd and final start of April, facing off against Brian Matusz (1-3 4.67)

"I just hope we can keep the momentum going, and not over-look the Orioles before we welcome the Twins. They've changed their ballclub a lot this year, and Buck Showalter is a great manager. They're a sleeping offensive juggernaut," commented Peavy.

Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees
April 28, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
     White Sox (CHW) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1    4 10  1
       Yankees (NYY) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0    2  6  0

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Lastings Milledge (LF)        5  1  0  0  0  1  0  0    .286
Alex Rios (CF)                4  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .264
Adam Dunn (DH)                3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .286
Paul Konerko (1B)             4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .240
Andre Ethier (RF)             4  2  0  1  0  0  0  0    .327
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           3  2  1  2  1  1  0  0    .294
Ramon Castro (C)              4  1  0  0  0  1  2  0    .211
Gordon Beckham (2B)           4  1  0  1  0  0  1  0    .262
Brent Morel (3B)              4  2  0  0  0  1  1  0    .344
TOTALS                       35 10  2  4  1  4  7  0

   2B:  Alexei Ramirez (6)
   HR:  Alexei Ramirez (5)
   GDP:  Lastings Milledge, Paul Konerko

   DP:  Gordon Beckham, Alexei Ramirez, Paul Konerko
   E:  Andre Ethier

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
             Gavin Floyd  7.2  6  2  0  2  2  4 118   2.40
              Chris Sale  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0   3   0.75
           Matt Thornton  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  17   3.14
                  TOTALS  9.0  6  2  0  2  2  6 138

NEW YORK                     ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Curtis Granderson (CF)        4  3  0  1  0  0  0  0    .282
Derek Jeter (SS)              4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .344
Robinson Cano (2B)            2  0  1  0  0  1  1  0    .196
Mark Teixeira (1B)            3  1  1  0  0  1  0  0    .299
Alex Rodriguez (3B)           4  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .265
Nick Swisher (LF)             3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .256
 Justin Maxwell (P)           1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
Jorge Posada (DH)             4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .265
Andruw Jones (RF)             3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .172
Russell Martin (C)            3  1  0  1  0  0  0  0    .262
TOTALS                       31  6  2  2  0  2  6  0

   2B:  Jorge Posada (4)
   GDP:  Derek Jeter

   DP:  Mark Teixeira 2, Robinson Cano 2, Derek Jeter 2

                NEW YORK   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
             CC Sabathia  6.2  8  2  0  3  3  5  99   4.38
           Buddy Carlyle  2.1  2  0  1  1  1  2  36   5.06
                  TOTALS  9.0 10  2  1  4  4  7 135

     WP: Gavin Floyd (4-0)
     LP: CC Sabathia (3-1)
     SV: Matt Thornton (11)

     Temperature: 65F
     Wind: Calm
     Attendance: 52,325
     Time: 2:38

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Peavy wins behind Dunn/Konerko HRs

Jake Peavy pitched well in earning his 2nd victory

Chicago - The White Sox (19-8) defeated the Orioles (10-16) by a score of 4-2 today behind a strong outing by Jake Peavy (2-0 3.12). Peavy pitched 6 innings, allowing 7 hits and 2 runs while striking out 5 on 93 pitches.

"I felt great all game. It's encouraging to feel no pain, I could have stayed out there longer. Let's build on this success and move forward. It's going to be a great year for me, I think," Peavy gloated.

Sox #3 and #4 hitters each hit a home run in support of Peavy. Dunn's was his 11th of the year, while Konerko's was his 9th.

Luke Scott and Randy Winn each had solo shots off of Peavy, but the Orioles offense couldn't muster anything past the 6th inning with Jesse Crain, Chris Sale and Matt Thornton pitching 3 scoreless innings.

Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox
April 29, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0    2 10  1
     White Sox (CHW) 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 x    4  6  0

BALTIMORE                    ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Randy Winn (CF)               5  3  0  1  1  1  1  0    .250
Nick Markakis (RF)            4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .282
Derrek Lee (1B)               4  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .259
Vladimir Guerrero (DH)        3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .252
Luke Scott (LF)               4  1  0  1  1  1  2  0    .287
Mark Reynolds (3B)            4  1  0  0  0  0  3  0    .206
J.J. Hardy (SS)               3  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .295
Matt Wieters (C)              4  3  0  0  0  0  0  0    .261
Ryan Adams (2B)               3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .216
TOTALS                       34 10  2  2  2  2  9  0

   2B:  Mark Reynolds (5), Randy Winn (1), Nick Markakis (5)
   HR:  Luke Scott (3), Randy Winn (1)
   HBP:  Vladimir Guerrero
   GDP:  Ryan Adams 2
   CS:  Randy Winn

   DP:  Derrek Lee, J.J. Hardy
   E:  Derrek Lee

               BALTIMORE   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
            Brian Matusz  5.0  6  2  3  4  4  6  91   5.06
             Jim Johnson  2.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  16   2.89
        Mark Hendrickson  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  11   2.19
                  TOTALS  8.0  6  2  3  4  4  9 118

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Lastings Milledge (LF)        3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0    .235
Alex Rios (CF)                4  1  0  1  1  2  1  0    .263
Adam Dunn (DH)                4  1  0  1  1  1  2  0    .284
Paul Konerko (1B)             4  1  0  1  1  1  2  0    .241
Andre Ethier (RF)             3  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .318
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           3  2  0  0  0  0  0  0    .305
Ramon Castro (C)              3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .182
Gordon Beckham (2B)           3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .264
Brent Morel (3B)              3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .333
TOTALS                       30  6  2  4  3  4  9  0

   HR:  Adam Dunn (11), Alex Rios (1), Paul Konerko (9)
   GDP:  Ramon Castro

   DP:  Gordon Beckham 2, Alexei Ramirez 2, Paul Konerko 2

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
              Jake Peavy  6.0  7  1  2  2  2  5  93   3.12
             Jesse Crain  1.0  2  0  0  0  0  1  15   4.97
              Chris Sale  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  15   0.69
           Matt Thornton  1.0  1  1  0  0  0  1  17   2.93
                  TOTALS  9.0 10  2  2  2  2  9 140

     WP: Jake Peavy (2-0)
     LP: Brian Matusz (1-4)
     SV: Matt Thornton (12)

     Temperature: 45F
     Wind: 4 MPH (right to left)
     Attendance: 32,414
     Time: 2:54

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Sox finish April hot; 20-8, 4 game lead

Chicago - With his 2nd HR of the season, White Sox (20-8) 2B Gordon Beckham ended the game with a walk-off in the bottom of the 9th.

Edwin Jackson (0-3 5.80) allowed 4 ER in 5 and 2/3 innings as he left the game in a 4-4 tie. He has allowed at least 3 ER in all 6 of his starts this season. Reliever Sergio Santos (1-1 8.38) pitched 3 innings of perfect relief to get the win.

"Sergio seems to have turned corner," remarked manager Ozzie Guillen. "Unfortunately, Edwin still hasn't pitched well at all this season. It's frustrating, I don't know how much longer we trust in him. Short leash from here."

Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox
April 30, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0    4  9  0
     White Sox (CHW) 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1    5  6  0

BALTIMORE                    ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Adam Jones (CF)               4  2  0  1  0  2  1  0    .288
Nick Markakis (RF)            5  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .267
Derrek Lee (1B)               3  2  1  1  0  0  1  0    .274
Vladimir Guerrero (DH)        4  2  0  0  0  1  0  0    .262
Luke Scott (LF)               4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .286
Mark Reynolds (3B)            4  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .198
J.J. Hardy (SS)               3  0  1  0  0  1  0  0    .286
Matt Wieters (C)              3  0  1  1  0  0  2  0    .253
Ryan Adams (2B)               4  2  0  1  0  0  1  0    .236
TOTALS                       34  9  3  4  0  4  9  0

   GDP:  Nick Markakis

   DP:  Derrek Lee, Ryan Adams, J.J. Hardy

               BALTIMORE   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
            Jake Arrieta  2.2  4  3  0  4  4  1  55   7.71
           Mike Gonzalez  3.1  0  0  0  0  0  5  34   6.05
            Jason Berken  1.0  0  1  0  0  0  0  14   1.45
        Mark Hendrickson  1.1  2  0  1  1  1  1  20   2.42
                  TOTALS  8.1  6  4  1  5  5  7 123

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Juan Pierre (LF)              3  1  1  2  0  0  0  1    .333
Alex Rios (CF)                4  1  0  0  0  1  1  0    .263
Adam Dunn (DH)                3  0  1  1  0  0  1  0    .276
Brent Lillibridge (1B)        3  0  1  1  0  0  1  0    .000
Andre Ethier (RF)             4  2  0  0  0  2  1  0    .324
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           3  1  0  0  0  1  1  0    .306
A.J. Pierzynski (C)           4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .275
Gordon Beckham (2B)           4  1  0  1  1  1  0  0    .264
Brent Morel (3B)              2  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .327
TOTALS                       30  6  4  5  1  5  7  1

   2B:  Juan Pierre (4)
   HR:  Gordon Beckham (2)
   HBP:  Alexei Ramirez
   GDP:  Brent Lillibridge

   DP:  Gordon Beckham, Alexei Ramirez, Brent Lillibridge

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
           Edwin Jackson  5.2  9  3  0  4  4  5 108   5.80
              Will Ohman  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1   4   2.57
           Sergio Santos  3.0  0  0  0  0  0  3  33   8.38
                  TOTALS  9.0  9  3  0  4  4  9 145

     WP: Sergio Santos (1-1)
     LP: Mark Hendrickson (1-1)

     Temperature: 52F
     Wind: 3 MPH (out to left)
     Attendance: 32,837
     Time: 2:41

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APRIL OVERVIEW

2011 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Rios, Alex                CHW   28  .263   118   31   7   3   1    7   18    3   4   13   12  .398  .310
Ethier, Andre             CHW   29  .324   111   36   4   1   4   14   19    0   1   16   18  .486  .406
Beckham, Gordon           CHW   28  .264   110   29   4   0   2    3   19    0   1   15   12  .355  .289
Ramirez, Alexei           CHW   28  .306   108   33   6   0   5    7   14    1   0   15   18  .500  .359
Konerko, Paul             CHW   27  .241   108   26   6   0   9    9   25    0   0   20   26  .546  .299
Pierre, Juan              CHW   24  .333   105   35   4   0   0    9    8   18   3   17   12  .371  .391
Dunn, Adam                CHW   28  .276    98   27   3   1  11   22   37    0   0   22   20  .663  .418
Morel, Brent              CHW   27  .327    98   32   4   0   2    2   13    1   0   12   13  .429  .347
Pierzynski, A.J.          CHW   22  .275    91   25   6   0   1    1   18    0   0   11   10  .374  .298
Castro, Ramon             CHW    8  .182    22    4   0   0   0    0    6    0   0    0    2  .182  .174
Milledge, Lastings        CHW    4  .235    17    4   0   0   0    1    2    1   0    2    1  .235  .278
Vizquel, Omar             CHW    2  .222     9    2   0   1   0    0    1    0   0    0    1  .444  .222
Teahen, Mark              CHW    3  .222     9    2   0   0   1    0    4    0   0    2    1  .556  .222
Lillibridge, Brent        CHW    3  .000     3    0   0   0   0    1    1    1   0    3    0  .000  .250

2011 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Floyd, Gavin              CHW   41.1  2.40    6   6   4   0   0   32   13  9.80
Buehrle, Mark             CHW   41.0  4.39    6   6   4   1   0   18    7 10.32
Danks, John               CHW   39.0  2.77    6   6   4   1   0   40   11 10.85
Jackson, Edwin            CHW   35.2  5.80    6   6   0   3   0   23   13 14.38
Peavy, Jake               CHW   17.1  3.12    3   3   2   0   0   17    5 10.38
Pena, Tony                CHW   15.2  1.72    7   0   1   0   0   10    1  8.04
Thornton, Matt            CHW   15.1  2.93   14   0   0   1  12   18    5  9.39
Sale, Chris               CHW   13.0  0.69   12   0   2   0   0   15    3  6.92
Crain, Jesse              CHW   12.2  4.97   13   0   2   1   0   11    7 12.08
Santos, Sergio            CHW    9.2  8.38   11   0   1   1   0   10    5 18.62
Ohman, Will               CHW    7.0  2.57   10   0   0   0   0    5    4 11.57
Humber, Philip            CHW    3.2  7.36    1   1   0   0   0    3    3 24.55

Unfortunately, in my haste I did not make sure that the screen shots I took of the standings/leaders were properly saved. I have already played a game or two, so I will post the standings/leaders a few days into April, even if its not quite linear!

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Sox run win steak to 6

Chicago - The White Sox (21-8) won again today after breaking a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the 8th to win 4-3 over the Orioles (10-17) for their 6th straight win.

Mark Buehrle (4-1 4.21) got the no decision pitching 6 innings of 2 run ball, even though he left the game with a 3-2 lead. Reliever Jesse Crain (2-1 5.14) gave up a run in the top of the 7th to make it 3-3 before UTIL Brent Lillibridge drove in the game winning run on a ground out.

DH Adam Dunn and 1B Paul Konerko continue to mash the ball, hitting their 12th and 10th HRs, respectively.

The Sox look to close out the sweep of the Orioles before the Twins come to town for a two game set by sending John Danks to the hill against Brad Bergesen.

Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox
May 1, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0    3 10  1
     White Sox (CHW) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x    4 10  0

BALTIMORE                    ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Adam Jones (CF)               5  3  0  1  0  0  1  0    .302
Nick Markakis (RF)            5  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .263
Derrek Lee (1B)               3  0  1  0  0  1  0  0    .264
Vladimir Guerrero (DH)        4  1  0  1  1  1  1  0    .261
Luke Scott (LF)               3  1  1  1  0  0  0  0    .287
Mark Reynolds (3B)            4  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .200
Matt Wieters (C)              4  2  0  0  0  1  0  0    .263
Ryan Adams (2B)               4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .220
Robert Andino (SS)            4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .250
TOTALS                       36 10  2  3  1  3  6  0

   HR:  Vladimir Guerrero (7)
   GDP:  Ryan Adams
   E:  Robert Andino

               BALTIMORE   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
      Justin Duchscherer  4.2  7  2  2  3  3  5  84   7.43
             Clay Rapada  1.1  1  0  0  0  0  1  18   6.06
            Jason Berken  1.2  2  1  0  1  1  2  31   1.77
        Mark Hendrickson  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0   2   2.39
                  TOTALS  8.0 10  3  2  4  4  8 135

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Juan Pierre (LF)              5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .327
Alex Rios (CF)                3  0  1  1  0  0  3  0    .256
Adam Dunn (DH)                3  1  1  1  1  2  1  0    .277
Paul Konerko (1B)             4  2  0  1  1  1  0  0    .250
Mark Teahen (RF)              4  1  0  1  0  0  1  0    .231
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0    .313
A.J. Pierzynski (C)           3  1  1  0  0  0  0  0    .277
Brent Lillibridge (2B)        4  1  0  0  0  1  0  0    .143
Brent Morel (3B)              4  1  0  0  0  0  3  0    .324
TOTALS                       34 10  3  4  2  4  8  0

   2B:  Mark Teahen (1)
   HR:  Adam Dunn (12), Paul Konerko (10)
   CS:  Juan Pierre

   DP:  Alexei Ramirez, Paul Konerko

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
            Mark Buehrle  6.0  7  2  1  2  2  4  95   4.21
             Jesse Crain  1.1  3  0  0  1  1  1  27   5.14
              Chris Sale  0.2  0  0  0  0  0  0   3   0.66
           Matt Thornton  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1   8   2.76
                  TOTALS  9.0 10  2  1  3  3  6 133

     WP: Chris Sale (3-0)
     LP: Jason Berken (0-2)
     SV: Matt Thornton (13)

     Temperature: 66F
     Wind: 11 MPH (out to right)
     Attendance: 33,266
     Time: 2:47

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Brad Bergesen shuts out White Sox

Brad Bergesen was masterful in his CGSO

Chicago - Brad Bergesen (2-3 6.75) was great all afternoon, allowing only 5 White Sox (21-9) batter to reach base, going 9 innings for his first career complete game shutout. 1B Derrek Lee, 3B Mark Reynolds and CF Adam Jones all homered for the Orioles (11-17) as they dominated the White Sox, 7-0

John Danks (4-2 2.80) allowd 4 runs, 2 earned over 6 innings for the loss. Tony Pena and Sergio Santos each allowed runs in the defeat in relief of Danks.

The Sox offense failed to get anything going, with the low-light coming from Juan Pierre who was 0-4 and grounded into 2 double plays.

Up next is a 2 game set against division rival and mortal enemy Minnesota Twins (17-12). The White Sox will send Gavin Floyd to the mound against Brian Duensing.

Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox
May 2, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1    7 10  2
     White Sox (CHW) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0  5  2

BALTIMORE                    ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Randy Winn (LF)               5  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .238
Nick Markakis (RF)            5  0  0  0  0  0  3  0    .250
Derrek Lee (1B)               4  2  1  2  1  2  0  0    .275
Vladimir Guerrero (DH)        4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .252
Jake Fox (C)                  5  2  0  1  0  1  0  0    .222
Mark Reynolds (3B)            2  1  2  2  1  1  0  1    .206
Adam Jones (CF)               5  3  0  1  1  1  0  0    .314
J.J. Hardy (SS)               4  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .275
Ryan Adams (2B)               3  1  0  1  0  2  0  0    .226
TOTALS                       37 10  4  7  3  7  5  1

   2B:  Derrek Lee (5), Jake Fox (1), Randy Winn (2)
   HR:  Derrek Lee (4), Mark Reynolds (7), Adam Jones (6)
   HBP:  Mark Reynolds, Vladimir Guerrero
   GDP:  Nick Markakis

   DP:  Derrek Lee 2, Ryan Adams 2, J.J. Hardy 3
   E:  Derrek Lee, Ryan Adams

               BALTIMORE   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
           Brad Bergesen  9.0  5  1  0  0  0  8 120   6.75
                  TOTALS  9.0  5  1  0  0  0  8 120

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Juan Pierre (LF)              4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .316
Alex Rios (CF)                3  1  1  0  0  0  1  0    .258
Adam Dunn (DH)                4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .267
Paul Konerko (1B)             4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .241
Andre Ethier (RF)             3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .316
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .304
A.J. Pierzynski (C)           3  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .278
Gordon Beckham (2B)           3  2  0  0  0  0  1  0    .274
Omar Vizquel (3B)             3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .250
TOTALS                       30  5  1  0  0  0  8  0

   GDP:  Adam Dunn, Juan Pierre 2
   CS:  Alex Rios

   DP:  Alexei Ramirez, Paul Konerko
   E:  Gordon Beckham, Alexei Ramirez

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
              John Danks  6.0  4  4  1  4  2  3 109   2.80
               Tony Pena  2.0  3  0  2  2  2  2  38   2.55
           Sergio Santos  1.0  3  0  0  1  1  0  29   8.44
                  TOTALS  9.0 10  4  3  7  5  5 176

     WP: Brad Bergesen (2-3)
     LP: John Danks (4-2)

     Temperature: 50F
     Wind: 7 MPH (right to left)
     Attendance: 33,667
     Time: 2:53

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Floyd chased early, Twins win within 2.5 of Sox

Gavin Floyd was sent to an early shower

Chicago - Minnesota's offense got off to a quick start, piling 5 runs on the Sox in the first 4 innings, cruising to a 5-1 win over the White Sox (21-10). Gavin Floyd (4-1 3.25) lasted only 3+ innings while taking his first loss of the season. The bright spot for the White Sox was that their bullpen held the Twins (18-12) scoreless over the final 18 outs.

Lefty Brian Duensing (3-2 3.28) pitched 7 innings allowed just 1 run over 100 pitches. Michael Cuddyer and Alexi Cassila each had 2 RBI for the Twins.

Alex Rios was caught stealing for the 5th time this season, against only 3 successful attempts.

"We give him green light, even against someone like Joe Mauer. He is confident player, just needs to be smarter this time," said Ozzie Guillen.

The White Sox stranded 8 runners in the loss, their second straight. They will send Jake Peavy to the mound tomorrow as he attempts to snap the losing skid and even the season series against the Twins.

Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
May 3, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
         Twins (MIN) 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0    5  6  0
     White Sox (CHW) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0    1  8  2

MINNESOTA                    ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2B)        4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .301
Denard Span (CF)              3  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .283
Joe Mauer (C)                 4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .302
Justin Morneau (1B)           3  0  0  1  0  0  1  0    .257
Jim Thome (DH)                3  0  1  1  0  0  3  0    .198
Delmon Young (LF)             4  1  0  1  0  0  1  0    .267
Michael Cuddyer (RF)          4  2  0  2  0  2  0  0    .299
Luke Hughes (3B)              4  1  0  0  0  1  1  0    .218
Alexi Casilla (SS)            4  2  0  0  0  2  0  0    .232
TOTALS                       33  6  3  5  0  5  8  0

   2B:  Michael Cuddyer (10)
   3B:  Michael Cuddyer (3)
   HBP:  Justin Morneau
   GDP:  Alexi Casilla
   CS:  Denard Span

   DP:  Justin Morneau, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Luke Hughes

               MINNESOTA   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
          Brian Duensing  7.0  8  1  0  1  1  1 100   3.28
              Matt Capps  2.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  24   1.93
                  TOTALS  9.0  8  1  0  1  1  3 124

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Lastings Milledge (LF)        4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0    .286
Alex Rios (CF)                4  2  0  0  0  1  0  0    .266
Adam Dunn (DH)                4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .257
Paul Konerko (1B)             4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .242
Andre Ethier (RF)             4  2  0  0  0  0  1  0    .322
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .294
Ramon Castro (C)              4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .154
Gordon Beckham (2B)           3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .267
Brent Morel (3B)              2  1  1  1  0  0  1  0    .327
TOTALS                       33  8  1  1  0  1  3  0

   2B:  Brent Morel (5)
   GDP:  Ramon Castro
   CS:  Alex Rios

   DP:  Gordon Beckham, Brent Morel, Paul Konerko
   E:  Brent Morel, Alexei Ramirez

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
             Gavin Floyd  3.0  5  2  0  5  5  3  68   3.25
              Will Ohman  2.0  0  1  0  0  0  2  30   2.00
           Sergio Santos  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  14   7.71
             Jesse Crain  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  13   4.80
              Chris Sale  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  17   0.61
               Tony Pena  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   9   2.41
                  TOTALS  9.0  6  3  0  5  5  8 151

     WP: Brian Duensing (3-2)
     LP: Gavin Floyd (4-1)

     Temperature: 56F
     Wind: 9 MPH (right to left)
     Attendance: 36,745
     Time: 2:48

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Jake Peavy to miss at least 3 months

Jake Peavy tore his latissimus dorsi muscle last year, reinjures it today

Chicago - Jake Peavy (2-0 3.12) woke up this morning and immediately knew something was wrong. A pounding pain in his surgically repaired shoulder prompted the 2007 Cy Young winner to immediately call the White Sox (21-10) training staff.

Within an hour Peavy was getting x-rays taken at team's facilities and he did not receive good news.

"It looks like the muscle ripped partially again in his shoulder. We hope he can avoid surgery, but he can't throw for at least 10 weeks," lamented GM Kenny Williams. "We had such high hopes for him this season as a player, now I'm just worried about Jake the person. It has to be very trying on him."

Williams said that Peavy will be unavailable for comment as he is resting at home. Lucas Harrell (1-1 1.69 AAA) was called up and put on the first flight out of Charlotte and will start tonight against the Twins in replace of Peavy.

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Jim Thome hits 600th career HR against Peavy-less Sox

Jim Thome launches #600 against his former club

Chicago - Jim Thome became the 8th person in Major League history to hit 600 home runs with a 3rd inning blast. The U.S. Cellular fans, cheering for Thome, were treated to a tip of the hat after the former Sox slugger came out of dugout after the homer.

Thome joins Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa as the only people to accomplish the feat in the history of the game. Thome needs 10 more homers to pass Sosa for 7th place on the all-time list.

"It's quite the career accomplishment, but the big thing was we got the win today and closed the gap between us and the Sox," said Thome.

The Minnesota Twins (19-12) scored early and often against recently called-up Lucas Harrell (0-1 18.00). The 25 year old rookie gave up 5 runs, 4 earned in just 2 innings of work. Jake Peavy was slated to start the game, but earlier in the day the Sox (21-11) found out he will miss at least 12 weeks after reinjuring his shoulder that ended his season in 2010.

"It sucks, man. He's so big for us, it kind of deflated all of us when we heard the news. We were like zombies out there," said DH Adam Dunn, who hit his 13th HR of the season in the 8-1 loss.

Nick Blackburn (3-1 2.16) pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball for the Twins and Thome's HR was the 11th of the season.

"I remember in early in 2009 when all the talk in Chicago was 'will he/won't he come' in reference to Peavy accepting the trade to go there. I was in Los Angeles by the time he got there, but every one of us in that clubhouse just hoped he would come. He's a tremendous talent, you never wish injuries on any player regardless of the jersey they are wearing. That being said, I'm glad we didn't have to face him today," said Thome.

Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
May 4, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
         Twins (MIN) 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0    8 15  1
     White Sox (CHW) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0    1  7  2

MINNESOTA                    ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2B)        5  1  1  0  0  1  2  0    .297
Denard Span (CF)              5  3  0  2  0  0  0  0    .296
Joe Mauer (C)                 4  2  1  1  0  1  1  0    .309
Justin Morneau (1B)           5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .255
Jim Thome (DH)                4  1  1  2  1  1  1  0    .200
Delmon Young (LF)             5  3  0  0  0  2  1  0    .283
Michael Cuddyer (RF)          4  1  1  2  0  0  0  0    .297
Luke Hughes (3B)              5  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .217
Alexi Casilla (SS)            5  2  0  1  0  1  0  0    .240
TOTALS                       42 15  4  8  1  6  6  0

   2B:  Joe Mauer (8), Luke Hughes (5), Delmon Young (10)
   3B:  Michael Cuddyer (4)
   HR:  Jim Thome (11)
   HBP:  Denard Span
   GDP:  Joe Mauer, Luke Hughes
   E:  Luke Hughes

               MINNESOTA   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
          Nick Blackburn  7.0  4  0  1  1  1  5  90   2.16
            Alex Burnett  2.0  3  0  0  0  0  1  34   1.61
                  TOTALS  9.0  7  0  1  1  1  6 124

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Juan Pierre (LF)              4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0    .322
Alex Rios (CF)                4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .258
Adam Dunn (DH)                4  1  0  1  1  1  2  0    .257
Paul Konerko (1B)             4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .234
Andre Ethier (RF)             4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .320
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .285
A.J. Pierzynski (C)           4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0    .287
Gordon Beckham (2B)           4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .258
Brent Morel (3B)              3  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .327
TOTALS                       35  7  0  1  1  1  6  0

   2B:  A.J. Pierzynski (7), Andre Ethier (5)
   HR:  Adam Dunn (13)

   DP:  A.J. Pierzynski, Gordon Beckham, Brent Morel 2, Paul Konerko 2
   E:  Gordon Beckham, Alexei Ramirez

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
           Lucas Harrell  2.0  8  0  1  5  4  2  53  18.00
               Tony Pena  2.0  2  2  0  1  1  1  38   2.61
           Sergio Santos  1.1  2  1  0  2  1  3  29   7.62
              Will Ohman  2.2  2  1  0  0  0  0  38   1.54
             Jesse Crain  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0   9   4.50
                  TOTALS  9.0 15  4  1  8  6  6 167

     WP: Nick Blackburn (3-1)
     LP: Lucas Harrell (0-1)

     Temperature: 53F
     Wind: 2 MPH (in from left)
     Attendance: 36,282
     Time: 2:58

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Sox head west dealing with adversity

Chicago - The White Sox are enjoying the morning off before boarding a plane destined for Seattle. The Sox open up against the Mariners (22-9) who are tied with the Red Sox (22-9) for the best record in the A.L. GM Kenny Williams has been searching hard for a replacement for injured starter Jake Peavy, who will likely be out until mid-August at the earliest.

"It's tricky, we know that Harrell and Humber aren't ready to step in for 3 months, but then again we're hesitant with giving up our young talent. We have to do something though," said Williams. "We have some things in the works, a few phone calls out there. We will have something figured out sooner rather than later."

The White Sox have lost their last 3 games, after winning 6 in a row. The Sox have the Mariners, Angels (12-19) and the A's (12-19) on the road over the next 9 games before heading back home.

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Edwin Jackson traded to Texas

Edwin Jackson will now pitch for his 6th Major League team, the Texas Rangers

Chicago - Just as reports came out that Kenny Williams was looking to improve the starting rotation while Jake Peavy was on the DL, the White Sox GM sent another pitcher in his rotation out.

Edwin Jackson (0-3 5.40) was sent to the Texas Rangers (17-15, 2nd AL West) along with backup catcher Donny Lucy and pitching prospect Kyle Bellamy in exchange for high-ceiling SP Derek Holland (2-1 4.76) and journeyman SP Dave Bush (2-2 5.90).

"The call started out about Dave Bush, to be honest. I had been high on Holland for quite some time, and when I mentioned his name, that's when things got interesting," said Williams.

Jackson is 48-54 with a 4.66 career ERA with 5 teams over 8 seasons. His best season came in 2009 with Detroit posting a 13-9 record with a 3.62 ERA. Traded to Arizona before the 2010 season for Max Scherzer, he pitched a perfect game for the Diamondbacks before being traded to the White Sox mid-season last year. It was widely rumored that the Sox never had any plans on keeping Jackson, after trying to use him as a pawn to acquire Adam Dunn before the deadline. No such deal happened.

Holland is a 24 year old left-hander with an 13-18 record posting a 5.42 ERA in parts of 3 seasons. Rated as the #2 prospect in the Rangers organization in 2009, the pitcher is best known for his game 4 start in the ALCS against the Yankees in 2010. He pitched 5 and 2/3 innings allowing 0 runs in a crucial victory helping the Rangers ultimately reach the World Series for the first time in team history.

Bush is 58-70 with a career 4.69 ERA and is slated by the #5 starter until Peavy is healthy, then projects to be a long reliever. Signed by the Rangers over the off-season, he had recently been sent to AAA after proving to be ineffective.

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Buehrle and Sale shut out Mariners

Seattle - The Seattle Mariners (23-10) couldn't get anyone past second base against Mark Buehrle (5-1 3.60). Buehrle pitched well for 8 innings, allowing 5 hits and no runs. 1-2-3 innings were a common thing for Buehrle as the White Sox (22-11) won 4-0.

The Sox started off scoring in the 2nd inning. Paul Konerko single to start the inning, after Andre Ethier and Alexei Ramirez caused outs, Ramon Castro walked ahead of a Gordon Beckham RBI double. With Castro on 3rd and Beckham on 2nd, Brent Morel had a weak grounder to 3rd to end the inning.

The White Sox would add runs in 3rd, 7th and 9th to win for the first time in 4 tries.

Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners
May 6, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
     White Sox (CHW) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1    4 12  0
      Mariners (SEA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0  5  0

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Lastings Milledge (LF)        5  2  0  1  0  1  0  0    .308
Alex Rios (CF)                5  3  0  1  0  0  1  0    .270
Adam Dunn (DH)                4  2  1  0  0  1  1  0    .265
Paul Konerko (1B)             5  2  0  1  0  1  0  0    .240
Andre Ethier (RF)             3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .312
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .283
Ramon Castro (C)              3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .138
Gordon Beckham (2B)           4  2  0  1  0  1  0  0    .266
Brent Morel (3B)              4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .315
TOTALS                       37 12  3  4  0  4  3  0

   2B:  Gordon Beckham (5), Lastings Milledge (1), Paul Konerko (7)
   GDP:  Ramon Castro, Paul Konerko

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
            Mark Buehrle  8.0  5  2  0  0  0  9 124   3.60
              Chris Sale  1.0  0  1  0  0  0  1  15   0.57
                  TOTALS  9.0  5  3  0  0  0 10 139

SEATTLE                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Franklin Gutierrez (CF)       4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0    .301
Brendan Ryan (SS)             4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .236
Ichiro Suzuki (RF)            3  0  1  0  0  0  1  1    .278
Jack Cust (LF)                4  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .164
Justin Smoak (1B)             3  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .296
Adam Moore (C)                4  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .176
Matt Tuiasosopo (3B)          3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .000
Cristian Guzman (DH)          4  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .207
Jack Wilson (2B)              3  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .313
TOTALS                       32  5  3  0  0  0 10  1


   DP:  Justin Smoak 2, Brendan Ryan, Jack Wilson

                 SEATTLE   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
             Luke French  6.2  9  2  0  3  3  3 103   5.91
           David Aardsma  1.2  3  0  0  1  1  0  34   1.69
               Chris Ray  0.2  0  1  0  0  0  0   8   0.49
                  TOTALS  9.0 12  3  0  4  4  3 145

     WP: Mark Buehrle (5-1)
     LP: Luke French (0-1)

     Temperature: 47F
     Wind: None (Roof Closed)
     Attendance: 42,385
     Time: 3:11

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Sox dethrone King Felix, Danks pitches CG

Felix Hernandez lasted only 3.2 innings in his first loss of the season

Seattle - Jack Cust hit a solo homer in the 7th inning off John Danks (5-2 2.50), to break a streak of 15 scoreless innings for the Mariners (23-11) against the Sox (23-11). It wasn't enough.

The White Sox started the scoring early against Felix Hernandez (4-1 3.42) with 3 runs in the first inning. Hernandez retired Juan Pierre before allowing singles to both Alex Rios and Adam Dunn. Paul Konerko then popped out and Andre Ethier drew the 2 out walk. Alexei Ramirez, last year's silver slugger at shortstop, then drove a 2-0 pitch into the gap, clearing the bases and hitting a triple as the White Sox took a 3-0 lead they would never give up.

Hernandez lasted only 3 and 2/3 innings as the White Sox added on 2 more runs in the 4th inning, en route to a 5-1 win.

Chicago starter John Danks, was efficient only allowing 5 mean to reach base all game, giving up 1 ER over the full 9 innings. It was his 2nd CG of the season, and 4th of his career.

Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners
May 7, 2011

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
     White Sox (CHW) 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0    5 10  0
      Mariners (SEA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0    1  4  2

CHICAGO                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Juan Pierre (LF)              6  2  0  0  0  0  2  0    .323
Alex Rios (CF)                5  1  0  1  0  0  1  0    .268
Adam Dunn (DH)                5  1  0  1  0  0  1  0    .262
Paul Konerko (1B)             4  1  1  0  0  1  0  0    .241
Andre Ethier (RF)             2  0  3  1  0  0  0  0    .307
Alexei Ramirez (SS)           5  1  0  0  0  3  0  0    .280
A.J. Pierzynski (C)           5  2  0  0  0  0  1  0    .292
Gordon Beckham (2B)           3  1  2  1  0  0  1  0    .268
Brent Morel (3B)              4  1  1  1  0  0  1  0    .313
TOTALS                       39 10  7  5  0  4  7  0

   3B:  Alexei Ramirez (1)

   DP:  Alexei Ramirez, Paul Konerko 2

                 CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
              John Danks  9.0  4  1  1  1  1  8 118   2.50
                  TOTALS  9.0  4  1  1  1  1  8 118

SEATTLE                      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
Franklin Gutierrez (CF)       4  0  0  0  0  0  3  0    .293
Brendan Ryan (SS)             4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .237
Ichiro Suzuki (RF)            4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .270
Jack Cust (LF)                4  2  0  1  1  1  1  0    .175
Justin Smoak (1B)             3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .288
Adam Moore (C)                3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .200
Matt Tuiasosopo (3B)          2  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .000
Cristian Guzman (DH)          3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .188
Jack Wilson (2B)              3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .286
TOTALS                       30  4  1  1  1  1  8  0

   HR:  Jack Cust (7)
   GDP:  Matt Tuiasosopo
   E:  Matt Tuiasosopo 2

                 SEATTLE   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
         Felix Hernandez  3.2  5  4  0  5  3  4  77   3.42
            Jamey Wright  2.1  1  3  0  0  0  1  44   3.71
         Manny Delcarmen  1.0  2  0  0  0  0  1  19   4.91
           Elmer Dessens  1.2  2  0  0  0  0  0  31   2.41
           David Aardsma  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1   4   1.65
                  TOTALS  9.0 10  7  0  5  3  7 175

     WP: John Danks (5-2)
     LP: Felix Hernandez (4-1)

     Temperature: 61F
     Wind: Calm
     Attendance: 40,944
     Time: 2:58