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				<title><![CDATA[Danks, Linebrink blank Cubs, Getz steals home]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By RICK GANO
AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO(AP) -- The squeeze was on as Chris Getz made a dash from
third and headed for the plate.

When Carlos Zambrano threw outside and wild, Getz got a steal of
home Sunday and the White Sox were on their way to a whacky 6-0
victory over the Cubs.

It's also the play that seemed to unnerve Zambrano. The
emotional Cubs ace hit DeWayne Wise with the very next pitch and
a short time later was out of the game.

"I was surprised that it was a stolen base, but looking back at
it, I guess that's the only way you can rule it," Getz said. "It
was a suicide squeeze, Zambrano recognized that I was going and
tried to avoid Wise from bunting it. So it turned into a stolen
base."

Getz's steal that made it 4-0 was just one rare play in the
sixth inning Sunday. After he was hit by Zambrano, Wise later
scored when an infield fly rule was called with the bases loaded

"With Getz on third we put the squeeze on. Zambrano threw a
pitch really wide. I stepped in the box and I kind of told
myself, `This next pitch may be at me,"' Wise said.

"Sure enough it was."

Wise had a few words for Zambrano as he headed to first and
plate umpire Brian Runge stepped between them before ushering
Zambrano back to they mound.

"I just told him that wasn't right and moved on from there,"
Wise said.

John Danks (6-6) allowed four hits over seven innings and
reliever Scott Linebrink completed the shutout as the White Sox
won two of three before sellout crowds at U.S. Cellular Field.
The teams split two games at Wrigley Field last week and still
have a makeup game to play from a rainout in that earlier
series.

Zambrano (4-3) gave up nine hits, including a homer to Alexei
Ramirez, and was charged with five runs, four of them earned in
5 1-3 innings.

"When I saw this guy taking off I was trying to tell (catcher)
Geo (Soto) `Get out, get out.' But it was too late," Zambrano
said of the squeeze play.

Zambrano said the ensuing pitch that hit Wise was a cutter that
"cut too much."

"In that situation, I don't want to get more in trouble. I want
to get out of the situation and pitch my six or seven innings,"
he said.

"I wasn't even looking at him (Wise). I heard what he said, but
I didn't understand what he said. I just said, 'What?' The
umpire was good (getting in between) because it was starting to
get a little hyper."

Cubs manager Lou Piniella went to the mound for a visit, and
after Wise stole second and Scott Podsednik walked, he came out
again to remove the emotional right-hander.

Ramirez then blooped a single to left against reliever David
Patton to load the bases. As Jermaine Dye hit a towering pop
that fell behind shortstop Ryan Theriot into short left field,
umpires called the infield fly rule. Dye was called out, but
Wise had raced home when the ball fell in - Theriot was given an
error on the play - and the White Sox had a 5-0 lead.

"With the wind going and stuff like that, I think the call may
have been called a little bit too early, but they felt like that
was the decision to call it that early," said Dye, who homered
in the eighth. "It was a weird and wacky play, but we ended up
getting a run out of it."

When Danks plunked Ryan Freel to start the seventh, Runge issued
a warning to both benches.

"I knew it was coming," Freel said. "I told the umpire, 'It's
coming, right here, watch. Can you go ahead and give him a
warning right now?"'

Podsednik, who had four hits Saturday, was hit by a pitch by
Zambrano with one out in the third. Ramirez then drove a 1-2
pitch into the left-field seats for his 10th homer, giving the
White Sox a 2-0 lead.

Singles by A.J. Pierzynski and Gordon Beckham gave the White Sox
runners at the corners in the fourth. With Beckham breaking for
second, Wise hit an infield single off the glove of Cubs second
baseman Andres Blanco to make it 3-0.

Danks ran into trouble in the sixth. A leadoff double by Alfonso
Soriano and back-to-back two-out walks to Derrek Lee and Jake
Fox loaded the bases.

But he was bailed out when Ramirez, who had two errors Saturday,
went to his knees in the hole to stab Soto's hard grounder and
threw to third to barely force out Lee.

NOTES: The White Sox lead the interleague series that began in
1997 by 36-35.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Cubs-White Sox Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
STATS Writer

Chicago (35-35) at Chicago (35-38), 2:05 p.m. EDT

Gordon Beckham may be one of the youngest members of the Chicago
White Sox, but he's already leaving his mark on the cross-town
rivalry with the Chicago Cubs.

The 22-year-old rookie will try to help the White Sox gain an
advantage in the all-time series Sunday when the teams conclude
their three-game series at U.S. Cellular Field.

Beckham was called up from Triple-A Charlotte on June 4, a day
shy of a being an exact year since he was drafted eighth overall
by the White Sox (36-38). The third baseman has struggled at
times, hitting .200 with one homer and nine RBIs in 20 games in
the majors after posting a .326 average with four homers and 25
RBIs while splitting time between Charlotte and Double-A
Birmingham.

Beckham, though, has collected six of his 13 hits in four games
against the Cubs (35-36), adding two RBIs.

He delivered a two-out, walkoff single in the ninth inning to
clinch an 8-7 win Saturday after the White Sox dropped the
series opener 5-4 on Friday.

"That's probably the best feeling I've ever had playing
baseball," Beckham said of his game-winning hit, which evened
the all-time series at 35 wins each.

The White Sox, though, are 20-15 against the Cubs at U.S.
Cellular.

Beckham and the White Sox will have to contend with Cubs ace
Carlos Zambrano (4-2, 3.48 ERA) on Sunday.

The big right-hander owns a 2.06 ERA in his last five starts,
but has only a 1-0 record to show for it.

Zambrano didn't factor in the decision again Tuesday, allowing
three runs and five hits in seven innings of a 5-4 loss at
Detroit.

Zambrano, however, appeared more concerned with not being
included in the lineup due to the AL's use of the designated
hitter. He owns a .237 career batting average with 18 homers and
50 RBIs.

"A lot," Zambrano told the Cubs' official Web site of how much
it bothered him to not hit. "Not only to be able to hit, but to
be able to get going and keep my routine. That's why I took
(batting practice). Coming to the American League is boring for
me. You feel like you're the DH. You go out there for an inning
and come back to the dugout and do nothing."

Zambrano is 5-2 with a 4.39 ERA in 12 games - 10 starts - versus
the White Sox. The three-time All-Star didn't get the decision
in his last start against them on June 18, allowing three runs
and six hits in seven innings of a 6-5 win.

The White Sox will give the ball to John Danks (5-6, 4.43), who
could use some help as he tries to rebound from his third loss
in four starts.

The left-hander is 1-3 with a 3.67 ERA in his last four outings,
getting just six total runs of support. His only win over that
stretch came against the Cubs on June 17, when he yielded one
run and five hits while fanning nine in seven innings of a 4-1
victory.

Danks, who is 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA in two starts against the
Cubs, was victimized by poor support again on Tuesday, allowing
three runs and three hits in seven innings of a 5-2 loss to the
Los Angeles Dodgers.

"It isn't my department," Danks said of the offense. "My job is
to try to keep us in the game. But our guys know how to hit -
and hit a lot. They are proven. It's only a matter of time
before our guys get going."]]></description>
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