Guardians 12 - 5 White Sox
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AL Central rivals White Sox and Indians clash in season opener

Apr 2, 2007 - 1:53 PM Cleveland (0-0) at Chi White Sox (0-0) 2:05 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians began the 2006 season with high hopes. The year ended in disapppointment for both.

The American League Central rivals will meet in the season opener on Monday afternoon.

The White Sox cut costs with their rotation in the offseason, trading veteran Freddy Garcia to the Philadelphia Phillies for youngsters Gavin Floyd and Gio Gonzalez, and sending Brandon McCarthy to the Texas Rangers for prospect John Danks.

Danks will begin the season as the fifth starter, but Chicago will need to get better efforts from holdovers Mark Buehrle, Javier Vasquez and Jose Contreras, none of whom performed well in the second half last season.

Contreras will make his first Opening Day start on Monday. The Cuban righthander was just 4-9 after the break last season, but suffered from back problems most of the season.

C.C. Sabathia will oppose Contreras, despite being hit in the left forearm with a line drive in his final spring start. The burly lefthander went 12-11 with a career-low 3.22 ERA in 2006, including a 4-0 record against the White Sox.

The Indians spent their offseason retooling a bullpen that converted a major league-low 24 saves in 2006. They brought in veterans Joe Borowski, Roberto Hernandez and Aaron Fultz to stabilize the back end of the bullpen.

Cleveland won the season series from the White Sox, 11-8 in 2006.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA, RAFAEL BETANCOURT (7TH), ROBERTO HERNANDEZ
    (8TH), JOE BOROWSKI (9TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ
    CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS, NICK MASSET (2ND), ANDREW SISCO

    Apr 2 4:58 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JUAN URIBE SCORED BRIAN ANDERSON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 12
    CHI WHITE SOX 5 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: R MACKOWIAK (.000, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 4:56 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY GUSTAVO MOLINA SCORED ALEX CINTRON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B ANDERSON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 12
    CHI WHITE SOX 4 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J URIBE (.667, 2-FOR-3)

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 4:55 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CASEY BLAKE SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, V MARTINEZ ON FIRST, T NIXON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 12
    CHI WHITE SOX 3 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: D DELLUCCI (.000, 0-FOR-3, BB)

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 4:33 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: R Mackowiak hit for P Ozuna.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 11
    CHI WHITE SOX 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: R Mackowiak (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Apr 2 4:19 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: R Betancourt relieved C Sabathia.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 11
    CHI WHITE SOX 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J Uribe (1.000, 2-FOR-2)

    Apr 2 4:16 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - PITCHING CHANGE
    CLE: RAFAEL BETANCOURT (NO RECORD) STARTING THE 7TH
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 11, CHI WHITE SOX 3
    DUE UP FOR CHWHITESOX: J URIBE (1.000, 2-FOR-2)

    Apr 2 4:16 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 11 12 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 1 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
    CHA - DAVID AARDSMA

    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J URIBE (1.000, 2-FOR-2)
    P OZUNA (.333, 1-FOR-3)
    D ERSTAD (.333, 1-FOR-3, HR, 2 RBI)

    Apr 2 4:15 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: A Sisco relieved N Masset.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 11
    CHI WHITE SOX 3 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G Sizemore (.500, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Apr 2 3:34 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - PITCHING CHANGE
    CHA: ANDREW SISCO (NO RECORD) STARTING THE 5TH
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 11, CHI WHITE SOX 3
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.500, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Apr 2 3:34 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 5 4 2 0 11 12 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 0 1 0 3 5 1 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
    CHA - NICK MASSET

    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.500, 1-FOR-2, BB, HR, RBI)
    T NIXON (1.000, 3-FOR-3)
    T HAFNER (.667, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Apr 2 3:34 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY PAUL KONERKO (1) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    3RD OFF C.C. SABATHIA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 11, CHI WHITE SOX 3
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J DYE (.000, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 3:20 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED TROT NIXON AND TRAVIS
    HAFNER.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, V MARTINEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 11
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.500, 1-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 3:11 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 5 4 9 10 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 2 3 1 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
    CHA - NICK MASSET

    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: T IGUCHI (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    A PIERZYNSKI (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    J URIBE (.000, 0

    Apr 2 2:54 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JHONNY PERALTA SCORED TRAVIS HAFNER AND CASEY
    BLAKE.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J PERALTA ON FIRST, D DELLUCCI ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 9
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J BARFIELD (1.000, 1-FOR-1, 2 RBI)

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 2:53 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TRAVIS HAFNER SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE. ERROR BY
    JUAN URIBE ALLOWED TROT NIXON TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T HAFNER ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 7
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (1.000, 1-FOR-1, RBI)

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 2:48 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DARIN ERSTAD (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 1ST OFF C.C. SABATHIA SCORED PABLO OZUNA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5, CHI WHITE SOX 2
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J THOME (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 2:32 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 5 5 6 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
    CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS

    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P OZUNA (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    D ERSTAD (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    J THOME (.000, 0 HR, 0 R

    Guardians vs. White SoxApr 2 2:25 PM

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