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Texas tangles with Pale Hose in finale at Arlington

May 25, 2011 - 3:02 PM (Sports Network) - Severe weather made it a late night for the Chicago White Sox and Texas Rangers in Arlington on Tuesday. That could make for some tired bodies this afternoon when the two clubs play the rubber match of a three-game series.

Heavy rain, wind and hail led to a two hour and 58 minute delay between the top and the bottom of the fourth inning on Tuesday, with the Rangers even moving fans from the upper deck to a lower concourse during the pause due to a threat of tornado activity in the area. The two clubs were able to resume the game, with the White Sox winning an 8-6 back-and-forth affair.

Both clubs will stagger back onto the field this afternoon less than 12 hours after the completion of last night's game. On the bright side, Rangers manager Ron Washington is glad his team won't have to make up the game with a doubleheader.

"Well, I thought [the umpires] did a good job of watching the weather," Washington said. "We knew that once that first [storm] got through that there was a second one coming and once it got through there wasn't anything back there, so we played it."

Hail wasn't the only thing pelting the seats at Rangers Ballpark, with White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin notching the first three homer game of his career last night. Quentin hit a solo homer in the first, a three-run blast in the third and capped the big day with another solo shot in the ninth.

"Carlos had a huge day for us," said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen after his club won for the sixth time in eight games. "We continue to have good at- bats."

Adam Dunn also homered, but is hitting just .192 on the season. With just four hits in his last 10 games, Guillen is expected to give his slugger a day off this afternoon.

Josh Hamilton had three hits and drove in a run, while Michael Young ended with a pair of RBI as the Rangers had a two-game win streak halted.

Hamilton is 6-for-7 with four RBI in his career off of Gavin Floyd, who will start this afternoon for the White Sox. The 28-year-old has struggled in his career versus Texas, going just 1-2 with a 7.85 earned run average versus the club.

Floyd will try to get on track versus the Rangers and also establish some consistency to his season. He was pounded for five runs over just 4 1/3 innings of a loss to Oakland on May 14, but rebounded five days later to beat Cleveland by limiting the Indians to a run on five hits over seven innings.

"Gavin threw the ball very well, just threw strikes," Guillen told Chicago's website. "He was ahead in the count and his breaking ball was working. When you throw strikes, I always say, it's pitching's best friend -- strikes."

In the right-hander's last two losses, he has been charged with 11 runs while giving up just one run over his last two wins. Floyd is 5-3 on the season in nine starts with a 3.88 ERA.

C.J. Wilson attempts to avoid a third straight losing decision when he takes the mound for the Rangers.

The southpaw did not pitch poorly his last time out, giving up three runs on four hits over seven innings against Philadelphia, but two of those hits were home runs that cost him in a 3-2 loss. The homer he allowed to the Phillies' Raul Ibanez was the first he had given up against a left-handed hitter since June 3, 2008.

"[Wilson] made two pitches I know he'd like to take back," Washington said.

The 30-year-old did fan 10 batters for his third double-digit strikeout game of the season, but still fell to 4-3 with a 3.42 ERA in 10 starts this season.

Wilson is 2-0 with a 3.44 ERA in 11 career games against the White Sox, but just one of those outings was a start.

Quentin has two hits in five career at-bats versus Wilson with a homer and four RBI.

The White Sox have won four of their last six versus the Rangers.