White Sox 6 - 1 Pirates
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White Sox turn to Buehrle to reverse losing trend

Jun 16, 2007 - 1:13 PM Chi White Sox (27-36) at Pittsburgh (29-38) 7:05 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) - Outside of Mark Buehrle's no-hitter in April, the Chicago White Sox haven't had much to be happy about.

Buehrle (3-3, 3.69 ERA) takes the mound on Saturday when Chicago faces the Pittsburgh Pirates in the middle game of a three-game interleague series.

Perhaps Buehrle, fresh off his 100th career win on Sunday, can provide the White Sox with a much-needed spark. Chicago has lost four consecutive games, nine of 10 and 16 of 19. They have fallen nine games under .500 for the first time since August 26, 2002.

After going seven starts without a win, Buehrle allowed one run in eight innings during Sunday's 6-3 victory over the Houston Astros.

John Van Benschoten makes his first appearance for the Pirates since September 18 2004. This will be the sixth career start for the 27-year-old righthander, whose lone career victory was earned on September 10 of that same year.

Van Benschoten was called up from Class AAA Indianapolis to take the place of starter Shawn Chacon, who has been moved to the bullpen. Van Benschoten was 6-4 with a 2.73 ERA at Class AAA this season.

Pittsburgh's Adam LaRoche is batting .324 (22-for-68) with three homers, eight doubles, 12 RBI and 12 runs in his last 18 games at PNC Park.

Paul Konerko is batting .375 (12-for-32) over his past nine games with three homers and five RBI for the White Sox, who are 1-6 in National League ballparks this season.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 9 0
    PITTSBURGH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - MARK BUEHRLE, RYAN BUKVICH (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI
    PIT - JOHN VAN BENSCHOTEN, JOHN GRABOW (6TH), DAN KOLB
    (8TH), TONY ARMAS (9TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT

    HOME RUN

    Jun 16 9:31 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY TADAHITO IGUCHI SCORED ANDY GONZALEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T IGUCHI ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 6
    PITTSBURGH 1 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A PIERZYNSKI (.240, 1-FOR-4)

    White Sox vs. PiratesJun 16 9:21 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ROB MACKOWIAK SCORED A.J. PIERZYNSKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CINTRON ON FIRST, P KONERKO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5
    PITTSBURGH 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J FIELDS (.242, 2-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)

    White Sox vs. PiratesJun 16 9:08 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JOSH FIELDS (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF JOHN GRABOW SCORED ROB MACKOWIAK.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 4, PITTSBURGH 1
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: M BUEHRLE (.000, 0-FOR-1, SAC)

    White Sox vs. PiratesJun 16 8:45 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN DOUMIT SCORED ADAM LAROCHE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R DOUMIT ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
    PITTSBURGH 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J WILSON (.255, 3 HR, 17 RBI)

    White Sox vs. PiratesJun 16 7:35 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSH FIELDS SCORED ALEX CINTRON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J FIELDS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
    PITTSBURGH 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: M BUEHRLE (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    White Sox vs. PiratesJun 16 7:27 PM


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    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY ROB MACKOWIAK SCORED JERMAINE DYE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CINTRON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    PITTSBURGH 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J FIELDS (.200, 0 HR, 1 RBI)

    White Sox vs. PiratesJun 16 7:25 PM

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