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Weaver looks for third straight win vs. slumping White Sox

Aug 18, 2007 - 3:12 PM Chi White Sox (54-67) at Seattle (67-52) 10:05 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) - Jeff Weaver is peaking at the right time of the year, much like last season.

Weaver (4-10, 5.64 ERA) takes the hill looking for his third straight win as the Seattle Mariners continue their three-game series with the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.

Weaver was horrible the first half of the season going 0-6 with a 14.32 ERA before being placed on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis. Weaver lost his first four starts after the All-Star break before winning two straight. But he seems to have turned his season around, much like last season when the righthander was 3-10 before being traded to St. Louis and helping them win the World Series.

In his last start, Weaver dominated these same White Sox, throwing a five-hitter in a 6-0 win on Sunday.

Raul Ibanez homered for the seventh time in 10 games, and Jose Vidro drove in a pair of runs to back six-plus strong innings from Miguel Batista in a 5-4 win in Friday's opener. Seattle, which snapped a two-game skid, leads the wild card race by one-half game over the New York Yankees (68-54).

Rookie John Danks (6-10, 5.22) takes the mound as the White Sox look to avoid their first seven-game losing streak in two years. Chicago, which is in last place in the American League Central, has not lost seven straight since August 12-20, 2005 - the year they won the World Series.

Seattle should have no problem making that happen. Danks faced Weaver on Sunday and was for six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings in a 6-0 loss.