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White Sox try to sweep Royals

Aug 22, 2007 - 1:33 PM Kansas City (55-70) at Chi White Sox (56-69) 2:05 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) - The Chicago White Sox aim to complete a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.

With the White Sox out of the American League Central race, manager Ozzie Guillen has decided to take the tactic of playing some of his younger players.

Guillen has relied on second-year players Josh Fields and Jerry Owens over the last month. Fields has nine homers and 20 RBI in his last 27 games, while Owens has batted .291 over his last 25 contests.

But it was a pair of veterans who helped the White Sox to a 5-2 victory on Tuesday. Javier Vazquez pitched six-plus effective innings and Jim Thome homered and drove in three runs to pace Chicago.

Jose Contreras (6-15, 6.18 ERA) takes the mound for the White Sox. Making his second start since returning to the rotation following a demotion to the bullpen, the Cuban righthander is just 1-8 in his last 10 starts.

On Friday, Contreras gave up five runs and nine hits over seven innings in a 5-4 setback to Seattle.

Contreras is 7-3 with a 3.42 ERA lifetime against Kansas City.

Coming off a strong outing, Brian Bannister (9-7, 3.31) toes the rubber for the Royals. The righthander pitched a four-hitter in a 9-2 victory at Oakland on Friday.

Bannister beat the White Sox on June 29, surrendering one run and four hits over 6 1/3 innings en route to an 8-1 win.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    KANSAS CITY 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 10 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 9 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER, JIMMY GOBBLE (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (8TH) AND
    JASON LARUE
    CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS, MIKE MYERS (7TH), GAVIN FLOYD
    (8TH) AND TOBY HALL

    HOME RUNS:

    Aug 22 5:19 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY JOSH FIELDS (15) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 9TH OFF JOAKIM SORIA SCORED JUAN URIBE AND JERRY OWENS.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7, CHI WHITE SOX 6
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J THOME (.263, 1-FOR-4)

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 5:14 PM
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    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 5:14 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY PAUL KONERKO (25) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF JIMMY GOBBLE.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7, CHI WHITE SOX 3
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D ERSTAD (.274, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 4:54 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY TOBY HALL ALLOWED EMIL BROWN TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A GORDON ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J LARUE (.146, 0-FOR-1, BB, HBP)

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 4:40 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY BILLY BUTLER (5) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF MIKE MYERS SCORED DAVID DEJESUS.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 6, CHI WHITE SOX 2
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.302, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 4:10 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED JOEY GATHRIGHT.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D DEJESUS ON SECOND, M GRUDZIELANEK ON
    THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.299, 0-FOR-0, SF, RBI)

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 2:54 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK GRUDZIELANEK SCORED JASON LARUE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON FIRST, J GATHRIGHT ON
    SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.272, 1-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 2:53 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JERMAINE DYE SCORED PAUL KONERKO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J DYE ON FIRST, D ERSTAD ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J URIBE (.222, 13 HR, 50 RBI)

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 2:37 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DARIN ERSTAD SCORED JIM THOME.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D ERSTAD ON FIRST, P KONERKO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    CHI WHITE SOX 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J DYE (.245, 24 HR, 62 RBI)

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 2:37 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER
    CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS

    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J OWENS (.249, 1 HR, 9 RBI)
    J FIELDS (.245, 14 HR, 43 RBI)
    J THOME (.263, 21 HR, 66

    Royals vs. White SoxAug 22 2:21 PM

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