White Sox 8 - 0 Guardians
Final
  for this game

Westbrook hopes August success continues into September

Sep 2, 2007 - 2:31 PM Chi White Sox (57-79) at Cleveland (78-57), 1:05 pm EDT

CLEVELAND (Ticker) - Jake Westbrook had an outstanding August. He'll look to start September off on the right foot as the Cleveland Indians aim for a three-game sweep of the lowly Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

Westbrook went 4-1 with a 1.90 ERA in six starts in August, and has been a key reason the Indians have won eight straight.

Casey Blake and Travis Hafner each drove in a pair of runs and Paul Byrd threw a four-hitter in a 7-0 victory on Saturday. Franklin Gutierrez and Kelly Shoppach homered as the Indians matched their longest winning streak since a nine-game stretch in 2005.

Westbrook (5-7, 4.38 ERA) will try and help the Indians maintain their 5 1/2-game lead over the Detroit Tigers (73-63) in the American League Central. In his last outing, Westbrook wasn't particularly sharp, but still won. The righthander allowed three runs and 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 6-5 win over Minnesota on Tuesday.

The Indians should have no problem with the floundering White Sox, who have lost 10 of 11, including 11 straight on the road.

Jose Contreras (7-16,6.13) takes the hill looking for his second straight win. On Monday, Contreras won for the first time in 10 starts by allowing four runs and eight hits in seven innings of a 5-4 win over Tampa Bay.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 8 18 1
    CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS, BOONE LOGAN (7TH), EHREN WASSERMANN (8TH),
    BOBBY JENKS (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI
    CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK, CLIFF LEE (6TH), TOM MASTNY
    (7TH), MIK

    Sep 2 4:25 PM


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    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SCOTT PODSEDNIK HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING JUAN URIBE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 8
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J THOME (.269, 1-FOR-5, 2 RBI)

    White Sox vs. GuardiansSep 2 4:21 PM


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    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JERRY OWENS SCORED DANNY RICHAR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J OWENS ON FIRST, J URIBE ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 7
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: S PODSEDNIK (.261, 2-FOR-5)

    White Sox vs. GuardiansSep 2 4:21 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DARIN ERSTAD (3) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 8TH OFF TOM MASTNY.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 6, CLEVELAND 0
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A PIERZYNSKI (.263, 3-FOR-4, RBI)

    White Sox vs. GuardiansSep 2 3:58 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY A.J. PIERZYNSKI SCORED SCOTT PODSEDNIK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A PIERZYNSKI ON FIRST, P KONERKO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A GONZALEZ (.219, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    White Sox vs. GuardiansSep 2 3:06 PM


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    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY ASDRUBAL CABRERA ALLOWED JUAN URIBE TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J THOME ON FIRST, J OWENS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 4
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P KONERKO (.263, 1-FOR-2)

    White Sox vs. GuardiansSep 2 2:21 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JIM THOME SCORED ANDY GONZALEZ AND DANNY RICHAR.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J THOME ON FIRST, J OWENS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P KONERKO (.264, 1-FOR-1)

    White Sox vs. GuardiansSep 2 1:40 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO JERRY OWENS SCORED A.J. PIERZYNSKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J OWENS ON FIRST, D RICHAR ON SECOND, A
    GONZALEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: S PODSEDNIK (.261, 1-FOR-1)

    White Sox vs. GuardiansSep 2 1:36 PM
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    White Sox vs. GuardiansSep 2 1:03 PM

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