White Sox 2 - 7 Guardians
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Carmona, Indians face rival White Sox

Apr 2, 2008 - 12:48 PM Chi White Sox (0-1) at Cleveland (1-0) 7:05 pm EDT

CLEVELAND (Ticker) - Both the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox will look for better pitching performances Wednesday when the American League Central Division rivals square off again.

In Cleveland's 10-8 win here on Monday, Indians ace C.C. Sabathia did not look like the reigning Cy Young winner as he labored through 5 1/3 innings, giving up five runs and seven hits while striking out seven and walking three.

Sabathia's effort was outstanding when compared to White Sox starter Mark Buehrle, who was charged with seven runs and seven hits over just 1 2/3 frames.

Cleveland turns to Fausto Carmona, who is coming off a career year. The Dominican righthander went 19-8 with a 3.06 ERA and 137 strikeouts last season.

He will need to contain former Indian Jim Thome, who blasted a pair of two-run homers Monday. The 37-year-old slugger, who smacked 35 home runs last season, became the first White Sox player since Sammy Sosa in 1991 to hit two blasts on Opening Day.

Chicago counters with righthander Javier Vazquez, who posted a 15-8 record last season with a 3.74 ERA and 213 strikeouts.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 8 0
    CLEVELAND 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 x 7 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ, MIKE MACDOUGAL (6TH), MATT THORNTON (8TH) AND
    A.J. PIERZYNSKI
    CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, MASAHIDE KOBAYASHI (8TH), RAFAEL
    PEREZ (8TH), JORGE JULIO

    Apr 2 10:39 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY A.J. PIERZYNSKI (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF JORGE JULIO.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2, CLEVELAND 7
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A RAMIREZ (.000, 0-FOR-3)

    White Sox 2, Guardians 7  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 2 10:29 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN GARKO SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R GARKO ON FIRST, T HAFNER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    CLEVELAND 7 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: F GUTIERREZ (.600, 0-FOR-2, BB, HBP, RBI)

    White Sox 1, Guardians 7  Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 2 10:24 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ASDRUBAL CABRERA SCORED KELLY SHOPPACH.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, G SIZEMORE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    CLEVELAND 6 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.286, 0-FOR-3)

    White Sox 1, Guardians 6  Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 2 9:13 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GRADY SIZEMORE SCORED CASEY BLAKE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G SIZEMORE ON FIRST, K SHOPPACH ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    CLEVELAND 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: A CABRERA (.286, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    White Sox 1, Guardians 5  Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 2 9:10 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ SCORED JHONNY
    PERALTA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F GUTIERREZ ON FIRST, R GARKO ON SECOND, T
    HAFNER ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    CLEVELAND 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: D DELLUCCI (.000, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    White Sox 1, Guardians 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 2 8:53 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ASDRUBAL CABRERA SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CABRERA ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    CLEVELAND 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.333, 0-FOR-2)

    White Sox 1, Guardians 3  Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 2 8:41 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOE CREDE SCORED A.J. PIERZYNSKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J CREDE ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    CLEVELAND 2 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J URIBE (.200, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 1, Guardians 2  Top 5, 0 OutsApr 2 8:30 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GRADY SIZEMORE SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ AND
    DAVID DELLUCCI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, G SIZEMORE ON FIRST, K SHOPPACH ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    CLEVELAND 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: A CABRERA (.200, 1-FOR-1)

    White Sox 0, Guardians 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 2 7:45 PM

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