Final
White Sox eye ninth straight victory
May 23, 2008 - 1:33 PM LA Angels (28-21) at Chi White Sox (26-20) 8:11 pm EDTCHICAGO (Ticker) - When the Chicago White Sox last saw the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, they took the final two games of a four-game set. They haven't lost since.
The White Sox attempt to match their longest winning streak in nearly two years when they start a three-game set with the Angels on Friday.
Chicago took the final two games of its series with Anaheim from May 12-15 and used that momentum to power it through three-game sweeps of San Francisco and Cleveland. With their eight-game winning streak, the White Sox are in the midst of their longest run since winning nine in a row from June 15-24, 2006.
Carlos Quentin, who hit his first career grand slam in his team's first win of the Angels' series, has taken quite nicely to the No. 3 spot in the batting order that began on that day.
During the streak, Quentin is hitting .357 (10-for-28) with 11 RBI in his last eight games since moving up from the seventh spot in the lineup, including Thursday's 2-for-4 performance in which he delivered the tie-breaking single in the eighth inning of a 3-1 win over the Indians.
Hoping to benefit from another solid game from Quentin will be Gavin Floyd (4-2, 2.92 ERA), who will seek a repeat of his last start. The righthander tossed six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and three walks with three strikeouts in last Friday's 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
He will be opposed by Joe Saunders (7-1, 2.48), who posted his sixth win in his last seven starts in last Friday's 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The lefthander allowed two runs and five hits over 7 1/3 innings, yielding three runs or fewer for the seventh time in nine starts.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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LA ANGELS 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: LAA - JOE SAUNDERS, FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ (9TH) AND MIKE NAPOLI
CHA - GAVIN FLOYD AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI
HOME RUNS: LAA - TORII HUNTER (6) OFF GAVIN FLOYD IN THE 5TH, 0
May 23 10:23 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JERMAINE DYE SCORED ORLANDO CABRERA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J DYE ON FIRST, C QUENTIN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 3
CHI WHITE SOX 1 BOTTOM, 9TH
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J THOME (.204, 0-FOR-3)
Angels 3, White Sox 1 Bot 9, 0 OutsMay 23 10:16 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
GARY MATTHEWS HIT BY GAVIN FLOYD PITCH WITH BASES LOADED
SCORED ROBB QUINLAN.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, G MATTHEWS ON FIRST, M IZTURIS ON SECOND, S
RODRIGUEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 3
CHI WHITE SOX 0 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: V GUERRERO (.257, 0-FOR-2)
Angels 3, White Sox 0 Top 5, 0 OutsMay 23 9:19 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
MAICER IZTURIS HIT BY GAVIN FLOYD PITCH WITH BASES LOADED
SCORED MIKE NAPOLI.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M IZTURIS ON FIRST, S RODRIGUEZ ON SECOND, R
QUINLAN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 2
CHI WHITE SOX 0 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: G MATTHEWS (.213, 0-FOR-2)
Angels 2, White Sox 0 Top 5, 0 OutsMay 23 9:18 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY TORII HUNTER (6) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 1 OUT
IN THE 5TH OFF GAVIN FLOYD.
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 1, CHI WHITE SOX 0
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: C KOTCHMAN (.311, 0-FOR-1)
Angels 1, White Sox 0 Top 5, 0 OutsMay 23 9:10 PM
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