Final
White Sox hope to avoid third straight loss
Jul 5, 2008 - 1:30 PM Oakland (47-39) at Chi White Sox (49-37), 7:05 pm EDTCHICAGO (Ticker) -- After winning eight of nine games, the Chicago White Sox have hit a bump in the road.
The White Sox try to get back on the winning track against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday after dropping the first two of the four-game set at U.S. Cellular Field.
Gavin Floyd (9-4, 3.45 ERA) takes the mound for the White Sox, who didn't get much help from Mark Buehrle on Friday. Buehrle allowed 13 baserunners in 5 2/3 innings while giving up four runs. He was outdueled by the Athletics' Joe Blanton, who tossed seven brilliant innings, surrendering just one run and six hits.
Prior to Friday's 7-1 loss, Chicago dropped the series' opener, 3-2, and was stymied by another dominating outing from Justin Duchscherer.
Greg Smith (5-6, 3.44), another surprising starting pitcher for Oakland, will oppose Floyd with hopes of building on his last start in which he threw a complete game against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday.
Jack Cust homered for the second straight game, while Emil Brown and Wes Bankston each had three hits on Friday for the A's.
White Sox slugger Carlos Quentin is 1-for-19 over the past five games.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
CHI WHITE SOX 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 x 6 9 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: OAK - GREG SMITH, CHAD GAUDIN (6TH), JERRY BLEVINS (7TH), ANDREW
BROWN (8TH) AND KURT SUZUKI
CHA - GAVIN FLOYD, MATT THORNTON (8TH), SCOTT LINEBRINK
(9TH) AND TOBY
Jul 5 9:50 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN SWEENEY (3) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0
OUT IN THE 9TH OFF SCOTT LINEBRINK.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1, CHI WHITE SOX 6
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K SUZUKI (.277, 0-FOR-3)
Athletics 1, White Sox 6 Top 9, 0 OutsJul 5 9:46 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ALEXEI RAMIREZ (7) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 8TH OFF ANDREW BROWN.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, CHI WHITE SOX 6
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: T HALL (.288, 0-FOR-2, BB)
Athletics 0, White Sox 6 Bot 8, 0 OutsJul 5 9:36 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY ORLANDO CABRERA SCORED NICK SWISHER AND ALEXEI
RAMIREZ.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, O CABRERA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
CHI WHITE SOX 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: B ANDERSON (.236, 1-FOR-2, SAC, HR, 2 RBI)
Athletics 0, White Sox 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsJul 5 9:01 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY BRIAN ANDERSON (5) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 5TH OFF GREG SMITH SCORED ORLANDO CABRERA.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, CHI WHITE SOX 3
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: C QUENTIN (.275, 1-FOR-2)
Athletics 0, White Sox 3 Bot 5, 0 OutsJul 5 8:36 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY NICK SWISHER (12) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF GREG SMITH.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, CHI WHITE SOX 1
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A RAMIREZ (.288, 6 HR, 26 RBI)
Athletics 0, White Sox 1 Bot 2, 0 OutsJul 5 7:35 PM
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