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White Sox hope to bounce back in rubber game
Jul 20, 2008 - 2:58 PM Kansas City (44-54) at Chi White Sox (55-41) 2:05 p.m. EDTCHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Sox will be looking to shake off a blowout loss when they host the Kansas City Royals in Sunday's rubber match of a three-game series.
The White Sox took the series opener, 9-5, on Friday but could not solve Gil Meche on Saturday, as the righthander surrendered just one run and two hits in 6 1/3 frames. Gavin Floyd matched Meche until the fifth, when the Royals put three runs on the board.
Kansas City opened it up against Chicago's bullpen, tagging three relievers for six runs in three frames en route to a 9-1 win.
Owners of the second-best team ERA in the American League at 3.60, the White Sox have allowed an average of 7.1 runs per game over their last seven contests.
John Danks (7-4, 2.67 ERA) will look to reverse that trend on Sunday. The 23-year-old lefthander has not suffered a loss since May 24, going 4-0 with a 2.34 ERA over his last nine starts.
Danks did not factor in the decision in his lone start against the Royals this season, allowing two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings on June 4.
Kansas City will counter with struggling Brian Bannister (7-8, 5.24). The righthander is 0-2 with a 9.92 ERA in his last three starts, including a loss to the White Sox on July 9 in which he allowed five runs in 6 2/3 innings.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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KANSAS CITY 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 11 0
CHI WHITE SOX 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 15 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER, HORACIO RAMIREZ (4TH), RAMON RAMIREZ (6TH),
RON MAHAY (8TH), JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND MIGUEL OLIVO
CHA - JOHN DANKS, D.J. CARRASCO (5TH), OCTAV
Jul 20 5:16 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED JOSE GUILLEN AND ROSS
GLOAD.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E GERMAN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 8
CHI WHITE SOX 7 TOP, 8TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.249, 1-FOR-4)
Royals 8, White Sox 7 Top 8, 0 OutsJul 20 4:47 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY NICK SWISHER (13) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT
IN THE 7TH OFF RAMON RAMIREZ SCORED JIM THOME.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 6, CHI WHITE SOX 7
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J CREDE (.259, 1-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)
Royals 6, White Sox 7 Bot 7, 0 OutsJul 20 4:28 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MIKE AVILES SCORED ROSS GLOAD.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M AVILES ON FIRST, E GERMAN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 6
CHI WHITE SOX 5 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.305, 1-FOR-2, 3 RBI)
Royals 6, White Sox 5 Top 4, 0 OutsJul 20 3:29 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY JOE CREDE (17) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF BRIAN BANNISTER SCORED PAUL KONERKO AND NICK SWISHER.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5, CHI WHITE SOX 5
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A RAMIREZ (.311, 1-FOR-1)
Royals 5, White Sox 5 Bot 3, 0 OutsJul 20 3:16 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED ESTEBAN GERMAN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D DEJESUS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5
CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 2ND
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.259, 1-FOR-1)
Royals 5, White Sox 2 Top 2, 0 OutsJul 20 2:48 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO NICK SWISHER SCORED JERMAINE DYE.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, N SWISHER ON FIRST, P KONERKO ON SECOND, J
THOME ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CHI WHITE SOX 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J CREDE (.258, 16 HR, 51 RBI)
Royals 4, White Sox 2 Bot 1, 0 OutsJul 20 2:34 PM - AL
AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JIM THOME SCORED CARLOS QUENTIN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J THOME ON FIRST, J DYE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CHI WHITE SOX 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P KONERKO (.216, 9 HR, 35 RBI)
Royals 4, White Sox 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsJul 20 2:30 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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KANSAS CITY 4 4 5 0
CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER
CHA - JOHN DANKS
DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: O CABRERA (.268, 6 HR, 41 RBI)
A PIERZYNSKI (.283, 7 HR, 35 RBI)
C QUENTIN (.277, 23
Royals 4, White Sox 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsJul 20 2:21 PM
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