White Sox 3 - 14 Royals
Final
  for this game

White Sox aim to slow down Royals offense

Aug 3, 2008 - 6:12 AM Chi White Sox (61-48) at Kansas City (51-60), 2:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Sox hope to cool down the Kansas City Royals' offense on Sunday and maintain their American League Central lead.

Five different Royals had three hits Saturday en route to an 8-7 victory on a hot, humid afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. It was 95 degrees for the first pitch with a heat index of 111.

"The best word to describe it is miserable," Aviles said of the heat.

Billy Butler, Esteban German, Mike Aviles, Ross Gload and Miguel Olivo collected 15 of Kansas City's season-high 19 hits and drove in seven runs. Butler blasted the go-ahead, two-run homer in the third inning.

"The Kansas City bats were hotter than the weather," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said.

Rookie lefthander Clayton Richard (0-1, 9.35 ERA) will try to change that in his third career start. He has failed to last five frames in each of his first two outings.

Royals starter Zach Greinke (8-7, 3.98) ended a three-game losing skid in his last start, pitching effectively into the eighth. The 24-year-old righthander gave up two runs with 11 strikeouts over 7 1/3 frames in Monday's 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 5 1 0 4 2 0 2 x 14 19 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - CLAYTON RICHARD, D.J. CARRASCO (5TH), BOONE LOGAN (5TH), EHREN
    WASSERMANN (7TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI
    KAN - ZACK GREINKE, ROBINSON TEJEDA (7TH) AND MIGUEL
    OLIV

    Aug 3 5:16 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MITCH MAIER SCORED JOHN BUCK.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M MAIER ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    KANSAS CITY 14 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA (.149, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 3, Royals 14  Bot 8, 0 OutsAug 3 5:14 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOHN BUCK SCORED ALEX GORDON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BUCK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    KANSAS CITY 13 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.276, 2-FOR-4, 2 RBI)

    White Sox 3, Royals 13  Bot 8, 0 OutsAug 3 5:01 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY A.J. PIERZYNSKI (9) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 8TH OFF ROBINSON TEJEDA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3, KANSAS CITY 12
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: B ANDERSON (.239, 1-FOR-1)

    White Sox 3, Royals 12  Top 8, 0 OutsAug 3 5:00 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TOBY HALL SCORED DEWAYNE WISE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T HALL ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
    KANSAS CITY 12 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P KONERKO (.213, 0-FOR-2)

    White Sox 2, Royals 12  Top 7, 0 OutsAug 3 4:17 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY DEWAYNE WISE SCORED BRIAN ANDERSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D WISE ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 12 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: K GRIFFEY JR (.429, 1-FOR-2)

    White Sox 1, Royals 12  Top 7, 0 OutsAug 3 4:16 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BILLY BUTLER SCORED MARK TEAHEN AND JOSE GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B BUTLER ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    KANSAS CITY 12 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.251, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    White Sox 0, Royals 12  Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 3 4:07 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE AVILES SCORED JOHN BUCK.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, M AVILES ON FIRST, R GLOAD ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    KANSAS CITY 10 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E GERMAN (.246, 0-FOR-3)

    White Sox 0, Royals 10  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 3 3:49 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ROSS GLOAD SCORED BILLY BUTLER AND ALEX GORDON.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R GLOAD ON SECOND, J BUCK ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    KANSAS CITY 9 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M MAIER (.304, 2-FOR-2)

    White Sox 0, Royals 9  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 3 3:46 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    MIGUEL OLIVO HIT BY D.J. CARRASCO PITCH WITH BASES LOADED
    SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M OLIVO ON FIRST, A GORDON ON SECOND, B
    BUTLER ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    KANSAS CITY 7 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.271, 0-FOR-2)

    White Sox 0, Royals 7  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 3 3:35 PM
  • 5
    roots
    alamowx Added 5 roots

    White Sox 0, Royals 6  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 3 3:32 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JOSE GUILLEN (16) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF CLAYTON RICHARD.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 6
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.267, 1-FOR-1)

    White Sox 0, Royals 6  Bot 3, 0 OutsAug 3 2:58 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MIKE AVILES (7) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF CLAYTON RICHARD SCORED MITCH MAIER.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0, KANSAS CITY 5
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E GERMAN (.250, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 0, Royals 5  Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 3 2:43 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY CLAYTON RICHARD ALLOWED MIGUEL OLIVO TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R GLOAD ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M MAIER (.238, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    White Sox 0, Royals 3  Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 3 2:39 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MIGUEL OLIVO SCORED BILLY BUTLER AND ALEX GORDON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M OLIVO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.272, 2 HR, 26 RBI)

    White Sox 0, Royals 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 3 2:37 PM

Related News