Final
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White Sox in search of fifth straight win vs. Mariners

Aug 20, 2008 - 10:10 AM Seattle (46-79) at Chi White Sox (72-53) 8:11 p.m. EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- In the midst of the tightest division race in the American League, the Chicago White Sox have the benefit of playing the league's worst team. The White Sox will go for a sweep Wednesday when they host the lowly Seattle Mariners.

Chicago is one game up on the Minnesota Twins (71-54) for first place in the American League Central and has dominated the first two games of this series, taking both by a combined 18-5, to run its winning streak to four straight.

Rookie Clayton Richard earned his first major league win on Tuesday, tossing six scoreless innings while allowing five hits. Nick Swisher and Jim Thome each homered in the win.

The Mariners have dropped five straight and nine of 10 and currently lead only the Washington Nationals (44-82) in the race to avoid baseball's worst record.

Gavin Floyd (12-6, 3.75 ERA) will be looking to put together back-to-back strong outings when he takes the mound Wednesday. The righthander had allowed a total of 10 runs in consecutive outings against the Tigers and Red Sox but bounced back Friday at Oakland, yielding one earned run in 5 2/3 frames.

Floyd did not fare well in his last start against the Mariners, allowing five runs in 3 2/3 innings to suffer a loss on May 11. In four games - two starts - in his career against Seattle he is 0-2 with a 10.13 ERA.

Seattle will counter with knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (3-7, 4.92), who tied a record Sunday with four wild pitches in an inning of relief against the Twins. Dickey is 2-7 with a 6.03 ERA as a starter.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 6 2 1 1 4 1 0 0 x 15 14 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SEA - R.A. DICKEY, JAKE WOODS (3RD), ROY CORCORAN (6TH), MIGUEL
    BATISTA (7TH), J.J. PUTZ (8TH) AND JEFF CLEMENT
    CHA - GAVIN FLOYD, HORACIO RAMIREZ (7TH), ADAM RUSSE

    Aug 20 4:35 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY NICK SWISHER (20) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF ROY CORCORAN.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3, CHI WHITE SOX 15
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A RAMIREZ (.310, 1-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)

    Mariners 3, White Sox 15  Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 20 3:57 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY A.J. PIERZYNSKI (12) TO RIGHT WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 5TH OFF JAKE WOODS SCORED JUAN URIBE AND CHRIS GETZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3, CHI WHITE SOX 14
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: C QUENTIN (.295, 0-FOR-1, 2 BB)

    Mariners 3, White Sox 14  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 20 3:43 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JUAN URIBE SCORED BRIAN ANDERSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J URIBE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3
    CHI WHITE SOX 11 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: O CABRERA (.271, 1-FOR-3)

    Mariners 3, White Sox 11  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 20 3:40 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY RAUL IBANEZ (20) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF GAVIN FLOYD SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3, CHI WHITE SOX 10
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.248, 0-FOR-2)

    Mariners 3, White Sox 10  Top 5, 0 OutsAug 20 3:28 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY PAUL KONERKO SCORED KEN GRIFFEY JR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, 0 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 1
    CHI WHITE SOX 10 END BOTTOM, 4TH

    Mariners 1, White Sox 10  Bot 4, 0 OutsAug 20 3:22 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JUAN URIBE SCORED NICK SWISHER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J URIBE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 1
    CHI WHITE SOX 9 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: O CABRERA (.271, 1-FOR-2)

    Mariners 1, White Sox 9  Bot 3, 0 OutsAug 20 3:05 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RAUL IBANEZ SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R IBANEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 1
    CHI WHITE SOX 8 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.248, 0-FOR-1)

    Mariners 1, White Sox 8  Top 3, 0 OutsAug 20 2:56 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY KEN GRIFFEY JR (1) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF R.A. DICKEY SCORED CARLOS QUENTIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0, CHI WHITE SOX 8
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P KONERKO (.227, 1-FOR-1)

    Mariners 0, White Sox 8  Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 20 2:49 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY ALEXEI RAMIREZ (14) TO LEFT WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 1ST OFF R.A. DICKEY SCORED KEN GRIFFEY JR AND PAUL
    KONERKO.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0, CHI WHITE SOX 6
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D WISE (.297, 2 HR, 7 RBI)

    Mariners 0, White Sox 6  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 20 2:29 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY NICK SWISHER SCORED CARLOS QUENTIN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, P KONERKO ON SECOND, K GRIFFEY JR ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 3 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A RAMIREZ (.310, 13 HR, 52 RBI)

    Mariners 0, White Sox 3  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 20 2:27 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEN GRIFFEY JR SCORED A.J. PIERZYNSKI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON FIRST, C QUENTIN ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P KONERKO (.225, 12 HR, 43 RBI)

    Mariners 0, White Sox 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 20 2:22 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    PASSED BALL BY JEFF CLEMENT ALLOWED ORLANDO CABRERA TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A PIERZYNSKI ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: C QUENTIN (.296, 0-FOR-0)

    Mariners 0, White Sox 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 20 2:20 PM