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White Sox hope to end struggles, take lead in AL Central

Sep 2, 2008 - 1:01 PM Chi White Sox (77-60) at Cleveland (66-70), 7:05 pm EDT

CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Sox picked a bad time to fall into a slump.

Tied for the top spot in the American League Central, the White Sox attempt to avoid their fifth loss in six contests when they face the rival Cleveland Indians on Tuesday.

Chicago fell into a tie for first place in the division with the Minnesota Twins (77-60) after suffering a 5-0 setback to the Indians on Monday in the series opener.

Carlos Quentin hopes to turn around the White Sox's recent offensive woes. They have managed just seven runs over the last five games and Quentin has failed to drive in a run during that span.

Quentin emerged as an AL MVP candidate this season, batting .288 with an AL-best 36 home runs. He also reach the 100-RBI mark for the first time in his career.

Indians starter Fausto Carmona (7-5, 4.50 ERA) will try to prolong Chicago's struggles at the plate, while trying to record his third win in as many starts.

The White Sox will counter with John Danks (10-7, 3.30), who is hoping to avoid losing his third consecutive start.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 7 0
    CLEVELAND 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 x 9 13 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - JOHN DANKS, D.J. CARRASCO (5TH), OCTAVIO DOTEL (7TH), BOONE
    LOGAN (7TH), MIKE MACDOUGAL (7TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI
    CLE - FAUSTO CARMONA, RAFAEL BETANCOURT (6TH

    Sep 2 10:20 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GRADY SIZEMORE SCORED SHIN-SOO CHOO.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, G SIZEMORE ON FIRST, A CABRERA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    CLEVELAND 9 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: F GUTIERREZ (.236, 1-FOR-3, BB, 2 RBI)

    White Sox 3, Guardians 9  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 2 9:43 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ASDRUBAL CABRERA SCORED RYAN GARKO AND KELLY
    SHOPPACH.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, A CABRERA ON FIRST, S CHOO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    CLEVELAND 8 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.271, 1-FOR-4)

    White Sox 3, Guardians 8  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 2 9:42 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO SHIN-SOO CHOO SCORED BEN FRANCISCO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, S CHOO ON FIRST, K SHOPPACH ON SECOND, R
    GARKO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    CLEVELAND 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: A CABRERA (.221, 2-FOR-3)

    White Sox 3, Guardians 6  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 2 9:39 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JHONNY PERALTA SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J PERALTA ON FIRST, B FRANCISCO ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    CLEVELAND 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.276, 1-FOR-3, HR, 2 RBI)

    White Sox 3, Guardians 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 2 9:25 PM
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    RUWTbot Took away 35 roots

    White Sox 3, Guardians 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 2 9:25 PM
  • 51
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 46 roots (Close Finish)

    White Sox 3, Guardians 4  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 2 9:17 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JUAN URIBE SCORED PAUL KONERKO.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J URIBE ON SECOND, A RAMIREZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3
    CLEVELAND 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J OWENS (.000, 0-FOR-2)

    White Sox 3, Guardians 4  Top 6, 0 OutsSep 2 8:47 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY NICK SWISHER SCORED JIM THOME.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, P KONERKO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 2
    CLEVELAND 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A RAMIREZ (.308, 1-FOR-2)

    White Sox 2, Guardians 4  Top 6, 0 OutsSep 2 8:43 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY FAUSTO CARMONA ALLOWED JERMAINE DYE TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J THOME ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    CLEVELAND 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P KONERKO (.238, 1-FOR-2)

    White Sox 1, Guardians 4  Top 6, 0 OutsSep 2 8:39 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ SCORED ANDY MARTE AND ASDRUBAL
    CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F GUTIERREZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0
    CLEVELAND 4 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: B FRANCISCO (.281, 1-FOR-2)

    White Sox 0, Guardians 4  Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 2 8:15 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY VICTOR MARTINEZ (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF JOHN DANKS SCORED JHONNY PERALTA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 0, CLEVELAND 2
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.256, 10 HR, 70 RBI)

    White Sox 0, Guardians 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsSep 2 7:32 PM

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