White Sox 9 - 4 Royals
Final
  for this game

Slumping White Sox hope to take advantage of Royals

Sep 19, 2008 - 10:19 AM Chi White Sox (84-68) at Kansas City (69-84) 8:10 p.m. EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Sox are clinging to the American League Central lead. The Kansas City Royals should provided them with an opportunity to pad their advantage.

The White Sox own a 1 1/2-game lead in the Central over the Minnesota Twins (83-70), and will finish up a 10-game trip with a visit to the Metrodome next week.

Chicago began its trip by dropping three of four at Yankee Stadium, getting crushed, 9-2, in the finale on Thursday. The offense - supposedly the strong point of the team - has averaged 1.8 runs in nine losses this month.

The Royals, who currently reside in the Central basement, enter the series on a seven-game winning streak - the team's longest of the season. Kansas City has struggled against the White Sox, dropping 10 of 15 meetings.

Mark Buehrle (13-11, 3.85 ERA) will take the mound for Chicago in the opener. The veteran lefthander has been sharp of late, going 2-0 with 1.40 ERA in his last three starts.

He dominated the Royals on August 13, tossing seven scoreless innings while striking out five.

Kansas City will counter with righthander Brian Bannister (8-15, 5.77). The 27-year-old snapped a string of 13 starts without a win in his last outing, allowing three runs in six innings at Cleveland on Sunday.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 9 11 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - MARK BUEHRLE, MATT THORNTON (7TH), OCTAVIO DOTEL (8TH), SCOTT
    LINEBRINK (9TH) AND A.J. PIERZYNSKI
    KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER, ROBINSON TEJEDA (6TH), YASUHIKO
    YABU

    Sep 19 10:50 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DEWAYNE WISE (6) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 9TH OFF DEVON LOWERY.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 9, KANSAS CITY 4
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J DYE (.291, 1-FOR-4)

    White Sox 9, Royals 4  Top 9, 0 OutsSep 19 10:39 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED ALBERTO CALLASPO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, 0 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 8
    KANSAS CITY 4 END BOTTOM, 7TH

    White Sox 8, Royals 4  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 19 10:20 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DEWAYNE WISE (5) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF ROBINSON TEJEDA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 8, KANSAS CITY 3
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J DYE (.291, 1-FOR-3)

    White Sox 8, Royals 3  Top 7, 0 OutsSep 19 9:57 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JIM THOME (33) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 5TH OFF BRIAN BANNISTER.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 7, KANSAS CITY 3
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: P KONERKO (.243, 0-FOR-2)

    White Sox 7, Royals 3  Top 5, 0 OutsSep 19 9:29 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY MARK TEAHEN (15) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 4TH OFF MARK BUEHRLE SCORED JOSE GUILLEN AND RYAN SHEALY.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 6, KANSAS CITY 3
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.268, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 6, Royals 3  Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 19 9:23 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ORLANDO CABRERA SCORED JUAN URIBE.
    SITUATION: 6 RUNS IN, O CABRERA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 6
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D WISE (.284, 0-FOR-2)

    White Sox 6, Royals 0  Top 4, 0 OutsSep 19 9:13 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY BRIAN BANNISTER ALLOWED NICK SWISHER TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, J URIBE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 5
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: O CABRERA (.283, 1-FOR-2)

    White Sox 5, Royals 0  Top 4, 0 OutsSep 19 9:12 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY ALEXEI RAMIREZ (19) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF BRIAN BANNISTER SCORED JERMAINE DYE, JIM THOME AND A.J.
    PIERZYNSKI.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 4, KANSAS CITY 0
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: N SWISHER (.219, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 4, Royals 0  Top 4, 0 OutsSep 19 9:06 PM

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