Pierzynski, Rios carry White Sox
CHICAGO - Alex Rios and A.J. Pierzynski each had four hits and homered to back a strong start by Jake Peavy, and the Chicago White Sox won their third straight, beating the crosstown Cubs, 10-5, on Friday afternoon.
CHICAGO - Alex Rios and A.J. Pierzynski each had four hits and homered to back a strong start by Jake Peavy, and the Chicago White Sox won their third straight, beating the crosstown Cubs, 10-5, on Friday afternoon.
The four hits tied a season high for Rios and set one for Pierzynski, who also drove in a season-best three runs. The White Sox, meanwhile, matched their longest win streak.
Pierzynski singled in a run during a two-run first, doubled home another in a three-run fifth off Randy Wells, and homered off Jeff Stevens in the seventh. He is 10 for 19 in his last four games against the Cubs - all White Sox wins.
Rios capped a four-run eighth against James Russell with a two-run drive that made it 10-2, after Carlos Quentin went deep leading off while batting for Peavy.
That was plenty for the former NL Cy Young Award winner, who had dropped three of four starts. He has pitched better lately, allowing two runs and six hits over seven innings.
He did give up Alfonso Soriano's 300th homer - a two-run shot that tied it at 2 in the second - but little else on a muggy afternoon.
Paul Konerko had two hits, including the tiebreaking two-run double in the fifth, and drove in two while scoring twice.
Wells (3-5) is 0-5 with a 6.47 ERA in his past eight starts after allowing five runs and 10 hits in five innings. He has not won since beating Arizona on April 30.
It's been a rough season for both teams, taking some of the shine off the crosstown series.
Chicago (A) 200 030 140 – 10 16 2
Chicago (N) 020 000 030 – 5 9 0
Chicago (A) AB R H BI Avg. Chicago (N) AB R H BI Avg.
Pierre lf 4 1 0 0 .249 Fukudome rf 4 0 0 0 .278
Al.Ramirez ss 5 2 2 1 .263 Theriot 2b 5 1 2 0 .288
Rios cf 4 3 4 2 .322 D.Lee 1b 4 1 1 0 .234
Konerko 1b 5 2 2 2 .287 Byrd cf 3 1 1 0 .329
An.Jones rf 5 0 1 1 .215 A.Soriano lf 4 2 1 3 .280
Pierzynski c 5 1 4 3 .237 Tracy 3b 3 0 2 0 .267
Beckham 2b 5 0 1 0 .204 d-.Baker ph-3b 1 0 1 1 .244
J.Nix 3b 4 0 0 0 .128 K.Hill c 4 0 0 0 .242
Peavy p 3 0 0 0 .000 S.Castro ss 3 0 0 0 .271
c-Quentin ph 1 1 1 1 .211 R.Wells p 1 0 0 0 .211
T.Pena p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Fontenot ph 1 0 0 0 .298
Williams p 0 0 0 0 --- Stevens p 0 0 0 0 ---
e-Lillibridge ph 1 0 1 0 .667 b-Colvin ph 1 0 1 0 .298
Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 --- J.Russell p 0 0 0 0 .000
Jenks p 0 0 0 0 --- Howry p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 42 10 16 10 Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 .176
f-Nady ph 1 0 0 0 .250
Totals 35 5 9 4
a-grounded out for R.Wells in the 5th. b-doubled for Stevens in the 7th. c-homered for Peavy in the 8th. d-singled for Tracy in the 8th. e-doubled for Williams in the 9th. f-struck out for Gorzelanny in the 9th. E: J.Nix (4), Beckham (7). LOB: Chicago (A) 9, Chicago (N) 7. 2B: Al.Ramirez (11), Konerko (11), Pierzynski (14), Lillibridge (1), Colvin (8). HR: Pierzynski (4), off Stevens; Quentin (8), off J.Russell; Rios (13), off J.Russell; A.Soriano (10), off Peavy. RBIs: Al.Ramirez (24), Rios 2 (31), Konerko 2 (44), An.Jones (22), Pierzynski 3 (18), Quentin (33), A.Soriano 3 (32), Je.Baker (10). SB: Pierre (24), Rios (19), Theriot (14). CS: Rios (5). RLSP: Chicago (A) 5 (Beckham, Pierre 2, Peavy, Konerko); Chicago (N) 4 (Byrd, Fukudome, D.Lee 2). RA: Theriot, Byrd. GIDP: Theriot, K.Hill, S.Castro. DP: Chicago (A) 3 (Beckham, Al.Ramirez, Konerko), (Al.Ramirez, Beckham, Konerko), (J.Nix, Beckham, Konerko).
Chicago (A) walks (4): Pierre 2, Rios, J.Nix.
Chicago (N) walks (3): Fukudome, D.Lee, S.Castro.
Chicago (A) strikeouts (8): Al.Ramirez, Konerko, An.Jones 2, Beckham 2, Peavy 2.
Chicago (N) strikeouts (7): Fukudome, D.Lee 3, Byrd, S.Castro, Nady.
Chicago (A) IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Peavy (W 5-5) 7 6 2 2 1 5 99 5.62
T.Pena 1/3 2 3 2 0 0 12 4.45
Williams 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 6 4.88
Linebrink 1/3 0 0 0 2 1 20 5.47
Jenks 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 6 4.76
Chicago (N) IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
R.Wells (L 3-5) 5 10 5 5 3 6 89 5.15
Stevens 2 2 1 1 0 1 25 0.82
J.Russell 0 3 4 4 1 0 17 4.71
Howry 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 7.06
Gorzelanny 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 3.54
J.Russell pitched to 4 batters in the 8th. IR-S: Williams 1-1, Jenks 2-0. IBB: off R.Wells (J.Nix). HBP: by Peavy (Byrd). Umpires: Home, C.B. Bucknor; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Dana DeMuth; Third, Kerwin Danley.
T: 3:08. A: 41,129 (41,210).
Brewers 6, Rangers 2
MILWAUKEE - Corey Hart hit his NL-leading 17th home run, Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun and Casey McGehee also went deep for Milwaukee.
Braun's two-run blast in the first set the tone, McGehee drove in his 46th run with his solo homer in the fourth and Hart and Fielder hit consecutive shots in the fifth off Rangers starter Rich Harden (3-3).
Milwaukee starter Chris Narveson (5-3) pitched a career-best seven innings and throttled the AL West-leading Rangers, who had won three straight.
Vladimir Guerrero's solo homer in the second have him a majors-best 54 RBIs, but Texas' offense sputtered with two hits after the third.
Milwaukee 200 130 00x – 6 7 0
Texas AB R H BI Avg. Milwaukee AB R H BI Avg.
Andrus ss 4 1 1 0 .301 Weeks 2b 3 1 0 0 .255
M.Young 3b 4 0 2 1 .327 Hart rf 3 2 2 2 .267
Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 0 .266 Fielder 1b 4 1 1 1 .268
Guerrero rf 4 1 1 1 .338 Braun lf 4 1 1 2 .299
Hamilton lf 3 0 1 0 .308 McGehee 3b 4 1 1 1 .283
Smoak 1b 2 0 0 0 .219 Gomez cf 3 0 0 0 .250
Treanor c 3 0 0 0 .223 Lucroy c 4 0 0 0 .261
Borbon cf 3 0 1 0 .277 A.Escobar ss 3 0 2 0 .246
Harden p 1 0 0 0 .000 Narveson p 3 0 0 0 .353
Ray p 0 0 0 0 --- Loe p 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J.Arias ph 1 0 0 0 .288 Totals 31 6 7 6
O'Day p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 29 2 7 2
a-struck out for Ray in the 8th. LOB: Texas 3, Milwaukee 4. 2B: M.Young 2 (19). HR: Guerrero (14), off Narveson; Braun (9), off Harden; McGehee (10), off Harden; Hart (17), off Harden; Fielder (10), off Harden. RBIs: M.Young (40), Guerrero (54), Hart 2 (41), Fielder (22), Braun 2 (39), McGehee (46). CS: Borbon (6). S: Harden. RLSP: Texas 2 (Kinsler, Hamilton); Milwaukee 1 (Braun). RA: Kinsler, Fielder. GIDP: Guerrero, Treanor, Borbon. DP: Milwaukee 3 (McGehee, Weeks, Fielder), (Weeks, Fielder), (McGehee, Weeks, Fielder).
Texas walks (2): Hamilton, Smoak.
Milwaukee walks (3): Weeks, Hart, Gomez.
Texas strikeouts (6): Andrus 2, M.Young, Kinsler, Smoak, J.Arias.
Milwaukee strikeouts (5): Weeks, McGehee, Lucroy, Narveson 2.
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Harden (L 3-3) 6 7 6 6 3 4 120 5.68
Ray 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.42
O'Day 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.13
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Narveson (W 5-3) 7 6 2 2 2 4 91 5.46
Loe 2 1 0 0 0 2 21 0.96
Umpires: Home, Marty Foster; First, Gary Cederstrom; Second, Ed Hickox; Third, Fieldin Culbreth. T: 2:25. A: 33,099 (41,900).
Royals 6, Reds 5
CINCINNATI - Yuniesky Betancourt completed his big game with a run-scoring single in the 11th inning, sending Kansas over late-striking Cincinnati.
Kansas City AB R H BI Avg. Cincinnati AB R H BI Avg.
Podsednik lf 5 0 1 1 .284 O.Cabrera ss 5 1 1 0 .267
Kendall c 5 0 0 1 .275 B.Phillips 2b 4 1 2 0 .304
V.Marte p 0 0 0 0 --- Votto 1b 5 0 0 0 .301
Soria p 0 0 0 0 --- Rolen 3b 6 0 4 1 .309
DeJesus cf-rf 4 0 0 0 .303 Gomes lf 5 0 1 0 .301
B.Butler 1b 3 1 0 0 .319 Bruce rf 4 2 2 2 .274
J.Guillen rf 4 1 2 0 .263 Stubbs cf 5 1 1 1 .241
Bl.Wood p 0 0 0 0 --- C.Miller c 3 0 1 1 .077
Texeira p 0 0 0 0 --- d-L.Nix ph 1 0 1 0 .259
D.Hughes p 0 0 0 0 --- D.Herrera p 0 0 0 0 ---
B.Pena c 0 0 0 0 .111 f-Cairo ph 1 0 0 0 .284
Callaspo 3b 5 1 1 0 .275 Owings p 0 0 0 0 .100
Y.Betancourt ss 5 2 3 4 .287 Arroyo p 2 0 0 0 .214
Getz 2b 4 1 0 0 .205 c-Heisey ph 0 0 0 0 .273
Hochevar p 1 0 0 0 .000 Ondrusek p 0 0 0 0 ---
a-Betemit ph 0 0 0 0 .500 F.Cordero p 0 0 0 0 ---
Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0 --- e-Hrnandz ph-c 1 0 1 0 .295
b-Blmquist ph 1 0 0 0 .197 Totals 42 5 14 5
Tejeda p 0 0 0 0 ---
Maier cf 1 0 0 0 .258
Totals 38 6 7 6
a-walked for Hochevar in the 5th. b-grounded out for Farnsworth in the 7th. c-walked for Arroyo in the 7th. d-singled for C.Miller in the 9th. e-sacrificed for F.Cordero in the 9th. f-grounded into a fielder's choice for D.Herrera in the 10th. LOB: Kansas City 4, Cincinnati 11. 2B: J.Guillen (11), Y.Betancourt (14), Bruce (11). HR: Y.Betancourt (5), off Arroyo; Bruce (9), off Hochevar. RBIs: Podsednik (21), Kendall (18), Y.Betancourt 4 (27), Rolen (44), Bruce 2 (29), Stubbs (30), C.Miller (1). SB: B.Phillips (9). CS: Rolen (2). S: O.Cabrera, B.Phillips, R.Hernandez. SF: Bruce. RLSP: Kansas City 1 (DeJesus); Cincinnati 5 (Stubbs, Votto 2, Cairo, Rolen). RA: O.Cabrera, Votto.
Kansas City walks (5): DeJesus, B.Butler 2, B.Pena, Betemit.
Cincinnati walks (3): B.Phillips, Votto, Heisey.
Kansas City strikeouts (7): Kendall, DeJesus 2, B.Butler, Callaspo, Y.Betancourt, Hochevar.
Cincinnati strikeouts (5): Votto, Gomes, Stubbs 2, C.Miller.
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hochevar 4 6 4 4 0 3 68 4.96
Farnsworth 2 1 0 0 0 0 23 2.49
Tejeda (H 4) 1 0 0 0 1 1 20 4.02
Bl.Wood (BS 2-2) 1 2 1 1 1 0 20 3.52
Texeira 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 12 5.06
D.Hughes 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.68
V.Marte (W 1-0) 1 2 0 0 0 1 19 4.22
Soria (S 15-17) 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 3.04
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Arroyo 7 6 5 5 3 4 109 4.80
Ondrusek 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 8.49
F.Cordero 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 3.77
D.Herrera 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.63
Owings (L 3-2) 1 1 1 1 2 0 19 3.81
IR-S: D.Hughes 2-0. Umpires: Home, Mike DiMuro; First, Tim Welke; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Bill Welke.
T: 3:29. A: 25,847 (42,319).