White Sox 8, 
Rays 3
| W: | M. Buehrle (2-0) |
| L: | S. Kazmir (2-1) |
| Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| B Lillibridge 2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | .067 | .333 |
| J Fields 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .275 | .383 |
| C Quentin LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .308 | .429 |
| J Dye RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .357 | .378 |
| P Konerko DH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .341 | .386 |
| W Betemit 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .250 | .308 |
| A Ramirez SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .125 | .186 |
| B Anderson CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | .176 | .391 |
| C Miller C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .429 | .556 |
| Totals | 33 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 169 | ||
| BATTING 2B: P Konerko (4, S Kazmir); C Miller (1, S Kazmir); W Betemit (2, B Shouse) HR: C Quentin (6, 5th inning off S Kazmir 0 on, 0 Out); P Konerko (3, 5th inning off S Kazmir 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: P Konerko 3 (9), C Miller (3), C Quentin 2 (11), J Dye (9) SF: J Dye 2-out RBI: P Konerko, C Quentin GIDP: J Dye, J Fields White Sox RISP: 3-14 (B Anderson 0-1, C Quentin 2-2, B Lillibridge 0-2, W Betemit 0-1, J Fields 0-4, A Ramirez 0-1, J Dye 0-1, P Konerko 1-2) Team LOB: 9 | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (A Ramirez-B Lillibridge-W Betemit). Outfield Assist: B Anderson (C Pena at 3rd base). | |||||||||
| Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| M Buehrle (W, 6-1) | 6.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 104-66 | 3.00 |
| O Dotel | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18-11 | 0.00 |
| S Linebrink | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-6 | 0.00 |
| D Carrasco | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22-12 | 5.68 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 154-95 | |
| PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Buehrle 16/29; O Dotel 2/3; S Linebrink 2/4; D Carrasco 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Buehrle 20-7-18-21; O Dotel 2-2-5-2; S Linebrink 1-1-0-4; D Carrasco 2-4-4-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Buehrle 8-6; O Dotel 0-1; S Linebrink 1-2; D Carrasco 0-1 Game Scores: M Buehrle 48 | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| B Upton CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .182 | .357 |
| C Crawford LF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .260 | .283 |
| E Longoria 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .429 | .455 |
| C Pena 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .283 | .365 |
| P Burrell DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .225 | .319 |
| D Navarro C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .200 | .220 |
| J Bartlett SS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .429 | .478 |
| G Kapler RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .100 | .182 |
| A Iwamura 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .300 | .391 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 154 | ||
| BATTING RBI: C Pena 2 (15), P Burrell (4) 2-out RBI: P Burrell, C Pena GIDP: D Navarro Rays RISP: 3-10 (C Pena 1-3, A Iwamura 0-1, E Longoria 1-2, P Burrell 1-3, B Upton 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Crawford (4, 2nd base off O Dotel/C Miller) | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: E Longoria (1, ground ball); A Iwamura (1, throw) DP: 2 (E Longoria-A Iwamura-C Pena 2). | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| S Kazmir (L, 4-4) | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 94-52 | 5.40 |
| J Howell | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-7 | 3.37 |
| G Balfour | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22-11 | 13.50 |
| J Nelson | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24-9 | 1.50 |
| B Shouse | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19-12 | 1.80 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 169-91 | |
| PITCHING S Kazmir pitched to 3 batters in the 5th; J Nelson pitched to 2 batters in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Kazmir 12/23; J Howell 2/3; G Balfour 1/6; J Nelson 2/5; B Shouse 4/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Kazmir 16-9-15-12; J Howell 2-3-0-2; G Balfour 2-1-4-4; J Nelson 3-3-1-2; B Shouse 3-1-2-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Kazmir 5-2; J Howell 2-0; G Balfour 1-2; J Nelson 1-1; B Shouse 5-0 Game Scores: S Kazmir 27 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| CHW | TAM | |||
 | 1st | J Dye grounded into double play, third to second to first, B Lillibridge scored, C Quentin out at second, J Fields to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 1st | P Konerko doubled to deep left, J Fields scored. | 2 | 0 |
| 4th | C Miller doubled to deep center, B Anderson scored. | 3 | 0 |
| 5th | C Quentin homered to left. | 4 | 0 |
| 5th | P Konerko homered to left, J Dye scored. | 6 | 0 |
 | 5th | C Pena grounded into fielder's choice to first, B Upton scored, E Longoria out at second, C Crawford to third. | 6 | 1 |
| 5th | P Burrell singled to center, C Crawford scored, C Pena thrown out at third. | 6 | 2 |
| 6th | J Dye hit sacrifice fly to second, B Lillibridge scored, J Fields to third, C Quentin to second on throwing error by second baseman A Iwamura. | 7 | 2 |
| 7th | C Pena singled to right, C Crawford scored, E Longoria to third. | 7 | 3 |
| 8th | C Quentin reached on infield single to shortstop, C Miller scored. | 8 | 3 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 31,916 (88.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:54 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mike Everitt, First Base - Gerry Davis, Second Base - Brian Gorman, Third Base - C.B. Bucknor |
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