Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - May 02, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for May 2, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 5/2)

Game 1: Friday, May 1
Chi White Sox	4	Final
Texas	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, May 2
Chi White Sox	6	Final
Texas	9	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, May 3
Chi White Sox	1	Final
Texas	5	Final
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White Sox 6

(12-11, 6-5 away)

Rangers 9

(11-12, 7-6 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, May 2, 2009

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	6	8	2
TEX	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	-	9	13	0

W: B. McCarthy (3-0)

L: J. Contreras (0-4)

S: F. Francisco (7)

Chicago White Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Getz 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	20	.333	.381	.439
J Fields 3B	5	0	2	0	0	2	21	.265	.358	.373
C Quentin LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	.256	.374	.561
J Thome DH	4	1	2	1	0	2	13	.238	.324	.476
J Dye RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	.289	.341	.530
B Lillibridge PR-CF	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.280	.190
P Konerko 1B	1	2	0	0	1	0	16	.313	.376	.494
A Pierzynski C	4	1	2	4	0	0	9	.268	.297	.408
A Ramirez SS	3	0	0	1	0	0	10	.195	.247	.260
S Podsednik CF-RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	.250	.250	.250
Totals	33	6	8	6	1	5	134
BATTING 2B: C Getz (4, E Guardado); J Thome (3, E Guardado) HR: A Pierzynski (3, 6th inning off L Mendoza 3 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Ramirez (10), A Pierzynski 4 (7), J Thome (14) SF: A Ramirez 2-out RBI: A Pierzynski 4, J Thome GIDP: A Ramirez White Sox RISP: 3-7 (J Thome 1-2, C Quentin 0-1, B Lillibridge 0-1, J Fields 1-1, A Pierzynski 1-1, J Dye 0-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: J Fields (4, throw); A Pierzynski (2, throw) DP: 1 (P Konerko).

Chicago White Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Contreras (L, 0-5)	3.1	7	7	7	2	3	1	63-37	8.31
C Richard	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	18-14	6.00
L Broadway	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	36-24	4.15
M Thornton	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	2.00
D Carrasco	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	19-8	3.86
Totals	8.0	13	9	9	4	6	1	148-92
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Contreras 12/19; C Richard 5/5; L Broadway 2/8; M Thornton 1/3; D Carrasco 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Contreras 8-8-7-14; C Richard 4-2-3-5; L Broadway 5-5-8-6; M Thornton 4-2-2-1; D Carrasco 1-1-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Contreras 5-2; C Richard 0-2; L Broadway 2-2; M Thornton 1-0; D Carrasco 3-0 Game Scores: J Contreras 19

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	4	2	2	1	1	1	19	.330	.389	.680
O Vizquel SS	2	1	2	1	1	0	18	.400	.455	.450
M Young 3B	5	0	1	0	0	2	23	.309	.362	.588
H Blalock DH	4	2	2	4	1	0	20	.268	.295	.598
M Byrd CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	12	.311	.316	.486
D Murphy LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	13	.139	.295	.250
N Cruz RF	4	1	1	1	0	1	14	.262	.330	.512
C Davis 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	14	.208	.282	.429
J Saltalamacchia C	3	1	1	0	1	0	15	.279	.313	.443
Totals	34	9	13	9	4	6	148
BATTING 2B: I Kinsler (8, J Contreras); D Murphy (1, J Contreras); N Cruz (3, J Contreras); C Davis (2, J Contreras); O Vizquel (1, C Richard); H Blalock (4, C Richard) HR: H Blalock (7, 3rd inning off J Contreras 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: H Blalock 4 (18), N Cruz (18), C Davis (10), I Kinsler (23), O Vizquel (2), M Byrd (14) S: O Vizquel 2 2-out RBI: H Blalock 4, M Byrd Rangers RISP: 6-14 (M Young 0-3, C Davis 1-1, N Cruz 1-1, J Saltalamacchia 0-1, I Kinsler 1-2, H Blalock 2-4, M Byrd 1-2) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING DP: 1 (O Vizquel-I Kinsler-C Davis).

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B McCarthy (W, 5-2)	5.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	68-45	4.67
L Mendoza	1.0	2	4	4	1	0	1	22-11	36.00
E Guardado	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	19-14	10.12
D O'Day (H, 4)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-7	0.00
F Francisco (S, 11)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-11	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	6	6	1	5	1	134-88
PITCHING HBP: P Konerko 2 (By B McCarthy; D O'Day); J Dye (By L Mendoza) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B McCarthy 11/19; L Mendoza 4/7; E Guardado 2/5; D O'Day 1/4; F Francisco 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B McCarthy 15-4-11-15; L Mendoza 1-0-5-5; E Guardado 2-1-6-5; D O'Day 2-3-0-2; F Francisco 2-3-4-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B McCarthy 4-8; L Mendoza 0-3; E Guardado 1-1; D O'Day 2-1; F Francisco 0-2 Game Scores: B McCarthy 60

Scoring Summary

			CWS	TEX
	2nd	A Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to left, P Konerko scored.	1	0
	3rd	H Blalock homered to right, J Saltalamacchia and I Kinsler scored.	1	3
	4th	N Cruz doubled to deep right, D Murphy scored.	1	4
	4th	C Davis doubled to right, N Cruz scored.	1	5
	4th	I Kinsler singled to left, C Davis scored.	1	6
	4th	O Vizquel doubled to deep left, I Kinsler scored.	1	7
	4th	H Blalock doubled to left, O Vizquel scored.	1	8
	4th	M Byrd singled to center, H Blalock scored.	1	9
	6th	A Pierzynski homered to right, J Thome, B Lillibridge and P Konerko scored.	5	9
	7th	J Thome doubled to deep right, C Getz scored, J Fields to third.	6	9
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Game Notes

THE GAME HAS RESUMED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING AFTER A 15 MINUTE DELAY. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 6, TEXAS 9
CHICAGO'S JERMAINE DYE LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING WITH AN APPARENT LEFT HAND INJURY.

Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	26,673 (55.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:37
Weather	64 degrees, rain
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Greg Gibson, First Base - Andy Fletcher, Second Base - Tim Mcclelland, Third Base - Ted Barrett