White Sox 4,
Athletics 3
| W: | O. Dotel (3-3) |
| L: | E. Gonzalez (0-2) |
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| A Kennedy 3B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .282 | .340 |
| R Davis CF | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .307 | .368 |
| R Sweeney RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .284 | .338 |
| S Hairston LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .242 | .270 |
E Patterson LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .213 |
| K Suzuki C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .269 | .304 |
| J Cust DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .238 | .355 |
| M Ellis 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .280 | .321 |
| D Barton 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .216 | .327 |
| C Pennington SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .268 | .331 |
| Totals | 47 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 165 | ||
| BATTING 2B: R Davis (18, F Garcia); R Sweeney (24, F Garcia); S Hairston (10, T Pena) RBI: S Hairston (32), R Sweeney (42), K Suzuki (69) 2-out RBI: R Sweeney, K Suzuki GIDP: K Suzuki Athletics RISP: 3-14 (R Davis 0-1, D Barton 0-1, J Cust 0-2, S Hairston 1-3, K Suzuki 1-4, R Sweeney 1-2, M Ellis 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: R Davis 2 (34, 2nd base off F Garcia/A Pierzynski, 3rd base off F Garcia/A Pierzynski); M Ellis (8, 2nd base off F Garcia/A Pierzynski); S Hairston (3, 2nd base off F Garcia/A Pierzynski); K Suzuki (7, 2nd base off T Pena/A Pierzynski) CS: R Davis (9, 2nd base by M Thornton); C Pennington (4, 2nd base by O Dotel/A Pierzynski); M Ellis (3, 2nd base by O Dotel/A Pierzynski) | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: T Cahill (1, throw); A Kennedy (14, throw) | |||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| T Cahill | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 74-44 | 4.74 |
| J Gray | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20-15 | 1.93 |
| J Blevins | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-9 | 6.00 |
| B Ziegler | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17-9 | 2.98 |
| M Wuertz | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27-15 | 3.00 |
| C Breslow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-8 | 3.79 |
| B Kilby | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21-11 | 0.00 |
| Ed Gonzalez (L, 0-2) | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25-19 | 4.92 |
| Totals | 12.1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 210-130 | |
| PITCHING WP: T Cahill IBB: A Pierzynski (By B Ziegler) HBP: P Konerko (By Ed Gonzalez) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Cahill 10/17; J Gray 6/6; J Blevins 0/3; B Ziegler 3/5; M Wuertz 1/7; C Breslow 2/3; B Kilby 4/7; Ed Gonzalez 8/9 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Cahill 15-6-10-13; J Gray 5-1-4-5; J Blevins 1-1-4-3; B Ziegler 2-5-0-2; M Wuertz 7-1-2-5; C Breslow 3-0-3-2; B Kilby 4-1-1-5; Ed Gonzalez 5-1-5-8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Cahill 3-4; J Gray 1-2; J Blevins 1-1; B Ziegler 1-0; M Wuertz 1-4; C Breslow 1-2; B Kilby 1-3; Ed Gonzalez 3-2 Game Scores: T Cahill 37 | |||||||||
| Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| S Podsednik LF | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .307 | .358 |
| A Ramirez SS | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | .277 | .333 |
| A Pierzynski C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .314 | .348 |
| P Konerko DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .282 | .352 |
| J Dye RF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .256 | .337 |
| M Kotsay 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .272 | .315 |
a-C Quentin PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .318 |
J Fields 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .221 | .302 |
| A Rios CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .247 | .294 |
| C Getz 2B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | .267 | .327 |
| J Nix 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .231 | .319 |
b-D Wise PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .205 | .242 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .253 | |
| Totals | 51 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 210 | ||
| a-flied out to left for M Kotsay in the 10th b-flied out to center for J Nix in the 12th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: S Podsednik 2 (24, M Wuertz, T Cahill); A Pierzynski (22, Ed Gonzalez) RBI: A Ramirez 2 (65), S Podsednik (44), A Pierzynski (43) S: A Rios White Sox RISP: 1-16 (M Kotsay 0-1, D Wise 0-1, A Rios 0-1, S Podsednik 1-1, C Getz 0-3, A Ramirez 0-4, J Dye 0-2, A Pierzynski 0-1, P Konerko 0-2) Team LOB: 16 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: S Podsednik (27, 2nd base off B Ziegler/K Suzuki) | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: A Rios (5, fly ball) DP: 3 (J Nix-C Getz-M Kotsay, A Pierzynski-A Ramirez, J Fields-C Getz). | |||||||||
| Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| F Garcia | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 87-53 | 4.40 |
| M Thornton (H, 22) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17-12 | 2.56 |
| T Pena (B, 1) | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-9 | 4.44 |
| B Jenks | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19-15 | 3.44 |
| O Dotel (W, 3-3) | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30-22 | 3.54 |
| Totals | 13.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 165-111 | |
| PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Garcia 17/25; M Thornton 3/5; T Pena 3/3; B Jenks 6/8; O Dotel 6/9 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Garcia 14-9-14-16; M Thornton 3-2-4-3; T Pena 3-3-1-2; B Jenks 4-0-4-7; O Dotel 5-6-4-7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Garcia 8-5; M Thornton 1-1; T Pena 0-0; B Jenks 2-3; O Dotel 1-3 Game Scores: F Garcia 56 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| OAK | CHW | |||
| 1st | S Hairston singled to center, R Davis scored, R Sweeney to second. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | A Ramirez grounded out to first, S Podsednik scored. | 1 | 1 | |
| 2nd | S Podsednik hit a ground rule double to deep center, C Getz scored, J Nix to third. | 1 | 2 | |
| 2nd | A Ramirez safe at first on throwing error by third baseman A Kennedy, J Nix scored. | 1 | 3 | |
| 3rd | R Sweeney doubled to deep left, C Pennington scored. | 2 | 3 | |
| 8th | K Suzuki singled to center, S Hairston scored. | 3 | 3 | |
| 13th | A Pierzynski doubled to deep center, A Ramirez scored. | 3 | 4 | |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL |
| Attendance | 23,703 (58.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:50 |
| Weather | 64 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 6 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Phil Cuzzi, First Base - Brian Onora, Second Base - Jerry Crawford, Third Base - Tom Hallion |
MLB Scores
Wednesday, September 9th
| Texas | 10 | Final |
| Cleveland | 0 |
| Chi Cubs | 8 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 5 |
| St. Louis | 5 | Final |
| Milwaukee | 1 |
| San Diego | 4 | Final |
| San Francisco | 2 |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 4 |
| Philadelphia | 6 | Final |
| Washington | 5 |
| Minnesota | 4 | Final |
| Toronto | 1 |
| Baltimore | 5 | Final |
| Boston | 7 |
| Florida | 6 | Final |
| NY Mets | 3 |
| Atlanta | 1 | Final |
| Houston | 2 |
| Detroit | 1 | Final |
| Kansas City | 5 |
| Oakland | 3 | Final |
| Chi White Sox | 4 | in 13 |
| Cincinnati | 3 | Final |
| Colorado | 4 |
| Seattle | 3 | Final |
| LA Angels | 6 |
| LA Dodgers | 3 | Final |
| Arizona | 4 |