Chi White Sox (14-12) at Minnesota (12-14)

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Veterans to get rest on road trip

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With six games to be played on artificial turf during this road trip, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen plans to carefully pick and choose rest stops for his veterans.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Nick Masset

  • RHP
  • (0-0) 3.75 ERA
White Sox: Masset is making a spot start for the White Sox, as Ozzie Guillen chose not to use Mark Buehrle or John Danks on three days' rest. Masset has served as the team's middle reliever throughout this season, but he will be making the second start of his young career. He defeated the Cubs last year at Wrigley Field, marking the White Sox lone victory over the North Siders in six regular-season games. Look for Masset to work no more than 75 to 80 pitches, and probably no more than five innings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 2-3 6.00 60.0 34 36 .305
Season 0-0 3.75 12.0 6 11 .244
April 0-0 5.87 7.2 6 7 .290
Vs. Minnesota 0-0 12.27 3.2 3 2 .353

Series at a Glance

Standings - 04/30/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 14 12 .538 - 7-7 7-5
Minnesota Twins (AL Central) 12 14 .462 2.0 7-6 5-8
Stats - 04/30/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .240 131 35 128 8 160 3.75 235.1 220 88 166
MIN .261 98 14 94 26 154 4.29 228.2 245 65 144
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Schedule to help rest overworked 'pen

Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
The Twins' overworked bullpen received a break with Boof Bonser's solid outing Tuesday, and Nick Blackburn hopes to follow suit in Wednesday's series finale.
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Twins probable pitcher

Nick Blackburn

  • RHP
  • (1-1) 3.45 ERA
Twins: The right-hander has been one of the most consistent arms for the Twins early this season, but he found trouble with a big inning once again in his last start. Pitching with a 5-0 lead, Blackburn allowed the first seven batters he faced in the third inning to reach base, allowing five runs to score and knotting the game. He would escape the inning without more damage, but the Twins need Blackburn to get rid of that one bad inning -- a problem he's had in two of his five starts. Next up will be Blackburn's second start of the season against the White Sox. In Chicago, he allowed just two runs over seven innings in a no-decision.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 1-3 4.60 43.0 6 23 .331
Season 1-1 3.45 31.1 4 15 .317
April 1-1 3.45 31.1 4 15 .317
Vs. Chi White Sox 0-0 3.60 5.0 2 5 .318

White Sox hitters vs Nick Blackburn

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - - - - -
Castro, Ramon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - .667 3 1 1
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .000 3 0 0 .067 15 0 0
Kotsay, Mark - - - - - - - -
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .333 3 0 0 .417 12 0 2
Podsednik, Scott - - - - .500 2 0 0
Quentin, Carlos .000 1 0 0 .333 9 1 1
Ramirez, Alexei - - - - .600 5 0 0
Rios, Alex - - - - .333 3 0 0
Teahen, Mark - - - - .286 7 0 0
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Twins hitters vs Nick Masset

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Butera, Drew - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Orlando - - - - .000 1 0 0
Casilla, Alexi - - - - .000 1 0 0
Crede, Joe - - - - - - - -
Cuddyer, Michael - - - - .200 5 0 1
Hardy, J.J. - - - - .500 2 0 0
Harris, Brendan .500 2 0 0 .545 11 0 4
Hughes, Luke - - - - - - - -
Kubel, Jason .500 2 1 4 .143 7 1 5
Mauer, Joe .000 2 0 0 .400 5 0 1
Morales, Jose - - - - - - - -
Morneau, Justin .000 1 0 0 .714 7 1 7
Plouffe, Trevor - - - - - - - -
Pridie, Jason - - - - .250 4 0 1
Punto, Nick - - - - .667 6 0 2
Ramos, Wilson - - - - - - - -
Redmond, Mike - - - - 1.000 2 0 3
Romero, Deibinson - - - - - - - -
Span, Denard - - - - .000 1 0 0
Tolbert, Matt - - - - .000 1 0 0
Tolleson, Steven - - - - - - - -
Young, Delmon .000 1 0 0 .250 4 0 0

Twins squeak out win (14-12) (13-14)

Twins 4, White Sox 3

Quentin belts homer

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Carlos Quentin blasted his seventh home run of the season, Brian Anderson had three hits and Jim Thome had an RBI double, but it wasn't enough to stave off the White Sox second straight loss.

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Series at a Glance

 

Gomez steals show

Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
Carlos Gomez was everywhere on the field on Wednesday, using his bat (three hits) and legs (stolen base) to lead the Twins over the White Sox. Starter Nick Blackburn got his second win of the year.
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Twins 4, White Sox 3

Chi White SoxABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Swisher, 1B3111213.223
Cabrera, SS4000004.215
Thome, DH4021010.226
Dye, RF4000021.282
Quentin, LF4111021.302
Crede, 3B4000011.253
Anderson, B, CF4030010.300
Uribe, 2B2110001.167
  a-Pierzynski, PH0000100.307
Hall, C3010002.263
  b-Ozuna, PH1000002.200
Totals333933815 

a-Walked for Uribe in the 9th. b-Flied out for Hall in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Thome (6, Blackburn), Uribe (5, Blackburn).
HR: Quentin (7, 4th inning off Blackburn, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Swisher; Thome 3; Quentin 4; Anderson, B 3; Uribe 2; Hall.
RBI: Thome (19), Quentin (21), Swisher (8).
2-out RBI: Quentin; Swisher.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera 2; Crede; Swisher.
S: Uribe.
GIDP: Swisher.
Team LOB: 7.
 
MinnesotaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Gomez, CF4231011.265
Harris, 2B2001011.287
Mauer, C3000101.295
Morneau, 1B4021022.268
Cuddyer, RF2011100.297
Kubel, DH4000036.237
Young, LF3100120.265
Lamb, 3B4000021.203
Punto, SS3110111.256
Totals2947441213 

BATTING
2B: Gomez (6, Masset), Morneau (4, Logan).
TB: Gomez 4; Morneau 3; Cuddyer; Punto.
RBI: Cuddyer (5), Gomez (7), Harris (5), Morneau (22).
2-out RBI: Cuddyer; Morneau.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kubel 3.
S: Harris 2.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gomez (11, 3rd base off Masset/Hall).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Gomez (Thome at 3rd base).
DP: (Punto-Harris-Morneau).
 
Chi White SoxIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Masset 4.05333504.50
Thornton 2.00000403.75
Wassermann (L, 0-1)0.11110009.00
Logan 0.21001103.97
Dotel 1.00000205.19
 
MinnesotaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Blackburn (W, 2-1)7.08332413.52
Reyes (H, 3)0.10000100.00
Neshek (H, 6)0.20000203.75
Nathan (S, 9)1.01001100.82

WP: Thornton.
Balk: Masset.
IBB: Cuddyer (by Logan).
HBP: Cuddyer (by Masset).
Pitches-strikes: Masset 66-37, Thornton 29-20, Wassermann 2-2, Logan 23-10, Dotel 10-9, Blackburn 88-59, Reyes 4-3, Neshek 7-6, Nathan 16-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Masset 3-3, Thornton 2-1, Wassermann 1-0, Logan 1-0, Dotel 1-0, Blackburn 7-9, Reyes 0-0, Neshek 0-0, Nathan 0-2.
Batters faced: Masset 20, Thornton 7, Wassermann 2, Logan 4, Dotel 3, Blackburn 29, Reyes 1, Neshek 2, Nathan 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Logan 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B: Gary Cederstrom. 2B: Fieldin Culbreth. 3B: Jim Reynolds.
Weather: 69 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 2:37.
Att: 19,137.
April 30, 2008

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