Chi White Sox (20-21) at San Francisco (17-25)

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Sox look for better Interleague results

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Interleague Play, 2008, begins Friday night for the South Siders, as they travel to San Francisco to slug it out with the Giants. Plenty of sub-plots come along with this short excursion from Anaheim.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Gavin Floyd

  • #34 RHP
  • (3-2) 3.32 ERA 19 SO
Floyd had his worst start, by far, of the season Sunday in a loss to Seattle. One start after his near no-hitter against Minnesota, he didn't even make it out of the fourth inning. He went 3 2/3 innings, allowing nine hits and five runs without a strikeout. The Giants will be the first National League team he has faced.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 11-12 5.72 222.0 103 143 .276
Season 3-2 3.32 43.1 20 19 .192
May 1-1 3.75 12.0 5 4 .233

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/16/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 20 21 .488 2.0 9-8 11-13
San Francisco Giants (NL West) 17 25 .405 9.5 11-12 6-13
Stats - 05/16/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .241 185 47 180 12 249 3.65 362.1 350 121 275
SF .259 150 26 143 40 284 4.36 376.0 380 170 312
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Rowand, Giants welcome White Sox

Chris Haft / MLB.com
The novelty of playing against the Chicago White Sox hasn't worn off for Aaron Rowand, who spent eight years in their organization. So he's looking forward to the Giants' Interleague series against the White Sox, Chicago's first regular-season visit to AT&T Park.
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Giants probable pitcher

Jonathan Sanchez

  • #53 LHP
  • (2-2) 4.89 ERA 46 SO
Sanchez did not finish the fifth inning for the second straight start, and he has a 10.38 ERA for his two starts in May. Against the Phillies on Sunday, he matched his career high with five walks. Two of those walks came around to score. He'll be making his first career appearance against the Chicago White Sox.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 6-8 5.29 134.1 75 141 .258
Season 2-2 4.89 42.1 24 46 .234
May 0-1 10.38 8.2 8 6 .294

White Sox hitters vs Jonathan Sanchez

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - .222 9 0 1
Beckham, Gordon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul - - - - .000 2 0 0
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .167 6 0 2
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. - - - - .333 3 0 0
Quentin, Carlos - - - - .200 5 0 0
Ramirez, Alexei - - - - .333 3 1 2
Rios, Alex - - - - .000 1 0 0
Teahen, Mark - - - - - - - -
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Giants hitters vs Gavin Floyd

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bocock, Brian - - - - - - - -
Bowker, John - - - - .000 3 0 0
Burriss, Emmanuel - - - - - - - -
Downs, Matt - - - - - - - -
Frandsen, Kevin - - - - .000 4 0 0
Garko, Ryan - - - - .417 12 0 2
Gillaspie, Conor - - - - - - - -
Guzman, Jesus - - - - - - - -
Ishikawa, Travis - - - - .000 2 0 0
Lewis, Fred - - - - .333 3 0 0
Posey, Buster - - - - - - - -
Renteria, Edgar .333 6 0 0 .357 14 0 0
Rohlinger, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Rowand, Aaron - - - - .000 1 0 0
Sanchez, Freddy - - - - .500 6 1 3
Sandoval, Pablo - - - - - - - -
Schierholtz, Nate - - - - - - - -
Torres, Andres - - - - .429 7 0 0
Velez, Eugenio - - - - - - - -
Whiteside, Eli - - - - .111 9 0 2

First homer a winning blow (21-20) (17-26)

White Sox 2, Giants 0

Rookie boosts Sox

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Alexei Ramirez, playing second base in place of the injured Juan Uribe, powered the first homer of his Major League career and supplied all the runs needed for the White Sox to win their first Interleague game of the season. Gavin Floyd, who tossed six shutout innings, got the win thanks to Ramirez's two-run shot.

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Series at a Glance

 
Alexei Ramirez gets a hug from Nick Swisher after his homer. (Ben Margot/AP)

Giants stymied

Chris Haft / MLB.com
The Giants put runners on base in each of the first six innings of their Interleague opener but couldn't bring any of them home, stranding a pair in the third and fourth. Jonathan Sanchez rebounded nicely from his two previous rocky starts, but a two-run homer in his final inning of work proved to be the difference.
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White Sox 2, Giants 0

Chi White SoxABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Cabrera, SS4000010.217
Pierzynski, C4010000.311
Quentin, LF2010200.300
Dye, RF4000014.283
Konerko, 1B3000121.210
Crede, 3B3010010.268
Swisher, CF4110013.211
Ramirez, 2B3112100.156
Floyd, P2000020.000
  a-Anderson, B, PH0000100.244
  Wassermann, P0000000.000
  Logan, P0000000.000
  Linebrink, P0000000.000
  b-Thome, PH1000012.201
  Jenks, P0000000.000
Totals302525910 

a-Walked for Floyd in the 7th. b-Struck out for Linebrink in the 9th.

BATTING
3B: Pierzynski (1, Sanchez).
HR: Ramirez (1, 7th inning off Sanchez, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Pierzynski 3; Quentin; Crede; Swisher; Ramirez 4.
RBI: Ramirez 2 (5).
2-out RBI: Ramirez 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dye 2; Thome.
GIDP: Swisher.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Quentin (4, 2nd base off Sadler/Molina, B).
CS: Anderson, B (1, 2nd base by Sadler/Molina, B).

FIELDING
E: Pierzynski (4, throw).
DP: (Floyd-Ramirez-Konerko).
 
San FranciscoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Lewis, LF3010120.287
Vizquel, SS4000012.364
Winn, RF3010101.295
Molina, B, C4000024.267
Rowand, CF2000010.328
Bowker, 1B4000012.269
Durham, 2B4030001.293
Castillo, 3B2000103.254
  Sadler, P0000000.000
  Hinshaw, P0000000.000
  a-Velez, PH1000001.210
Sanchez, P2000002.053
  Aurilia, 3B2000001.240
Totals310503717 

a-Grounded out for Hinshaw in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Winn (12, Floyd), Durham (8, Jenks).
TB: Lewis; Winn 2; Durham 4.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Molina, B 3; Sanchez; Castillo; Aurilia.
GIDP: Castillo.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Lewis (6, 2nd base off Floyd/Pierzynski), Durham (5, 2nd base off Floyd/Pierzynski).

FIELDING
DP: (Castillo-Durham-Bowker).
 
Chi White SoxIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Floyd (W, 4-2)6.04003302.92
Wassermann (H, 1)0.100000027.00
Logan (H, 2)0.20000203.00
Linebrink (H, 10)1.00000101.56
Jenks (S, 9)1.01000102.08
 
San FranciscoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Sanchez (L, 2-3)6.25223614.59
Sadler 2.00002203.38
Hinshaw 0.10000100.00

WP: Floyd.
IBB: Castillo (by Floyd).
HBP: Rowand (by Floyd), Rowand (by Floyd), Crede (by Sadler).
Pitches-strikes: Floyd 98-57, Wassermann 2-2, Logan 12-9, Linebrink 10-6, Jenks 15-10, Sanchez 109-63, Sadler 34-16, Hinshaw 4-3.
Groundouts-flyouts: Floyd 4-11, Wassermann 1-0, Logan 0-0, Linebrink 2-0, Jenks 2-0, Sanchez 4-10, Sadler 1-2, Hinshaw 0-0.
Batters faced: Floyd 26, Wassermann 1, Logan 2, Linebrink 3, Jenks 4, Sanchez 27, Sadler 8, Hinshaw 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Sadler 1-0, Hinshaw 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Fieldin Culbreth. 1B: Gary Cederstrom. 2B: Scott Barry. 3B: Tim Timmons.
Weather: 82 degrees, clear.
Wind: 13 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:50.
Att: 35,482.
May 16, 2008

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