Chi White Sox (22-21) at San Francisco (17-27)

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White Sox bullpen becoming a strength

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
The White Sox bullpen is pitching well, with everyone's roles becoming clearer as the season progresses. It's much better than last season's 'pen, which manager Ozzie Guillen says he doesn't even remember.
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White Sox probable pitcher

John Danks

  • LHP
  • (3-3) 2.74 ERA
White Sox: Danks allowed at least one baserunner in every inning that he worked during Tuesday night's loss to the Angels but only had two real jams over 6 1/3 scoreless innings. Danks walked two and struck out five, throwing 69 of his 99 pitches for strikes. He exited with the bases loaded and one out, but Octavio Dotel struck out Erick Aybar and Vladimir Guerrero to leave the left-hander with no decision. Danks has never faced the Giants and has a 0-1 record with a 5.77 ERA in three career Interleague starts against Florida, Houston and Philadelphia.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 9-16 4.82 185.0 66 144 .276
Season 3-3 2.74 46.0 12 35 .236
May 1-1 2.25 16.0 5 15 .299

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/18/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 22 21 .512 - 9-8 13-13
San Francisco Giants (NL West) 17 27 .386 10.5 11-14 6-13
Stats - 05/18/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .242 190 48 185 13 264 3.50 380.1 363 127 287
SF .257 151 26 144 42 296 4.25 394.0 397 181 327
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Giants looking forward to facing West

Chris Haft / MLB.com
The Giants, 10 games under .500, have one more game against the White Sox on Sunday. Forgive them if they're looking forward to facing the National League West again starting Monday. The Giants are 8-8 against their own division.
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Giants probable pitcher

Matt Cain

  • RHP
  • (2-3) 4.17 ERA
Giants: Cain is coming off one of his strongest outings of the season. Facing the Astros, winners of four games in a row and nine of their previous 10, Cain worked eight innings in a 4-2 Giants victory. Cain also hit his second home run of the season, lifting his batting average to .294 and his slugging percentage to .706. Cain is 2-5 in seven career Interleague starts, although one of them was a one-hit shutout at Oakland in May 2006 and another was a seven-inning effort in a 1-0 loss at Boston last June.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 24-32 3.78 491.0 214 419 .223
Season 2-3 4.17 54.0 29 47 .240
May 1-1 3.80 21.1 6 18 .229

White Sox hitters vs Matt Cain

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - .667 3 0 0
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul - - - - .000 2 0 0
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .267 15 0 1
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. - - - - .250 4 0 0
Quentin, Carlos - - - - .095 21 1 4
Ramirez, Alexei - - - - .000 3 0 0
Rios, Alex - - - - - - - -
Teahen, Mark - - - - .000 3 0 0
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Giants hitters vs John Danks

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bocock, Brian - - - - - - - -
Bowker, John - - - - 1.000 2 0 1
Burriss, Emmanuel - - - - .333 3 0 0
Downs, Matt - - - - - - - -
Ford, Darren - - - - - - - -
Frandsen, Kevin - - - - .500 2 0 0
Garko, Ryan .500 2 0 1 .368 19 3 5
Gillaspie, Conor - - - - - - - -
Guzman, Jesus - - - - .333 18 2 3
Ishikawa, Travis - - - - - - - -
Lewis, Fred - - - - - - - -
Peguero, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Pill, Brett - - - - - - - -
Posey, Buster - - - - - - - -
Renteria, Edgar - - - - .333 6 0 0
Rohlinger, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Rowand, Aaron - - - - .333 3 0 0
Sanchez, Freddy - - - - - - - -
Sandoval, Pablo - - - - - - - -
Schierholtz, Nate - - - - .333 3 1 2
Torres, Andres - - - - - - - -
Velez, Eugenio - - - - - - - -
Whiteside, Eli - - - - - - - -

Swisher helps break out brooms (23-20) (17-28)

White Sox 13, Giants 8

Sox hit four homers

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Nick Swisher hit a three-run double with two outs in the eighth inning to break a tie as the White Sox earned the sweep. Orlando Cabrera hit a solo shot and a two-run home run, two of four White Sox homers. Joe Crede hit a solo shot and Carlos Quentin added a two-run dinger.

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Series at a Glance

 
Alexei Ramirex gets the out at second but can't get double play. (George Nikitin/AP)

Walker suffers loss

Rick Eymer / Special to MLB.com
After the Giants rallied to tie it in the seventh, Tyler Walker allowed three runs in the eighth to suffer the loss. Right-hander Matt Cain had a no-hitter through 4 1/3 innings, but it fell apart quickly after that, as he allowed four homers and six runs in the next 2 2/3 innings.
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White Sox 13, Giants 8

Chi White SoxABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Cabrera, SS5223002.224
Pierzynski, C5220000.314
Quentin, LF5222010.304
Dye, RF5111010.291
Konerko, 1B4110112.212
Crede, 3B4222021.275
Ramirez, 2B5220011.182
Anderson, B, CF5022013.260
Danks, P1000101.000
  a-Thome, PH0100100.201
  Wassermann, P0000000.000
  Thornton, P0000000.000
  b-Swisher, PH1013000.212
  Dotel, P0000000.000
  Masset, P1000011.000
Totals411315133811 

a-Walked for Danks in the 7th. b-Doubled for Thornton in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Anderson, B (3, Cain), Swisher (5, Walker), Ramirez (3, Wilson).
HR: Crede (8, 5th inning off Cain, 0 on, 1 out), Cabrera 2 (3, 6th inning off Cain, 0 on, 0 out; 7th inning off Cain, 1 on, 1 out), Quentin (11, 6th inning off Cain, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Cabrera 8; Pierzynski 2; Quentin 5; Dye; Konerko; Crede 5; Ramirez 3; Anderson, B 3; Swisher 2.
RBI: Crede 2 (27), Cabrera 3 (11), Quentin 2 (37), Swisher 3 (13), Dye (16), Anderson, B 2 (8).
2-out RBI: Swisher 3; Anderson, B 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Danks; Cabrera.
SF: Crede.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Crede (9, throw).
DP: 2 (Cabrera-Ramirez-Konerko, Crede-Ramirez-Konerko).
 
San FranciscoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Winn, RF4110100.292
Castillo, 3B5222010.267
Durham, 2B4132102.300
Molina, B, C3012102.275
  1-Holm, PR-C1000002.268
Rowand, CF4110102.324
Aurilia, 1B5111023.239
Ortmeier, LF4001102.255
Burriss, SS3010001.255
  b-Vizquel, PH-SS0100100.360
Cain, P2000022.263
  a-Velez, PH1000010.207
  Walker, P0000000.000
  c-Bowker, PH0100100.269
  Wilson, P0000000.000
  Taschner, P0000000.000
Totals3681087616 

a-Struck out for Cain in the 7th. b-Walked for Burriss in the 8th. c-Walked for Walker in the 8th.
1-Ran for Molina, B in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Castillo (15, Danks), Rowand (14, Danks), Molina, B (9, Thornton).
3B: Winn (1, Wassermann).
HR: Aurilia (4, 2nd inning off Danks, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Winn 3; Castillo 3; Durham 3; Molina, B 2; Rowand 2; Aurilia 4; Burriss.
RBI: Aurilia (12), Durham 2 (9), Ortmeier (5), Castillo 2 (16), Molina, B 2 (22).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rowand; Ortmeier.
GIDP: Molina, B; Holm.
Team LOB: 8.
 
Chi White SoxIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Danks 6.06333312.94
Wassermann (H, 2)0.122201029.70
Thornton (BS, 2)(W, 1-0)0.22111104.02
Dotel 0.00223004.08
Masset (S, 1)2.00000103.86
 
San FranciscoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Cain 7.06663644.57
Walker (L, 1-2)1.04330107.00
Wilson 0.24440005.09
Taschner 0.11000104.02

Dotel pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

WP: Danks.
IBB: Rowand (by Thornton).
Pitches-strikes: Danks 98-61, Wassermann 9-5, Thornton 15-9, Dotel 16-4, Masset 13-10, Cain 115-72, Walker 24-17, Wilson 16-12, Taschner 8-4.
Groundouts-flyouts: Danks 10-5, Wassermann 0-0, Thornton 0-1, Dotel 0-0, Masset 5-0, Cain 4-11, Walker 2-0, Wilson 0-2, Taschner 0-0.
Batters faced: Danks 26, Wassermann 3, Thornton 5, Dotel 3, Masset 6, Cain 30, Walker 7, Wilson 6, Taschner 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Thornton 1-1, Masset 3-2, Taschner 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Scott Barry. 1B: Tim Timmons. 2B: Fieldin Culbreth. 3B: Gary Cederstrom.
Weather: 68 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:01.
Att: 34,331.
May 18, 2008

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