Chi White Sox (57-44) at Detroit (52-49)

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White Sox begin important road trip

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
The White Sox begin a 10-game road trip on Friday, and they'll start it with a series against each of their nearest two competitors in the American League Central, the third-place Tigers and second-place Twins. The trip won't make or break the season, but it will have a major impact.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Gavin Floyd

  • #34 RHP
  • (10-6) 3.52 ERA 81 SO
White Sox: Despite a quality start against the Royals, Floyd picked up his second loss in a row Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field. He gave up three runs in the sixth, but only one was earned. Ross Gload hit a hard grounder toward Joe Crede that bounced off his glove and continued rolling into left field. The error led to John Buck's home run the next at-bat and the White Sox never recovered. Floyd walked three more batters in the game, too, having now issued at least three free passes in each of his past three starts. Floyd faced Detroit in back-to-back starts to open the season. He gave up a combined three runs in 13 1/3 innings to pick up his first two wins.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 18-16 5.19 296.1 133 205 .262
Season 10-6 3.52 117.2 50 81 .211
July 1-2 3.94 16.0 13 14 .203
Vs. Detroit 2-0 2.03 13.1 6 6 .159

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/25/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 57 44 .564 - 35-17 22-27
Detroit Tigers (AL Central) 52 49 .515 5.0 28-20 24-29
Stats - 07/25/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .265 503 138 491 44 630 3.68 904.2 869 287 726
DET .276 507 115 485 38 629 4.36 899.1 918 386 547
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Rising Tigers anticipating Central tilt

Mark Dent / MLB.com
Two months ago, Detroit was 10 games out, but now the club is just 5 1/2 games back of first, and could move up even further this weekend in a three-game set vs. the division-leading White Sox.
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Tigers probable pitcher

Nate Robertson

  • #29 LHP
  • (6-8) 5.69 ERA 75 SO
Tigers: Robertson took the mound last Saturday at Baltimore with a six-run lead, but it was gone by the end of the third. So was Robertson, whom the Orioles hit around for seven runs on eight hits -- six of them singles -- over 2 1/3 innings. He has battled high hit totals in four of his last five starts, the exception being nine innings of one-run ball July 6 at Seattle. He's keeping the ball on the ground, but they aren't resulting in the outs that he needs. Robertson has split his two starts against the White Sox this season, including 6 1/3 innings of three-run ball to beat them on June 10 in Detroit.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 48-63 4.74 951.1 320 644 .278
Season 6-8 5.69 118.2 32 75 .312
July 0-2 7.66 22.1 4 9 .347
Vs. Chi White Sox 1-0 6.35 11.1 4 9 .333

White Sox hitters vs Nate Robertson

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .400 5 0 0 .291 55 5 13
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .125 8 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .600 5 0 3 .357 28 0 4
Quentin, Carlos .333 6 1 2 .333 12 1 3
Ramirez, Alexei 1.000 1 0 0 1.000 6 0 0
Rios, Alex .333 3 0 1 .263 19 0 2
Teahen, Mark .333 3 0 0 .444 9 0 1
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Tigers hitters vs Gavin Floyd

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Avila, Alex - - - - - - - -
Boesch, Brennan - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Miguel .000 6 0 0 .294 17 0 4
Ciriaco, Audy - - - - - - - -
Dlugach, Brent - - - - - - - -
Granderson, Curtis - - - - .320 25 1 3
Guillen, Carlos .000 2 0 0 .316 19 1 2
Inge, Brandon .667 3 1 3 .250 12 1 4
Kelly, Don - - - - .000 3 0 0
Laird, Gerald - - - - .500 2 1 2
Larish, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Ordonez, Magglio .167 6 0 0 .300 20 0 2
Raburn, Ryan - - - - .400 25 1 2
Ramirez, Wilkin - - - - - - - -
Ryan, Dusty - - - - .333 3 0 0
Santiago, Ramon - - - - .222 9 0 0
Sizemore, Scott - - - - - - - -
Strieby, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Thomas, Clete .250 4 0 0 .250 4 0 0
Wells, Casper - - - - - - - -

Dye tattoos Jones for White Sox win (58-43) (52-50)

White Sox 6, Tigers 5

Last gasp comeback

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
The outlook was bleak for the White Sox in the seventh inning, when the Tigers' Carlos Guillen erased a three-run rally with a solo homer that put Chicago down one. But after the Sox were down to their last strike, Carlos Quentin singled and Jermaine Dye came through with a game-winning homer.

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One gets away

Jason Beck / MLB.com
After Joel Zumaya let a three-run lead slip away in the seventh inning, Carlos Guillen put the Tigers ahead with a solo homer. But the bullpen faltered again in the ninth inning, when closer Todd Jones couldn't shut the door and gave up a two-run home run to White Sox slugger Jermaine Dye.
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White Sox 6, Tigers 5

Chi White SoxABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Cabrera, SS4122100.267
Pierzynski, C3001112.286
Quentin, LF4110115.280
Dye, RF5112002.309
Thome, DH2000300.256
Konerko, 1B4000024.215
  Anderson, B, CF0000000.230
Swisher, CF-1B3100111.232
Fields, 3B3110111.333
  Uribe, 3B0000000.227
Ramirez, 2B4130001.314
Totals326858616 

BATTING
2B: Ramirez 2 (15, Robertson, Robertson).
HR: Dye (22, 9th inning off Jones, T, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Cabrera 2; Quentin; Dye 4; Fields; Ramirez 5.
RBI: Cabrera 2 (44), Pierzynski (37), Dye 2 (61).
2-out RBI: Dye 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Quentin 3; Konerko.
SF: Pierzynski.
GIDP: Konerko; Ramirez.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Cabrera (8, throw), Fields (1, fielding).
DP: 3 (Cabrera-Ramirez-Konerko, Pierzynski-Cabrera-Fields, Ramirez-Cabrera-Konerko).
 
DetroitABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Granderson, CF4210101.294
Polanco, 2B5110011.311
Guillen, 3B3111102.288
Ordonez, RF4131001.319
Cabrera, M, 1B4021012.292
Joyce, LF3000122.277
Sheffield, DH4011010.221
Rodriguez, I, C4010003.288
Renteria, SS4010011.257
Totals3551143613 

BATTING
2B: Cabrera, M (24, Floyd), Ordonez (21, Floyd), Renteria (7, Floyd).
HR: Guillen (9, 7th inning off Masset, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Granderson; Polanco; Guillen 4; Ordonez 4; Cabrera, M 3; Sheffield; Rodriguez, I; Renteria 2.
RBI: Ordonez (58), Cabrera, M (72), Sheffield (25), Guillen (50).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera, M; Granderson.
GIDP: Rodriguez, I; Cabrera, M.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Sheffield (1, 2nd base by Floyd/Pierzynski), Ordonez (4, home by Floyd/Pierzynski).

FIELDING
E: Rodriguez, I (4, throw).
PB: Rodriguez, I (4).
DP: 2 (Robertson-Polanco-Cabrera, M, Polanco-Renteria-Cabrera, M).
 
Chi White SoxIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Floyd 6.09433403.57
Masset 1.02110014.33
Logan 0.10000104.21
Carrasco (W, 1-0)0.20000101.54
Jenks (S, 20)1.00000001.78
 
DetroitIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Robertson 6.05335505.63
Zumaya (BS, 2)1.01102101.65
Rodney (H, 5)1.00001005.14
Jones, T (BS, 3)(L, 4-1)1.02220014.99

Robertson pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

WP: Floyd.
IBB: Thome (by Zumaya).
Pitches-strikes: Floyd 109-67, Masset 11-5, Logan 6-4, Carrasco 8-6, Jenks 10-8, Robertson 86-52, Zumaya 21-9, Rodney 12-6, Jones, T 13-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Floyd 8-4, Masset 3-0, Logan 0-0, Carrasco 1-0, Jenks 2-1, Robertson 6-7, Zumaya 0-2, Rodney 3-0, Jones, T 1-2.
Batters faced: Floyd 28, Masset 4, Logan 1, Carrasco 2, Jenks 3, Robertson 27, Zumaya 6, Rodney 3, Jones, T 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Zumaya 2-2.
Umpires: HP: CB Bucknor. 1B: Joe West. 2B: Ed Rapuano. 3B: Todd Tichenor.
Weather: 80 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, L to R.
T: 2:52.
Att: 44,393.
July 25, 2008

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