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	Walk-off saves White Sox

White Sox 7, Indians 6

A.J. Pierzynski gave the Sox plenty to celebrate on "Halfway to St. Patrick's Day." (AP)

By Scott Merkin / MLB.com

Things looked grim for the Sox in the ninth when Bobby Jenks gave up three runs and the lead, but A.J. Pierzynski quickly washed the South Siders' troubles away with a walk-off two-run blast into the center-field stands.

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Series at a glance:

Thu. 09/07: CLE 9, CWS 1
Fri. 09/08: CWS 7, CLE 6
Sat. 09/09: CWS 10, CLE 8
Sun. 09/10: CLE 5, CWS 2

TODAY'S WRAPS: September 08, 2006

Cleveland (67-73)
Lost 1

Chi White Sox 7, Cleveland 6

Chi White Sox (81-60)
Won 1

September 8, 2006

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	6	11	2
Chi White Sox	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	7	14	1

Standings thru 9/8/06 | Gameday | Indians Stats | White Sox Stats

Cleveland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Sizemore, CF	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	.297
Michaels, LF	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	.272
Martinez, DH-C	3	0	1	2	2	0	2	.311
Garko, 1B	4	0	1	1	1	2	5	.324
Mastny, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Choo, RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	5	.286
Luna, SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	.280
Inglett, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.274
Shoppach, C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.264
a-Blake, PH-1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.289
Marte, 3B	4	2	2	1	0	2	1	.236
Totals	35	6	11	6	6	11	17
a-Doubled for Shoppach in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Marte 2 (11, Garcia, Jenks), Blake (17, Jenks), Sizemore (50, Jenks), Michaels (30, Jenks). 3B: Sizemore (10, Garcia). TB: Sizemore 6; Michaels 2; Martinez; Garko; Choo; Shoppach; Blake 2; Marte 4. RBI: Garko (24), Martinez 2 (81), Marte (15), Sizemore (66), Michaels (53). 2-out RBI: Martinez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Choo 2; Garko 2. GIDP: Choo; Luna; Garko. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Sizemore 2 (21, 2nd base off Garcia/Pierzynski, 3rd base off Garcia/Pierzynski). FIELDING E: Byrd (5, pickoff), Marte (4, fielding). DP: (Marte-Garko).

Chi White Sox	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Podsednik, LF	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	.257
Anderson, CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
Cintron, 2B	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	.282
Dye, RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	5	.325
Thome, DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.296
Konerko, 1B	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	.310
1-Iguchi, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.284
Pierzynski, C	5	1	2	3	0	0	4	.293
Mackowiak, 3B	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	.294
a-Ozuna, PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.329
Sweeney, CF-LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143
Uribe, SS	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	.238
Totals	38	7	14	7	3	2	22
a-Grounded into a double play for Mackowiak in the 7th. 1-Ran for Konerko in the 9th.
BATTING HR: Uribe (17, 5th inning off Byrd, 0 on, 0 out), Pierzynski (14, 9th inning off Mastny, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Podsednik; Cintron 2; Dye; Thome; Konerko 4; Pierzynski 5; Uribe 6. RBI: Pierzynski 3 (57), Uribe (61), Konerko (98), Podsednik (44), Cintron (37). 2-out RBI: Konerko; Podsednik. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Podsednik; Sweeney 2; Pierzynski; Dye 2; Thome. GIDP: Ozuna. Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING SB: Uribe (1, 2nd base off Byrd/Shoppach), Cintron (9, 2nd base off Sikorski/Shoppach), Podsednik 2 (38, 2nd base off Perez/Shoppach, 3rd base off Perez/Shoppach). FIELDING E: Garcia (2, pickoff). DP: 3 (Uribe-Konerko, Garcia-Uribe-Konerko, Cintron-Uribe-Konerko).

Cleveland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Byrd	5.2	9	4	4	2	1	1	4.83
Perez	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15
Sikorski	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.33
Lara	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Brown	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.70
Mastny (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2.70

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Garcia	6.1	6	3	2	4	8	0	5.02
Logan (H, 2)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.14
MacDougal (H, 8)	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.08
Jenks (BS, 4)	0.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	3.78
Thornton (W, 5-2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.31

Perez pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
Sikorski pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Mastny pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.
Jenks pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.

HBP: Thome (by Sikorski).
Pitches-strikes: Byrd 92-65, Perez 6-2, Sikorski 11-5, Lara 17-11, Brown 11-6, Mastny 8-6, Garcia 94-62, Logan 4-2, MacDougal 21-15, Jenks 7-5, Thornton 15-9.
Ground outs-fly outs: Byrd 10-6, Perez 0-0, Sikorski 0-0, Lara 2-2, Brown 1-1, Mastny 0-0, Garcia 6-5, Logan 1-0, MacDougal 1-1, Jenks 0-0, Thornton 2-0.
Batters faced: Byrd 28, Perez 1, Sikorski 3, Lara 5, Brown 3, Mastny 2, Garcia 27, Logan 1, MacDougal 6, Jenks 4, Thornton 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Perez 1-0, Sikorski 2-0, Lara 2-0, Brown 2-1, Logan 1-0, MacDougal 1-1, Thornton 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Chris Guccione. 1B: Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B: Sam Holbrook. 3B: Randy Marsh.
Weather: 78 degrees, clear.
Wind: 5 mph, R to L.
T: 3:17.
Att: 37,188.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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