White Sox 3, Royals 0
Left-hander John Danks walked one and struck out three on Sunday. (Ed Zurga/AP)
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Southpaw John Danks extended his scoreless-innings streak to 13 on Sunday, holding Kansas City back across seven innings of four-hit ball, while Jim Thome's sacrifice fly and Paul Konerko's homer provided Chicago's offensive push.
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Chi White Sox
(86-69)
Won 1
Chi White Sox 3, Kansas City 0
Today's Boxes 9/21/08
CLE 10, DET 5
BOS 3, TOR 0
MIL 8, CIN 1
ATL 7, NYM 6
HOU 6, PIT 2
SD 6, WSH 2
MIN 4, TB 1
CHC 5, STL 1
LAA 7, TEX 3
ARI 13, COL 4
OAK 5, SEA 3
PHI 5, FLA 2
SF 1, LAD 0
NYY 7, BAL 3
Kansas City
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Lost 1
September 21, 2008
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Standings thru 9/21/08  | Recap: CWS | KC  | Gameday  | White Sox stats  | Royals stats
Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Cabrera , SS4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .281
Wise , CF-LF4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .288
Dye , RF4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .290
Thome , DH2 1 0 1 1 1 1 .245
Konerko , 1B4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .243
Anderson, B , CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Ramirez , 2B4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .294
Swisher , LF-1B3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .221
Uribe , 3B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Hall , C3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260
Totals 31 3 6 3 1 4 7
BATTING 2B : Dye (41, Peralta).HR : Konerko (18, 7th inning off Duckworth, 1 on, 0 out).TB : Wise; Dye 3; Konerko 4; Swisher; Hall.RBI : Thome (88), Konerko 2 (55).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Konerko; Dye; Ramirez.SF : Thome.Team LOB : 3. BASERUNNING SB : Wise (7, 2nd base off Duckworth/Buck).CS : Swisher (3, 2nd base by Duckworth/Buck).
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus, D , LF3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .302
Aviles, M , SS4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .318
Guillen , DH4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .267
Shealy , 1B4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .302
Teahen , RF4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .256
Gordon , 3B4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .257
Buck , C2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
German , 2B3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .251
Maier , CF2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289
a-Callaspo , PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313
1-Gathright , PR-CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
Totals 31 0 4 0 1 5 14
a-Singled for Maier in the 8th. 1-Ran for Callaspo in the 8th.
BATTING 2B : Gordon (33, Danks).TB : DeJesus, D; Shealy; Gordon 2; Callaspo.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Teahen; Maier; Shealy; German; Guillen.Team LOB : 6. BASERUNNING SB : Aviles, M (8, 2nd base off Danks/Hall). FIELDING E : Aviles, M (10, throw), Buck (7, throw).
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Danks (W, 11-8)7.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 3.20
Thornton (H, 19)0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.67
Jenks (S, 29)1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.51
Danks pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Duckworth pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.WP : Danks, Jenks.HBP : Buck (by Danks).Pitches-strikes : Danks 94-65, Thornton 4-3, Jenks 16-12, Duckworth 90-56, Nunez 31-23, Peralta 14-10.Groundouts-flyouts : Danks 11-7, Thornton 1-1, Jenks 2-0, Duckworth 5-9, Nunez 1-4, Peralta 1-2.Batters faced : Danks 27, Thornton 2, Jenks 4, Duckworth 23, Nunez 6, Peralta 4.Inherited runners-scored : Thornton 1-0, Jenks 1-0.Umpires : HP: Wally Bell. 1B: Paul Schrieber. 2B: Laz Diaz. 3B: Kerwin Danley.Weather : 76 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind : 6 mph, R to L.T : 2:28.Att : 16,920.September 21, 2008
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner