2006 AL Game Stories

 August 19, 2006

   My Detroit Tigers continue their losing ways, dropping a 6-3 decision to the Texas Rangers while the Chicago White Sox were pounding the Minnesota Twins 14-1. As a result, Chicago has moved past Detroit into 1st place in the AL Central. The Tigers had been in 1st since June 11th, but have gone 5-13 so far in August. Chicago now leads Detroit by .5 game and Minnesota by 3.

CHICAGO (AL) AT MINNESOTA
White Sox....... 1 0 4  0 1 5  1 0 2  - 14 18  0
Twins........... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  2
Win:Garland(8-10) Loss:Radke(11-9)
Homeruns- P.Konerko(27th), J.Dye(42nd)
 
Left fielder Scott Podsednik had 4 hits and 4 RBI at Metrodome as the Chicago
(AL) White Sox, running on all cylinders, ripped the Minnesota Twins by a
large 14 to 1 margin.
 
Podsednik enjoyed a big day at the plate.  He doubled in the 1st inning,
doubled which scored a run in the 3rd inning, ripped a base-knock plating a
run in the 6th inning and laced a one-base hit bringing home two baserunners
in the 9th inning.  Chicago (AL) simply wore out the Minnesota pitching
staff, scoring in 6 different innings.  
 
The victory went to Jon Garland(8-10) who went 8 innings, allowing 1 run. Brad
Radke(11-9) was charged with the loss.  He gave up 9 runs in 5 and 1/3
innings of work.  
 
This win by Chicago (AL) continues their recent hot streak.  In their last ten
games, they have a record of 8-2.  For the season, they are 73-49.  Minnesota
has a record of 70-52 after the loss.
 

TEXAS AT DETROIT
Rangers......... 2 2 0  0 1 0  0 0 1  -  6  9  1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 2  0 1 0  -  3  5  0
Win:Tejeda(3-1) Loss:Robertson(9-6) Save:Otsuka(27th)
Homeruns- C.Lee(3rd), C.Guillen(20th), D.Young(4th)
 
Designated hitter Carlos Lee slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI as the Texas
Rangers bested the Detroit Tigers 6 to 3 at Comerica Park.
 
Lee enjoyed a fine evening at the plate.  He lined a single bringing in a run
in the 1st inning, slapped a base-hit bringing in a run in the 2nd inning and
hit a bases-empty home run in the 5th inning.  Texas out-hit Detroit for the
game, 9 hits to 5.  
 
The victory went to Rob Tejeda(3-1) who went 5 and 2/3 innings, allowing 2
runs. Tejeda got relief help from Akinori Otsuka who gained credit for his
27th save.  Nate Robertson(9-6) was charged with the loss.  
 

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 Chicago (AL) CHA        73  49  .598 ----    40    73  49 .598   90  72 .556
2006 Detroit DEA             73  50  .593   .5          79  44 .642   95  67 .586
2006 Minnesota MNA           70  52  .574  3.0          71  51 .582   96  66 .593
2006 Cleveland CLA           52  70  .426 21.0          55  67 .451   78  84 .481
2006 Kansas City KCA         51  74  .408 23.5          45  80 .360   62 100 .383

 

2006 AL Standings

 August 16, 2006

The New York Yankees have the best record in the AL and have a comfortable lead in the AL East. My Detroit Tigers have had a very bad 1st half of August (3-11) and as a result, the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox are right on their heels for the top spot in the AL Central. The Los Angeles Angels are the only team above .500 in the West but the Seattle Mariners are still right behind them.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2006 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL East                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 New York (AL) NYA       73  43  .629 ----    36    70  46 .603   97  65 .599
2006 Toronto TOA             65  54  .546  9.5          64  55 .538   87  75 .537
2006 Baltimore BAA           58  61  .487 16.5          51  68 .429   70  92 .432
2006 Boston BOA              57  61  .483 17.0          68  50 .576   86  76 .531
2006 Tampa Bay TBA           47  72  .395 27.5          47  72 .395   61 101 .377
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 Detroit DEA             71  48  .597 ----    43    78  41 .655   95  67 .586
2006 Minnesota MNA           69  49  .585  1.5          69  49 .585   96  66 .593
2006 Chicago (AL) CHA        69  49  .585  1.5          71  47 .602   90  72 .556
2006 Cleveland CLA           49  69  .415 21.5          53  65 .449   78  84 .481
2006 Kansas City KCA         49  71  .408 22.5          42  78 .350   62 100 .383
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL West                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 Los Angeles(AL) LAA     62  58  .517 ----    40    62  58 .517   89  73 .549
2006 Seattle SEA             58  61  .487  3.5          56  63 .471   78  84 .481
2006 Oakland OAA             53  66  .445  8.5          67  52 .563   93  69 .574
2006 Texas TEA               53  67  .442  9.0          61  59 .508   80  82 .494
 
 
AL Wild Card Standings      WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2006 Minnesota MNA           69  49  .585 ----    45  
2006 Chicago (AL) CHA        69  49  .585 ----        
2006 Toronto TOA             65  54  .546  4.5        
2006 Seattle SEA             58  61  .487 11.5        
2006 Baltimore BAA           58  61  .487 11.5        
2006 Boston BOA              57  61  .483 12.0        
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     58   61  .487 32-29 26-32 17-24 41-37  2- 5 12-26     4-6     Lost 1
BOA     57   61  .483 28-29 29-32 22-18 35-43  1- 4 13-20     5-5     Won 2
CHA     69   49  .585 39-23 30-26 23-24 46-25  4- 7 17-19     6-4     Won 1
CLA     49   69  .415 25-37 24-32 20-26 29-43  7- 5 16-19     5-5     Lost 2
DEA     71   48  .597 34-22 37-26 20-19 51-29  8- 4 14-13     3-7     Lost 3
KCA     49   71  .408 28-31 21-40 14-20 35-51  4- 3 14-13     4-6     Lost 1
LAA     62   58  .517 29-26 33-32 22-15 40-43  3- 4 19-12     4-6     Lost 4
MNA     69   49  .585 38-21 31-28 21-25 48-24  5- 3 19-20     7-3     Won 2
NYA     73   43  .629 37-23 36-20 23-13 50-30  7- 3 23-12     6-4     Won 4
OAA     53   66  .445 29-32 24-34  8-19 45-47  3- 3 10-16     8-2     Won 3
SEA     58   61  .487 31-29 27-32 13-21 45-40  1- 4  7-16     3-7     Lost 3
TBA     47   72  .395 25-31 22-41 11-22 36-50  4- 5 21-14     5-5     Won 1
TEA     53   67  .442 32-29 21-38  9-22 44-45  5- 5 14-18     5-5     Won 2
TOA     65   54  .546 37-25 28-29 25- 8 40-46  2- 3 20-10     4-6     Lost 2
TOTAL  833  829  .501
HOME   444  387  .534
ROAD   389  442  .468
LEFT   248  276  .473
RIGHT  585  553  .514
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv InterLg RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA     14-12 10-17 14-14 15-11  5- 7  0- 0   24-27  25-25   9- 9   656   622  +34
BOA     13-12 13-13  9-17 14-13  8- 6  0- 0   22-28  25-25  10- 8   626   623   +3
CHA     16- 8 17-11 16-11 12-13  8- 6  0- 0   26-22  30-22  13- 5   643   552  +91
CLA     12-13 10-17  9-17 11-15  7- 7  0- 0   25-29  17-29   7-11   520   619  -99
DEA     17- 8 14-14 22- 5 15-10  3-11  0- 0   28-27  28-18  15- 3   674   545 +129
KCA      7-15 13-16 13-14 10-17  6- 9  0- 0   22-29  18-33   9- 9   548   708 -160
LAA     11-14 15-13 13-13 14-12  9- 6  0- 0   22-13  32-35   8-10   548   546   +2
MNA     12-12 18-10 16-10 13-13 10- 4  0- 0   28-22  32-18   9- 9   627   525 +102
NYA     16- 7 15-13 17- 9 16- 9  9- 5  0- 0   28-15  35-20  10- 8   676   552 +124
OAA      7-17 16-13  9-17 13-14  8- 5  0- 0   20-20  26-35   7-11   572   614  -42
SEA     15-11 13-16 16-10  9-15  5- 9  0- 0   17-20  31-33  10- 8   534   557  -23
TBA      8-17 12-16  8-19 11-15  8- 5  0- 0   19-35  23-24   5-13   508   670 -162
TEA      8-17 13-15 14-13 13-13  5- 9  0- 0   14-20  31-37   8-10   602   653  -51
TOA     15- 8 17-12 13-14 14-12  6- 8  0- 0   32-20  25-24   8-10   637   596  +41
 
 

2006 AL League Leaders

 August 16, 2006

  League Leaders in the AL as of mid August. 

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 2006 American League                 Date: 8/16/2006
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
2006 NYA  73  43    M.Tejada  BAA .360  J.Thome   CHA   41  J.Dye     CHA  104
2006 TOA  65  54    J.Mauer   MNA .354  D.Ortiz   BOA   39  V.Guerrer LAA  104
2006 BAA  58  61    M.Grudzie KCA .346  J.Dye     CHA   39  A.Rodrigu NYA  102
2006 BOA  57  61    D.Jeter   NYA .345  V.Guerrer LAA   36  D.Ortiz   BOA  100
2006 TBA  47  72    J.Morneau MNA .343  R.Sexson  SEA   35  J.Thome   CHA  100
 
2006 DEA  71  48    WINS                SAVES               ERA
2006 MNA  69  49    J.Santana MNA   18  B.Ryan    TOA   35  J.Lackey  LAA 2.83
2006 CHA  69  49    R.Hallada TOA   17  J.Nathan  MNA   33  F.Liriano MNA 2.94
2006 CLA  49  69    R.Johnson NYA   16  B.Jenks   CHA   32  R.Hallada TOA 2.99
2006 KCA  49  71    K.Rogers  DEA   15  F.Rodrigu LAA   31  J.Santana MNA 2.99
                    OTHERS TIED W   13  M.Rivera  NYA   31  M.Mussina NYA 3.31
2006 LAA  62  58
2006 SEA  58  61    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
2006 OAA  53  66    B.Broussa SEA   20  C.Crawfor TBA   36  J.Santana MNA  200
2006 TEA  53  67    A.Hill    TOA   17  S.Podsedn CHA   34  J.Bonderm DEA  176
                    J.Payton  OAA   14  C.Figgins LAA   31  F.Liriano MNA  167
                    OTHERS TIED W   10  C.Patters BAA   30  R.Johnson NYA  160
                                        I.Suzuki  SEA   30  S.Kazmir  TBA  158
 

2006 NL Standings

 August 16, 2006

 It's the middle of August in the 2006 MLB season. The New York Mets are comfortably on top of the NL East. The Houston Astros are on top of the NL Central and San Diego, with the best record in the NL, is in 1st in the West. 

  The LA Dodgers have played well in August so far and are putting some pressure on the Padres. St. Louis continues to keep things interesting in the Central.

  

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2006 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
NL East                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 New York (NL) NYN       73  45  .619 ----    33    71  47 .602   97  65 .599
2006 Philadelphia PHN        61  57  .517 12.0          58  60 .492   85  77 .525
2006 Atlanta ATN             60  58  .508 13.0          55  63 .466   79  83 .488
2006 Florida FLN             56  63  .471 17.5          55  64 .462   78  84 .481
2006 Washington WAN          46  73  .387 27.5          52  67 .437   71  91 .438
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
NL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 Houston HON             66  53  .555 ----    39    57  62 .479   82  80 .506
2006 St. Louis SLN           60  58  .508  5.5          63  55 .534   83  78 .516
2006 Cincinnati CIN          56  63  .471 10.0          61  58 .513   80  82 .494
2006 Pittsburgh PIN          55  65  .458 11.5          46  74 .383   67  95 .414
2006 Chicago (NL) CHN        50  69  .420 16.0          51  68 .429   66  96 .407
2006 Milwaukee MLN           49  70  .412 17.0          56  63 .471   75  87 .463
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
NL West                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 San Diego SDN           75  44  .630 ----    39    60  59 .504   88  74 .543
2006 Los Angeles(NL) LAN     71  49  .592  4.5          64  56 .533   88  74 .543
2006 Arizona ARN             67  52  .563  8.0          60  59 .504   76  86 .469
2006 Colorado CON            54  65  .454 21.0          58  61 .487   76  86 .469
2006 San Francisco SFN       50  69  .420 25.0          56  63 .471   76  85 .472
 
 
NL Wild Card Standings      WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2006 Los Angeles(NL) LAN     71  49  .592 ----    40  
2006 Arizona ARN             67  52  .563  3.5        
2006 Philadelphia PHN        61  57  .517  9.0        
2006 St. Louis SLN           60  58  .508 10.0        
2006 Atlanta ATN             60  58  .508 10.0        
2006 Florida FLN             56  63  .471 14.5        
2006 Cincinnati CIN          56  63  .471 14.5        
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ARN     67   52  .563 29-32 38-20 18-13 49-39  7- 3 18-13     3-7     Won 1
ATN     60   58  .508 26-30 34-28 16-10 44-48  7- 7 23-19     7-3     Won 1
CHN     50   69  .420 26-30 24-39 13-25 37-44  5- 8 19-21     3-7     Lost 4
CIN     56   63  .471 30-32 26-31 21-14 35-49  8- 5 21-25     4-6     Lost 2
CON     54   65  .454 26-33 28-32 11-10 43-55  4- 6 20-12     5-5     Lost 1
FLN     56   63  .471 26-29 30-34 17-12 39-51  8- 7 19-19     4-6     Lost 2
HON     66   53  .555 37-27 29-26 14- 9 52-44 10- 5 17-17     7-3     Won 3
LAN     71   49  .592 37-27 34-22 17- 9 54-40  7- 8 18-12     7-3     Won 3
MLN     49   70  .412 27-31 22-39  9-17 40-53  7- 5 17-20     3-7     Lost 1
NYN     73   45  .619 35-22 38-23 19-12 54-33  7- 2 22-17     7-3     Won 2
PHN     61   57  .517 31-32 30-25 21- 9 40-48  3- 5 12-15     3-7     Lost 2
PIN     55   65  .458 30-31 25-34 21-17 34-48  5-12 18-19     6-4     Won 1
SDN     75   44  .630 37-24 38-20 17- 9 58-35  7- 4 19-11     6-4     Won 2
SFN     50   69  .420 24-35 26-34 14-13 36-56  3- 4 12-19     3-7     Lost 3
SLN     60   58  .508 32-25 28-33 22-23 38-35  7- 7 19-22     5-5     Won 1
WAN     46   73  .387 29-29 17-44 16-18 30-55  1- 6 22-26     6-4     Lost 1
TOTAL  949  953  .499
HOME   482  469  .507
ROAD   467  484  .491
LEFT   266  220  .547
RIGHT  683  733  .482
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv InterLg RUNS AGNST DIFF
ARN     17- 8 14-13 12-16 19- 6  5- 9  0- 0   27-18  31-28   9- 6   624   568  +56
ATN     14-10 13-16 19- 8  6-18  8- 6  0- 0   23-23  29-28   8- 7   559   558   +1
CHN     16- 7 12-17  8-19  8-18  6- 8  0- 0   29-32  17-26   4-11   574   618  -44
CIN     11-14 13-15 14-13 12-13  6- 8  0- 0   29-31  19-25   8- 7   551   601  -50
CON     11-14 11-17 16-10  7-19  9- 5  0- 0   19-33  27-25   8- 7   536   624  -88
FLN     11-11 14-15  8-17 17-12  6- 8  0- 0   28-21  21-31   7-11   542   597  -55
HON     13-11 19-11 12-14 13-12  9- 5  0- 0   28-18  29-26   9- 9   592   530  +62
LAN     12-13 20- 8 15-11 14-12 10- 5  0- 0   28-21  34-22   9- 6   650   556  +94
MLN     11-14  7-21 15-13 12-13  4- 9  0- 0   29-30  13-32   7- 8   563   648  -85
NYN     14-10 19- 9 16-11 15-10  9- 5  0- 0   31-18  33-21   9- 6   637   474 +163
PHN     10-14 13-15 17-10 16- 9  5- 9  0- 0   19-25  31-25  11- 7   688   595  +93
PIN      8-18 19- 8  9-19 11-14  8- 6  0- 0   25-23  25-32   5-10   551   635  -84
SDN     18- 6 13-16 17- 9 19- 7  8- 6  0- 0   29-15  38-22   8- 7   511   435  +76
SFN      8-16 13-16 13-13 11-16  5- 8  0- 0   18-34  25-27   7- 8   525   583  -58
SLN     13-12 16-12  9-16 15-11  7- 7  0- 0   25-31  29-18   6- 9   577   545  +32
WAN      8-17 11-18 10-17 11-14  6- 7  0- 0   16-30  21-34   9- 9   520   622 -102
 
 

2006 NL Leaders

 August 16, 2006

League leaders in the NL as of August 16th.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 2006 National League                 Date: 8/16/2006
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
2006 NYN  73  45    M.Cabrera FLN .380  R.Howard  PHN   48  R.Howard  PHN  132
2006 PHN  61  57    J.Drew    LAN .366  C.Beltran NYN   39  C.Delgado NYN   97
2006 ATN  60  58    G.Atkins  CON .330  A.Dunn    CIN   38  C.Lee     MLN   90
2006 FLN  56  63    N.Garciap LAN .329  A.Pujols  SLN   36  C.Beltran NYN   89
2006 WAN  46  73    C.Jackson ARN .329  C.Lee     MLN   34  M.Cabrera FLN   88
 
2006 HON  66  53    WINS                SAVES               ERA
2006 SLN  60  58    C.Carpent SLN   16  T.Hoffman SDN   39  C.Carpent SLN 1.85
2006 CIN  56  63    R.Oswalt  HON   14  B.Fuentes CON   33  R.Oswalt  HON 2.25
2006 PIN  55  65    T.Glavine NYN   14  B.Wagner  NYN   33  P.Martine NYN 2.29
2006 CHN  50  69    J.Peavy   SDN   14  T.Saito   LAN   31  B.Webb    ARN 2.38
2006 MLN  49  70    OTHERS TIED W   13  OTHERS TIED W   28  C.Hensley SDN 2.82
 
2006 SDN  75  44    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
2006 LAN  71  49    B.Phillip CIN   10  J.Reyes   NYN   52  C.Zambran CHN  174
2006 ARN  67  52    W.Aybar   ATN    9  J.Pierre  CHN   49  A.Harang  CIN  165
2006 CON  54  65    A.Pujols  SLN    9  D.Roberts SDN   43  J.Smoltz  ATN  164
2006 SFN  50  69    M.Alou    SFN    9  R.Furcal  LAN   39  J.Peavy   SDN  164
                    OTHERS TIED W    8  A.Soriano WAN   39  O.Hernand NYN  158
 

2006 AL Game: Det. @ Chi.

 August 13, 2006

   The Detroit Tigers continue to struggle and dropped a 7-3 decision today against the Chicago White Sox. Jim Thome smashed 3 homeruns and drove in 5 in Chicago's win. Thome now leads the AL in homers with 41 and has 100 RBI on the season. His teammate Jermaine Dye hit his 39th homerun (2nd in the AL) and picked up his 104th RBI, tops in the AL. 

  Detroit is now 3-9 this month, allowing both Chicago and Minnesota to creep even closer in the AL Central pennant race.

BOXSCORE: 2006 Detroit Tigers At 2006 Chicago (AL) White Sox        8/13/2006
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Granderson CF     4  1  3  1 .319     S.Podsednik LF      5  1  1  0 .249  
  P.Polanco 2B        3  1  0  0 .282     A.Cintron 2B        3  2  2  1 .224  
  I.Rodriguez C       4  0  1  0 .302     J.Thome DH          4  3  3  5 .307  
  M.Ordonez RF        4  0  0  0 .293     P.Konerko 1B        2  0  0  0 .296  
  C.Guillen SS        4  1  2  0 .323     J.Dye RF            4  1  2  1 .319  
  D.Young DH          3  0  1  0 .294     A.Pierzynski C      4  0  1  0 .331  
A-M.Thames PH         1  0  0  1 .262     J.Crede 3B          4  0  0  0 .298  
  C.Monroe LF         4  0  0  0 .299     J.Uribe SS          4  0  1  0 .208  
  S.Casey 1B          3  0  1  0 .094     B.Anderson CF       4  0  0  0 .241  
  B.Inge 3B           3  0  0  0 .254                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  3  8  2                 Totals      34  7 10  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Young In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  3  8  1
White Sox....... 1 0 0  0 3 1  2 0    -  7 10  1
 
Tigers (71-46)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
Z.Miner LOSS(3-7)         6 1/3   7   5   5   2   4   3  86   4.77
W.Ledezma                 0 1/3   2   2   2   1   0   1  15   4.74
J.Zumaya                  1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  21   2.53
Totals                    8      10   7   7   3   4   4
 
White Sox (68-48)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Garcia WIN(11-4)        8       6   2   2   0   2   1 103   3.94
B.Jenks                   0 1/3   2   1   1   1   1   0  16   4.98
M.Thornton SAVE(5th)      0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   1.31
Totals                    9       8   3   3   1   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,034 DATE- Sunday, August 13th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Paul Nauert, Charlie Reliford, Larry Vanover, Greg Gibson
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4  White Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  White Sox: 2
ERRORS- S.Casey, F.Garcia
DOUBLES- C.Granderson(35th), A.Pierzynski(19th)
TRIPLES- S.Podsednik(6th)
HOME RUNS- C.Granderson(20th), J.Thome-3(41st), J.Dye(39th)
RBIs- C.Granderson(57th), M.Thames(78th), A.Cintron(30th), J.Thome-5(100th),
      J.Dye(104th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Guillen(13th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Granderson
WALKS- P.Polanco, A.Cintron, P.Konerko-2
STRIKE OUTS- C.Granderson, M.Ordonez, D.Young, P.Konerko, J.Dye, J.Crede,
             B.Anderson
GIDP- M.Ordonez, C.Monroe, J.Thome
2-out RBI- J.Thome-5, A.Cintron
RLISP 2-out- M.Ordonez, B.Anderson, A.Pierzynski, C.Monroe
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 9  White Sox: 1 for 5
 
Designated hitter Jim Thome cracked 3 homeruns and had 5 RBI as the Chicago
(AL) White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers by a score of 7 to 3.
 
Thome enjoyed a great day at the plate.  Every time he came up in the latter
innings, the crowd was on their feet cheering.  He delivered a solo blast in
the 1st inning, cracked a two-run shot in the 5th inning and popped a two-run
clout over the fence in the 7th inning.  Chicago (AL) rapped out 10 hits for
the afternoon.  
 
Freddy Garcia(11-4) picked up the victory, allowing 2 runs in 8 innings.
Garcia was helped out by Matt Thornton who recorded his 5th save.  The loss
was charged to Zach Miner(3-7).  He surrended 3 homeruns in his 6 and 1/3
innings.  
 
'It's just about getting in a good hitting position and just going out there
and being prepared,' Thome said. 'You try to hit in your own capacity and not
do too much. I just try to have a good approach, day after day, game by game,
and pitch by pitch.'

August 13, 2006                                        ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 Detroit DEA             71  46  .607 ----    44    76  41 .650   95  67 .586
2006 Chicago (AL) CHA        68  48  .586  2.5          70  46 .603   90  72 .556
2006 Minnesota MNA           68  49  .581  3.0          68  49 .581   96  66 .593
2006 Cleveland CLA           49  68  .419 22.0          53  64 .453   78  84 .481
2006 Kansas City KCA         48  70  .407 23.5          41  77 .347   62 100 .383