2006 AL Game: Chi. @ Det.

 August 24, 2006

   Detroit's August woes continued today at Comerica Park. The Chicago White Sox had a big 9th inning comeback and defeated the Tigers 8-5. Detroit led 5-4 going into the 9th but Tiger closer Todd Jones was hammered for 4 runs while the hometown crowd booed him mercilessly. The big blow came from Jermaine Dye who hit his 43rd homerun of the season, a 2 run blast. So Chicago takes 3 games of the 4 game series against Detroit and leaves town with a 2.5 game lead in the AL Central. The Tigers have now gone 5-17 in August.

CHICAGO (AL) AT DETROIT
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 4  0 0 4  -  8 15  0
Tigers.......... 0 3 0  0 1 0  1 0 0  -  5 11  0
Win:Riske(2-2) Loss:Jones(4-4) Save:Jenks(36th)
Homeruns- J.Dye(43rd), P.Konerko(28th), R.Gload(5th), V.Wilson(2nd)
 
In a great finish the Chicago (AL) White Sox came back in the top of the ninth
and held on to win over the Detroit Tigers by a score of 8 to 5 at Comerica
Park.
 
Chicago (AL) won the game with a rally in the 9th inning when they tallied 4
runs on 6 hits.  The critical plate appearance was by Jermaine Dye who
deflated the spirits of the home town crowd when he popped a two-run clout
over the fence.  Chicago (AL) ended up with 15 hits for the game while
Detroit had 11.  
 
David Riske(2-2) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 and 2/3 innings. Bobby
Jenks earned the save, his 36th.  Todd Jones(4-4) took the loss in relief.
He saw his ERA jump from 3.35 to 4.23 as gave up 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning.
 
'I pin this one on my own shoulders,' Jones said. 'The bottom line is I didn't
get the job done.  Our fans deserve better than this.'
 
CONDENSED PLAY LOG
TOP 1- Ozuna-Si, SB(Ozuna), Iguchi-L, Dye-G, Konerko-L
BOT 1- Granderson-K, Monroe-K, Young-G
TOP 2- Crede-G, Pierzynski-G, Uribe-F
BOT 2- Ordonez-G, Guillen-Si, Inge-Si, Casey-F, Wilson-HR, Perez-G
TOP 3- Gload-P, Anderson-Si, Ozuna-K, Iguchi-Si, Dye-W, Konerko-G
BOT 3- Granderson-Si, Monroe-G-DP, Young-K
TOP 4- Crede-P, Pierzynski-K, Uribe-Do, Gload-G
BOT 4- Ordonez-F, Guillen-F, Inge-W, Casey-Si, Wilson-G
TOP 5- Anderson-L, Ozuna-F, Iguchi-K
BOT 5- Perez-G, Granderson-Do, Monroe-Si, Young-Si, Ordonez-G-DP
TOP 6- Dye-W, Konerko-HR, Crede-Si, WP, Pierzynski-F, Uribe-G, Gload-HR
       Anderson-F
BOT 6- Guillen-F, Inge-Si, Casey-Force, Wilson-F
TOP 7- Ozuna-G, Iguchi-K, Dye-Si, Konerko-L
BOT 7- Perez-G, Granderson-Tr, Monroe-SF, Young-G
TOP 8- Crede-Si, Pierzynski-G-DP, Uribe-K
BOT 8- Ordonez-F, Guillen-F, Inge-F
TOP 9- Gload-Si, Anderson-G, Ozuna-Si, SB(Ozuna), Iguchi-L, Dye-HR
       Konerko-Si, Crede-Si, Pierzynski-Si, Uribe-G
BOT 9- Casey-K, Wilson-Si, Thames-G, Granderson-K
 

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 Chicago (AL) CHA        76  51  .598 ----    34    75  52 .591   90  72 .556
2006 Minnesota MNA           73  53  .579  2.5          74  52 .587   96  66 .593
2006 Detroit DEA             74  54  .578  2.5          81  47 .633   95  67 .586
2006 Cleveland CLA           55  71  .437 20.5          58  68 .460   78  84 .481
2006 Kansas City KCA         52  77  .403 25.0          46  83 .357   62 100 .383

2006 AL Game: Chi. @ Det.

 August 23, 2006

  The Chicago White Sox took game 3 in the 4 game series against the Detroit Tigers 5-2. Detroit jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the 1st inning but Sox starter Freddie Garcia shut the door after that pitching 7 scoreless innings for his 13th Win of the season. Zack Miner couldn't get out of the 2nd inning and took the loss. Chicago increased their lead over 2nd place Detroit back to 1.5 games with the victory.

CHICAGO (AL) AT DETROIT
White Sox....... 0 3 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  -  5 17  0
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  4  0
Win:Garcia(13-4) Loss:Miner(3-9) Save:Jenks(35th)
Homeruns- C.Monroe(31st)
 
Freddy Garcia had a strong outing and Rob Mackowiak had 3 base hits and 2 RBI
at Comerica Park where the Chicago (AL) White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5
to 2.
 
Chicago (AL) had 3 runs cross the plate in the top of the 2nd inning when they
came up with 5 base hits.  That was all the runs Garcia(13-4) needed.  Bobby
Jenks was great in relief and recorded his 35th save.  
 
Zach Miner(3-9) was the losing pitcher.  He allowed 7 hits and no walks in 1
and 1/3 innings.
 

2006 AL Game: Chi. @ Det.

 August 22, 2006

   The Detroit Tigers took game 2 of a 4 game series against the AL Central 1st place Chicago White Sox 10-8 tonight. Even when scoring 10 runs it wasn't easy for Detroit to gain the victory. Chicago kept coming back after the Tigers put runs on the board. Brandon Inge drove in 5 for Detroit. With the Win, the Tigers are now .5 game behind the Sox. 

BOXSCORE: 2006 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2006 Detroit Tigers        8/22/2006
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Ozuna LF          4  2  3  0 .272     N.Perez 2B          5  0  1  0 .250  
  T.Iguchi 2B         4  1  1  0 .277     M.Thames DH         4  1  1  0 .258  
  J.Thome DH          3  1  1  2 .300     I.Rodriguez C       5  0  1  0 .303  
  P.Konerko 1B        4  0  1  1 .300     M.Ordonez RF        5  0  2  0 .291  
  J.Dye RF            5  0  1  1 .315     C.Guillen SS        4  2  2  2 .323  
  J.Crede 3B          4  2  2  0 .299     C.Monroe LF         3  3  2  2 .306  
  J.Uribe SS          4  2  3  2 .217     S.Casey 1B          4  2  2  0 .203  
  B.Anderson CF       4  0  0  0 .238     B.Clevlen CF        2  1  1  1 .130  
  S.Alomar C          1  0  0  1 .316   C-C.Granderson PH,CF  1  0  0  0 .313  
A-R.Mackowiak PH      1  0  0  0 .260     B.Inge 3B           3  1  2  5 .261  
B-A.Pierzynski C      1  0  0  0 .323                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  8 12  7                 Totals      36 10 14 10
 
A-Pinch Hit For Alomar In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Mackowiak In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Clevlen In 7th Inning
 
White Sox....... 1 0 0  0 4 2  0 0 1  -  8 12  1
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  4 3 1  1 0    - 10 14  0
 
White Sox (74-51)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Buehrle                 3 1/3   6   5   5   2   2   2  72   5.80
D.Riske LOSS(1-2)         1 1/3   2   3   3   1   2   1  25   6.59
N.Cotts                   0 2/3   2   1   1   1   0   0  21   4.89
B.McCarthy                0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   9   5.28
M.Thornton                0 1/3   1   1   1   0   0   0   8   1.72
M.Macdougal               2       2   0   0   0   0   0  21   2.60
Totals                    8      14  10  10   4   4   3
 
Tigers (74-52)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Rogers WIN(17-5)        5       7   5   5   3   0   0  67   4.42
F.Rodney HOLD(8th)        2       3   2   2   2   2   1  47   2.18
J.Grilli HOLD(2nd)        1       1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5.30
T.Jones SAVE(9th)         1       1   1   1   0   0   1  11   3.35
Totals                    9      12   8   8   5   2   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,539 DATE- Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Angel Hernandez, Hunter Wendelstedt, Sam Holbrook, Randy Marsh
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 6  Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1  Tigers: 2
ERRORS- P.Ozuna
DOUBLES- P.Ozuna(9th), J.Crede(28th), S.Casey(2nd), B.Inge(31st)
TRIPLES- B.Clevlen(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Thome(44th), J.Uribe(12th), C.Guillen(22nd), C.Monroe(30th),
           B.Inge(23rd)
RBIs- J.Thome-2(111st), P.Konerko(83rd), J.Dye(109th), J.Uribe-2(51st),
      S.Alomar(5th), C.Guillen-2(74th), C.Monroe-2(97th), B.Clevlen(2nd),
      B.Inge-5(73rd)
STOLEN BASES- P.Ozuna(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Alomar, B.Inge
WALKS- P.Ozuna, T.Iguchi, J.Thome-2, P.Konerko, M.Thames, C.Guillen, C.Monroe,
       B.Clevlen
STRIKE OUTS- J.Crede, B.Anderson, M.Thames, I.Rodriguez, M.Ordonez, B.Clevlen
GIDP- J.Thome, J.Dye
2-out RBI- B.Inge, J.Thome, P.Konerko, J.Dye, C.Monroe-2, B.Clevlen, C.Guillen
RLISP 2-out- C.Guillen, N.Perez, B.Inge, T.Iguchi, C.Monroe-2, J.Crede
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 4 for 9  Tigers: 2 for 9
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Juan Uribe robbed Craig Monroe of a base hit.
 
Brandon Inge hit a homerun and had 5 RBI at Comerica Park where the Detroit
Tigers beat the Chicago (AL) White Sox 10 to 8.
 
Inge had a good evening at the plate.  He doubled bringing in a run in the 2nd
inning and lost the ball over the fence for three runs in the 4th inning.
Detroit banged out 14 hits on the night.  
 
The win was credited to Kenny Rogers(17-5) who went 5 innings allowing 5 runs.
Rogers was helped out by Todd Jones who recorded his 9th save.  David
Riske(1-2) took the loss in relief.  
 

2006 AL Game: Chi. @ Det.

 August 21, 2006

   The 1st place Chicago White Sox came into Detroit today for a big 4 game series against my 2nd place Detroit Tigers. Jose Contreras pitched a complete game 5-hitter and the Sox came away with an easy 5-1 victory in tonight's game. Alex Cintron drove in 2 runs with a single in the 2nd inning and Detroit was never able to come back from that deficit. Chicago now leads the AL Central by 1.5 games over Detroit and the Minnesota Twins are just 2.5 games back. The Tigers are now 5-15 in August as their downward spiral continues.

BOXSCORE: 2006 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2006 Detroit Tigers        8/21/2006
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Podsednik LF      5  1  2  1 .260     C.Granderson CF     4  0  0  0 .313  
  T.Iguchi 2B         4  0  0  0 .278     D.Young DH          3  0  0  0 .297  
  J.Thome DH          4  0  1  2 .300     C.Guillen SS        4  0  1  1 .321  
  P.Konerko 1B        4  0  1  0 .300     M.Ordonez RF        4  0  2  0 .290  
  J.Dye RF            3  1  0  0 .317     C.Monroe LF         4  0  1  0 .303  
  A.Pierzynski C      3  1  0  0 .324     I.Rodriguez C       3  0  0  0 .304  
  J.Crede 3B          3  0  0  0 .297     S.Casey 1B          3  0  0  0 .183  
  R.Mackowiak CF      4  1  1  0 .261     B.Inge 3B           3  0  0  0 .258  
  A.Cintron SS        4  1  2  2 .226     N.Perez 2B          3  1  1  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  5  7  5                 Totals      31  1  5  1
 
 
White Sox....... 0 2 0  0 2 0  1 0 0  -  5  7  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  1  5  0
 
White Sox (74-50)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Contreras WIN(11-7)     9       5   1   1   1   4   0 110   3.93
Totals                    9       5   1   1   1   4   0
 
Tigers (73-52)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander LOSS(13-8)    6 1/3   7   5   5   2   4   0 105   3.52
J.Walker                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.27
J.Zumaya                  1       0   0   0   1   2   0  17   2.98
W.Ledezma                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0  12   4.73
Totals                    9       7   5   5   3   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,483 DATE- Monday, August 21st 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Larry Young, Bill Hohn, Mike Everitt, Alfonso Marquez
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 5  Tigers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1  Tigers: 0
DOUBLES- S.Podsednik(24th), N.Perez(1st)
TRIPLES- C.Monroe(2nd)
RBIs- S.Podsednik(36th), J.Thome-2(109th), A.Cintron-2(33rd), C.Guillen(72nd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Guillen(14th)
WALKS- J.Dye, A.Pierzynski, J.Crede, D.Young
STRIKE OUTS- S.Podsednik, T.Iguchi, P.Konerko, J.Dye, A.Pierzynski,
             R.Mackowiak-2, C.Granderson, D.Young, B.Inge-2
GIDP- I.Rodriguez
2-out RBI- A.Cintron-2, J.Thome-2, C.Guillen
RLISP 2-out- S.Podsednik, B.Inge, M.Ordonez, J.Thome
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 2 for 8  Tigers: 1 for 7
 
Jose Contreras went 9 solid innings and shortstop Alex Cintron had 2 base hits
and 2 RBI as the Chicago (AL) White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 5 to 1 at
Comerica Park.
 
Detroit never recovered after Chicago (AL) took the lead in the top of the 2nd
inning scoring 2 runs using 2 hits.  Paul Konerko led off the inning for
Chicago (AL) when he laced a base-hit.  Jermaine Dye came to the plate and
drew a walk.  After an out was recorded, Joe Crede then drew a walk to load
the bases.  Rob Mackowiak was a strikeout victim, unable to help out.
Cintron stepped into the box and banged out a single scoring two baserunners.
That was all the runs Contreras(11-7) needed.  Chicago (AL) totaled 7 hits
on the night.  
 
Justin Verlander(13-8) suffered the loss.  He allowed 5 runs and 7 hits in 6
and 1/3 innings.

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2006 Chicago (AL) CHA        74  50  .597 ----    37    73  51 .589   90  72 .556
2006 Detroit DEA             73  52  .584  1.5          80  45 .640   95  67 .586
2006 Minnesota MNA           71  52  .577  2.5          72  51 .585   96  66 .593
2006 Cleveland CLA           53  70  .431 20.5          56  67 .455   78  84 .481
2006 Kansas City KCA         51  75  .405 24.0          45  81 .357   62 100 .383