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Floyd kicks off important stretch for Sox

Jesse Temple / MLB.com
Coming off 14 games vs. the NL, the White Sox are back in business against the AL Central, with Gavin Floyd getting the start vs. the Tribe to begin a 13-game intradivision stretch.
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Gavin Floyd

  • #34 RHP
  • (5-5) 4.45 ERA 76 SO
Despite a rocky first three innings, Floyd produced his seventh consecutive quality start in a 10-7 victory against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Floyd threw 71 pitches in the first three innings, allowing three runs. Over his final three innings, however, he made just 37 pitches, allowing no runs. In total, Floyd went six innings, giving up three runs (one earned), while striking out three and walking two. Over his last seven starts, Floyd is 3-1 with a 1.60 ERA. Floyd is 3-2 with a 5.40 ERA in five career starts against the Indians. He is 1-1 against them this season and last faced them on June 6 at U.S. Cellular Field. In that contest, Floyd picked up the victory, lasting 6 2/3 innings and allowing two runs on five hits, striking out seven with one walk.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 30-23 4.88 480.0 189 345 .263
Season 5-5 4.45 95.0 36 76 .251
June 2-0 1.56 34.2 9 25 .189
Vs. Cleveland 1-1 6.94 11.2 4 10 .308

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/29/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 37 38 .493 5.0 20-20 17-18
Cleveland Indians (AL Central) 31 46 .403 12.0 17-21 14-25
Stats - 06/29/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .255 326 88 315 49 491 4.02 665.1 658 252 532
CLE .261 396 84 370 42 596 5.24 684.0 741 311 487
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Back to basics, and the Sox, for Pavano

Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
Carl Pavano hopes the White Sox recognize him Monday night at Progressive Field. Because that would mean the mechanical flaws that have haunted Pavano in recent starts have been corrected.
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Carl Pavano

  • #44 RHP
  • (6-6) 5.80 ERA 62 SO
Pavano took a few extra days between starts to nurse a sore shoulder and work out some kinks behind the scenes. But his outing Wednesday against the Pirates proved he remains a work in progress. Pavano was rocked for eight runs on 11 hits with a walk and three strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings. While five of the runs off Pavano were unearned, as a result of a throwing error by shortstop Luis Valbuena in the Pirates' six-run fourth inning, the simple fact was that Pavano didn't make pitches when it counted in this loss. He's now given up 23 runs in 13 1/3 innings over his last three starts. He is 2-0 with a 2.35 ERA in two starts against the Sox this season.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 72-72 4.43 1168.2 319 754 .279
Season 6-6 5.80 85.1 18 62 .308
June 1-2 7.25 22.1 5 12 .351
Vs. Chi White Sox 2-0 2.35 15.1 2 9 .232

White Sox hitters vs Carl Pavano

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beckham, Gordon .000 3 0 0 .400 5 0 1
Castro, Ramon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Jones, Andruw 1.000 1 0 1 .250 4 0 1
Konerko, Paul .286 7 0 0 .143 14 0 0
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .500 4 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .667 6 0 1 .538 13 0 3
Quentin, Carlos .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Ramirez, Alexei .143 7 0 2 .100 10 0 2
Rios, Alex - - - - .333 12 1 1
Teahen, Mark .143 7 0 0 .263 19 0 2
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -
Vizquel, Omar - 0 0 0 .125 8 0 0

Indians hitters vs Gavin Floyd

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bixler, Brian - - - - .000 3 0 0
Brantley, Michael - - - - - - - -
Brown, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Asdrubal .667 3 0 0 .400 5 0 0
Choo, Shin-Soo .333 6 0 3 .400 10 0 4
Crowe, Trevor - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0
Donald, Jason - - - - - - - -
Gimenez, Chris - - - - .667 3 0 0
Hafner, Travis .333 3 0 0 .125 8 0 0
Hodges, Wes - - - - - - - -
LaPorta, Matt - - - - - - - -
Marson, Lou - - - - - - - -
Marte, Andy - - - - .167 6 0 1
Peralta, Jhonny .400 5 0 2 .412 17 2 6
Redmond, Mike - - - - - - - -
Rivero, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Santana, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Sizemore, Grady .250 4 0 0 .188 16 0 1
Toregas, Wyatt - - - - - - - -
Valbuena, Luis .000 3 0 0 .000 6 0 0
Weglarz, Nick - - - - - - - -

Floyd a machine vs. Tribe (38-38) (31-47)

White Sox 6, Indians 3

Sox turn up heat

Matt O'Donnell / MLB.com
The White Sox, riding the hot arm of Gavin Floyd, claimed their fifth win in six games. Aided by an overturned call to escape a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning, an efficient Floyd worked 7 2/3 shutout frames. Chicago salted it away with a four-run ninth inning.

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Series at a Glance

 

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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
Carl Pavano was good vs. the White Sox, but the South Siders' Gavin Floyd was even better, holding the Tribe scoreless over 7 2/3 innings and benefiting from an overturned call in the eighth inning. Shin-Soo Choo and Ryan Garko hit homers in the ninth.
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White Sox 6, Indians 3

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .313
Ramirez, A, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264
  1-Nix, J, PR-SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219
Dye, RF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .287
  Anderson, Br, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Thome, DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .241
Konerko, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286
Pierzynski, C 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 .290
Getz, 2B 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 .243
Beckham, 3B 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 .239
Wise, CF-RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .191
Totals 32 6 7 5 2 6 11  


1-Ran for Ramirez, A in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Getz 2 (11, Pavano, Perez, C).
TB: Podsednik; Dye; Getz 4; Beckham 3.
RBI: Dye (46), Beckham 2 (11), Pierzynski (24), Getz (16).
2-out RBI: Beckham 2; Getz.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Podsednik.
GIDP: Thome.
Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Nix, J (4, 2nd base off Perez, C/Martinez, V), Podsednik (12, 2nd base off Pavano/Martinez, V), Beckham (1, 2nd base off Sipp/Martinez, V).
CS: Beckham (3, 2nd base by Pavano/Martinez, V).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Wise (Choo at 1st base).
DP: 2 (Wise-Konerko, Ramirez, A-Konerko).
 
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Carroll, J, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .279
Sizemore, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226
Martinez, V, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .316
Choo, RF 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .296
Peralta, J, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .265
Hafner, DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .283
Garko, 1B 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 .260
Valbuena, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .195
Gimenez, LF 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .276
Totals 33 3 8 3 2 6 9  

BATTING
2B: Peralta, J (14, Thornton).
HR: Choo (10, 9th inning off Thornton, 0 on, 1 out), Garko (8, 9th inning off Dotel, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Carroll, J; Choo 5; Peralta, J 3; Garko 4; Gimenez 2.
RBI: Choo (45), Garko 2 (32).
2-out RBI: Garko 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Garko 2.
GIDP: Sizemore.
Team RISP: 1-for-3.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
DP: (Peralta, J-Valbuena-Garko).
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Floyd, G (W, 6-5) 7.2 5 0 0 2 5 0 4.12
Thornton (H, 12) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 2.93
Dotel 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.23
 
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pavano (L, 6-7) 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 5.56
Sipp 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.09
Perez, C 0.2 2 4 4 1 0 0 5.55
Veras 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.67

WP: Thornton, Perez, C.
HBP: Ramirez, A (by Perez, C), Dye (by Perez, C).
Pitches-strikes: Floyd, G 95-59, Thornton 18-12, Dotel 9-5, Pavano 100-69, Sipp 18-10, Perez, C 27-16, Veras 4-2.
Groundouts-flyouts: Floyd, G 16-1, Thornton 1-2, Dotel 0-0, Pavano 11-3, Sipp 2-1, Perez, C 1-1, Veras 0-1.
Batters faced: Floyd, G 28, Thornton 5, Dotel 2, Pavano 24, Sipp 4, Perez, C 7, Veras 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Thornton 1-0, Dotel 1-1, Veras 1-0.
EjectionsCleveland Indians Manager Eric Wedge ejected by 3B umpire Tom Hallion. (8th).
Umpires: HP: Scott Barry. 1B: Phil Cuzzi. 2B: Brian Runge. 3B: Tom Hallion.
Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:41.
Att: 15,645.
June 29, 2009

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