Chi White Sox (38-38) at Cleveland (31-47)

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Slugger Dye heating up at right time

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Jermaine Dye is hitting his groove just in time. The White Sox have found their stride, winning five of their last six games. And the right-handed-hitting Dye is a big reason why.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Clayton Richard

  • #54 LHP
  • (2-1) 4.33 ERA 46 SO
Richard struggled for a second straight outing last Thursday against the Dodgers. He lasted just 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits while striking out one and walking one. His control was shaky, as he hit three batters, the most by a White Sox pitcher since Javier Vazquez on June 9, 2006, against the Indians. Over his past two starts, Richard has thrown 7 1/3 innings, giving up nine runs -- seven earned -- and has not gone six innings in five straight starts. Against the Indians, Richard is 0-1 with a 6.97 ERA in three career games (two starts).
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 4-6 5.07 110.0 42 75 .294
Season 2-1 4.33 62.1 29 46 .286
June 0-1 6.04 22.1 14 16 .322
Vs. Cleveland 0-0 10.80 3.1 3 2 .375

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/30/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 38 38 .500 4.0 20-20 18-18
Cleveland Indians (AL Central) 31 47 .397 12.0 17-22 14-25
Stats - 06/30/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .254 332 88 320 52 497 4.00 674.1 666 254 538
CLE .261 399 86 373 42 602 5.25 693.0 748 313 493
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Perez happy for Tribe opportunity

Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
Chris Perez made his debut out of the Indians' bullpen Monday night. Unfortunately for the Tribe, he fit right in with the rest of the beleaguered bunch, leaving himself waiting to make a brighter second impression.
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Indians probable pitcher

Cliff Lee

  • #31 LHP
  • (4-6) 2.92 ERA 79 SO
Lee's tough-luck year continued on Thursday in Pittsburgh. He held the Pirates to a pair of runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts but had only a no-decision to show for it. But this was partially Lee's fault, as he squandered a 2-0 lead and issued a game-tying walk with the bases loaded in the seventh. He also would have liked to be a little more efficient and last into the eighth. Still, Lee has a 2.22 ERA in his past 14 starts, with just four wins to show for it, and that's a disturbing trend. Lee held the White Sox scoreless on six hits over seven innings in a victory on May 13.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 80-45 4.02 1076.0 315 798 .263
Season 4-6 2.92 111.0 26 79 .275
June 2-0 2.43 37.0 10 25 .226
Vs. Chi White Sox 1-0 0.00 7.0 1 9 .231

White Sox hitters vs Cliff Lee

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beckham, Gordon - - - - 1.000 2 0 1
Castro, Ramon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Jones, Andruw - - - - .000 3 0 0
Konerko, Paul .333 3 0 0 .333 45 6 16
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .250 8 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Nix, Jayson .333 3 0 0 .500 6 0 0
Pierre, Juan - - - - .200 10 0 0
Pierzynski, A.J. .000 3 0 0 .294 34 1 3
Quentin, Carlos .000 1 0 0 .125 8 0 0
Ramirez, Alexei 1.000 3 0 0 .400 10 0 1
Rios, Alex .000 2 0 1 .280 25 0 3
Teahen, Mark .300 10 0 1 .364 44 2 12
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -
Vizquel, Omar - - - - .000 7 0 0

Indians hitters vs Clayton Richard

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bixler, Brian - - - - .333 3 0 0
Brantley, Michael - - - - .333 6 0 1
Brown, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Asdrubal .500 2 0 0 .444 9 0 4
Choo, Shin-Soo .000 1 0 1 .222 9 0 3
Crowe, Trevor - - - - - - - -
Donald, Jason - - - - - - - -
Gimenez, Chris - - - - .444 9 2 2
Hafner, Travis - - - - 1.000 1 1 1
Hodges, Wes - - - - .375 8 1 3
LaPorta, Matt 1.000 1 0 0 .250 4 0 0
Marson, Lou - - - - - - - -
Marte, Andy - - - - - - - -
Peralta, Jhonny .500 2 0 1 .333 9 0 2
Redmond, Mike - - - - .500 2 0 0
Rivero, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Santana, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Sizemore, Grady .333 3 0 0 .200 10 0 0
Toregas, Wyatt - - - - - - - -
Valbuena, Luis - - - - .500 2 0 0
Weglarz, Nick - - - - - - - -

Cliff jumpers: Sox rout Tribe (39-38) (31-48)

White Sox 11, Indians 4 (7)

Hit parade goes on

Matt O'Donnell / MLB.com
Defending AL Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee, who entered with 22 consecutive scoreless innings vs. Chicago, exited in the fourth inning as the Sox scored seven early runs in a rain-shortened win. Paul Konerko, Gordon Beckham and Josh Fields homered among Chicago's 17 hits.

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Series at a Glance

 

Lee doesn't have it

Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
It was a rare rough outing for Cliff Lee, who didn't have his control and didn't make it through five innings for the first time in 48 starts. Lee was charged with seven earned runs in three-plus innings, his shortest start since 2006, in a game called because of rain in the seventh.
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White Sox 11, Indians 4

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Nix, J, LF 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 .231
Ramirez, A, SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .265
Dye, RF 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 .295
Konerko, DH 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 .286
Pierzynski, C 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 .294
Anderson, Br, CF 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .244
Beckham, 3B 4 2 3 2 0 1 1 .267
Getz, 2B 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 .248
Fields, 1B 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .234
Totals 35 11 17 11 2 5 13  

BATTING
2B: Dye (13, Lee, Cl), Anderson, Br (7, Lee, Cl), Nix, J 2 (5, Lee, Cl, Lee, Cl), Getz (12, Lee, Cl), Pierzynski (9, Gosling).
HR: Konerko (13, 1st inning off Lee, Cl, 1 on, 1 out), Beckham (2, 5th inning off Gosling, 0 on, 1 out), Fields (6, 5th inning off Gosling, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Nix, J 4; Ramirez, A; Dye 4; Konerko 4; Pierzynski 3; Anderson, Br 3; Beckham 6; Getz 3; Fields 4.
RBI: Dye 2 (48), Konerko 2 (48), Beckham 2 (13), Getz 2 (18), Fields (25), Anderson, Br 2 (11).
2-out RBI: Beckham; Getz 2; Fields; Anderson, Br 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dye; Fields.
GIDP: Pierzynski; Nix, J.
Team RISP: 6-for-12.
Team LOB: 6.
 
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Cabrera, A, SS 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 .313
Sizemore, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .223
Martinez, V, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Choo, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .293
Peralta, J, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262
Hafner, DH 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 .290
Carroll, J, 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .282
Francisco, B, LF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .227
Shoppach, C 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200
Totals 22 4 4 4 1 6 4  

BATTING
2B: Cabrera, A (14, Richard).
HR: Hafner (8, 2nd inning off Richard, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Cabrera, A 2; Hafner 4; Carroll, J; Francisco, B.
RBI: Hafner (18), Cabrera, A 3 (30).
2-out RBI: Hafner; Cabrera, A 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sizemore.
Team RISP: 2-for-4.
Team LOB: 1.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Carroll, J-Cabrera, A-Martinez, V, Cabrera, A-Carroll, J-Martinez, V).
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Richard (W, 3-1) 6.0 4 4 4 1 6 1 4.48
 
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lee, Cl (L, 4-7) 3.0 11 7 7 1 3 1 3.39
Gosling 2.2 4 4 4 0 1 2 6.75
Herges 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.55

Lee, Cl pitched to 3 batters in the 4th.

WP: Lee, Cl.
Pitches-strikes: Richard 81-58, Lee, Cl 79-53, Gosling 39-27, Herges 15-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Richard 9-3, Lee, Cl 4-2, Gosling 2-5, Herges 2-0.
Batters faced: Richard 23, Lee, Cl 21, Gosling 11, Herges 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Gosling 2-0, Herges 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Phil Cuzzi. 1B: Brian Runge. 2B: Tom Hallion. 3B: Scott Barry.
Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 17 mph, L to R.
T: 1:56 (1:59 delay).
Att: 14,793.
June 30, 2009

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