ChiSox take opener of twinbill from New York
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05/16/2007 -
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - John Danks gave up just two runs to help the
Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees in the opener of
a day/night doubleheader at U.S. Cellular Field.
Danks (2-4) earned his second straight win as he yielded seven hits with a
pair of walks and seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings of work for the White Sox,
who have won five of their last six games.
Paul Konerko and A.J. Pierzynski each hit solo home runs for Chicago, which
has won three of its last four games against New York.
Mike Mussina (2-2) absorbed the loss as he was charged with five runs on eight
hits in 5 1/3 innings for the Yankees, losers in four of their last five
contests.
Bobby Abreu and Josh Phelps each hit a solo home run in defeat.
"We have to find our groove," said New York manager Joe Torre. "We know we're
much better than this. We just aren't getting the offense we need. We have to
keep plugging away and not quit."
This three-game series was slated to start on Tuesday, but rain forced a
postponement to make the twinbill necessary.
With the score tied at 2-2 entering the bottom of the sixth, Chicago grabbed
the lead with three runs in the frame.
Pierzynski led off by nailing a 3-1 pitch over the left field wall for his
seventh home run of the season. After Konerko grounded out, Jermaine Dye hit a
double and Rob Mackowiak was plunked by a pitch. Joe Crede then scored Dye
with a single up the middle and Luis Vizcaino took over for Mussina.
Tadahito Iguchi was the first batter Vizcaino faced and he hit a fly ball to
left that Melky Cabrera caught. Mackowiak headed home from third and Cabrera
threw a bullet toward the plate, but Mackowiak slid around the tag of Jorge
Posada for a 5-2 lead.
New York got a run back in the eighth as Phelps hit a two-out solo home run
over the center field wall to make it a 5-3 contest.
Matt Thornton, though, got the last out of the eighth and retired the Yankees
in order in the ninth to pick up his first save of the season.
The White Sox took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Konerko hit a 1-0 pitch over
the center field wall for his fifth home run.
New York got the run back in the fifth as Abreu led off the inning by hitting
the first pitch he saw just barely over the left field wall for his second
homer of the season.
Chicago also scored a run in the fifth as Iguchi hit a one-out double, moved
to third on Ryan Sweeney's ground out and crossed the plate on a Darin Erstad
single. Cabrera, though, stole a home run from Juan Uribe as he made a leaping
catch at the wall to end the inning.
The Yankees again tied the game in the sixth as Posada led off with a walk,
Abreu kept the inning alive with a two-out single and Cabrera drove home
Posada with a double off the left field wall.
Game Notes
The second game is scheduled to start at 8:11 p.m. (et). Heading to the hill
in the nightcap for New York will be righty Chien-Ming Wang while Chicago will
put right-hander Jose Contreras on the mound...Mussina is 15-16 in 35 starts
against Chicago in his career...New York left seven runners on base.
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