Chi White Sox (53-38) at Kansas City (40-52)

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Sox just 'need to keep playing'

Mark Dent / MLB.com
The trade deadline is still three weeks away, as of Thursday, and for now, Ozzie Guillen still insists that there are no glaring holes to fill on his roster. The White Sox play the final game of their series with Kansas City on Thursday.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Mark Buehrle

  • #56 LHP
  • (6-7) 3.91 ERA 67 SO
White Sox: Buehrle's month of July didn't exactly start like his most impressive month of June, during which he won four straight and posted a 1.60 ERA over six consecutive quality starts. Oakland touched up Buehrle for four runs on 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings Friday. Buehrle threw 105 pitches, struck out five and walked three, as he slipped to 3-11 lifetime against the A's. Buehrle features a 16-6 career mark when facing the Royals, along with a 3.40 ERA, and has an 8-4 ledger at Kauffman Stadium.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 113-82 3.81 1746.1 405 1010 .269
Season 6-7 3.91 117.1 32 67 .281
July 0-1 6.35 5.2 3 5 .385

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/10/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 53 38 .582 - 32-14 21-24
Kansas City Royals (AL Central) 40 52 .435 13.5 19-23 21-29
Stats - 07/10/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .261 442 123 431 36 548 3.43 817.2 769 253 645
KC .264 382 67 356 44 562 4.59 820.0 847 287 600
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Greinke ready to take on Sox at home

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Thursday's game will mark Zack Greinke's 12th career start against the White Sox. In total, he has faced Chicago 14 times, including relief appearances, and has a 2-7 career record against them.
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Royals probable pitcher

Zack Greinke

  • #23 RHP
  • (7-5) 3.62 ERA 96 SO
Royals: Greinke got the loss on Saturday night, but the young right-hander certainly pitched well enough to win. A two-out double to Akinori Iwamura scored both of Greinke's charged runs, and he went on to fan seven Rays in the seven-inning losing effort. He tossed 70 of 113 pitches for strikes and will look to get some support from the Royals offense in the home contest vs. the White Sox.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 28-40 4.43 573.1 153 421 .275
Season 7-5 3.62 117.0 35 96 .254
July 0-1 3.00 6.0 1 7 .280
Vs. Chi White Sox 0-1 12.00 6.0 2 3 .333

White Sox hitters vs Zack Greinke

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .000 2 0 0 .135 37 1 3
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .200 5 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .750 4 1 2 .346 26 1 3
Quentin, Carlos .500 2 1 2 .333 9 2 3
Ramirez, Alexei .667 3 1 1 .222 9 1 2
Rios, Alex .333 6 0 1 .385 13 0 2
Teahen, Mark - - - - - 0 0 0
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Royals hitters vs Mark Buehrle

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Josh - - - - - - - -
Aviles, Mike - - - - .333 15 0 1
Betancourt, Yuniesky - - - - .125 8 1 1
Bianchi, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Bloomquist, Willie - - - - .474 19 0 0
Buck, John - - - - .133 45 2 4
Butler, Billy - - - - .350 20 2 6
Callaspo, Alberto - - - - .000 2 0 0
DeJesus, David - - - - .170 53 1 2
Dyson, Jarrod - - - - - - - -
Fields, Josh - - - - - - - -
Getz, Chris - - - - - - - -
Gordon, Alex - - - - .235 17 0 0
Guillen, Jose - - - - .250 16 1 2
Hernandez, Luis - - - - .500 2 0 0
Jacobs, Mike - - - - - - - -
Ka'aihue, Kila - - - - - - - -
Lisson, Mario - - - - - - - -
Maier, Mitch - - - - .400 5 0 1
Parraz, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Pena, Brayan - - - - - - - -
Pina, Manuel - - - - - - - -

Royals top Sox in finale (53-38) (41-52)

Royals 4, White Sox 1

Sox edged in KC

Mark Dent / MLB.com
Mark Buehrle went 7 1/3 innings, striking out eight and walking none, but the White Sox offense couldn't back him up, as Jermaine Dye's fourth-inning homer accounted for their only run. Dye also doubled in the loss.

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Series at a Glance

 

Greinke dominant

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Although he ended up taking a no-decision, Zack Greinke was excellent, striking out eight and walking one in seven innings, allowing just one run. Mark Teahen hit his second inside-the-park home run of the season in the eighth inning.
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Royals 4, White Sox 1

Chi White SoxABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Cabrera, SS4010001.265
Pierzynski, C4000011.287
Quentin, LF4000021.272
Dye, RF4121021.297
Thome, DH3010110.241
Konerko, 1B4010003.213
Swisher, CF4010022.235
Crede, 3B3000012.255
Ramirez, 2B3000011.304
Totals3316111012 

BATTING
2B: Dye (20, Greinke).
HR: Dye (20, 4th inning off Greinke, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Cabrera; Dye 6; Thome; Konerko; Swisher.
RBI: Dye (52).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Konerko; Cabrera.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ramirez (4, 2nd base off Greinke/Buck).

FIELDING
E: Cabrera (6, fielding), Konerko (6, missed catch).
DP: (Ramirez-Cabrera-Konerko).
 
Kansas CityABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
DeJesus, D, CF-LF4110012.306
Aviles, M, SS4111012.298
Grudzielanek, 2B4000013.314
Guillen, LF4111010.274
  Olivo, C0000000.260
Teahen, RF4122021.255
Gordon, 3B4010011.252
Butler, DH3000012.257
Gload, 1B2010000.280
Buck, C3010012.253
  1-Gathright, PR-CF0000000.250
Totals324840913 


1-Ran for Buck in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Teahen (15, Buehrle), Aviles, M (10, Buehrle), Guillen (29, Dotel).
HR: Teahen (10, 8th inning off Logan, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: DeJesus, D; Aviles, M 2; Guillen 2; Teahen 6; Gordon; Gload; Buck.
RBI: Aviles, M (19), Guillen (65), Teahen 2 (32).
2-out RBI: Guillen; Teahen 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Grudzielanek; Butler.
GIDP: DeJesus, D.
Team LOB: 5.
 
Chi White SoxIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Buehrle (L, 6-8)7.16200803.68
Dotel 0.11110002.98
Logan 0.11110112.20
 
Kansas CityIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Greinke 7.06111813.48
Mahay (W, 5-0)1.00000201.88
Soria (S, 24)1.00000001.54

HBP: Gload (by Buehrle).
Pitches-strikes: Buehrle 107-76, Dotel 5-5, Logan 11-7, Greinke 109-72, Mahay 15-10, Soria 11-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Buehrle 9-5, Dotel 0-1, Logan 0-0, Greinke 8-5, Mahay 1-0, Soria 1-2.
Batters faced: Buehrle 29, Dotel 2, Logan 2, Greinke 28, Mahay 3, Soria 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Dotel 1-1, Logan 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Bill Hohn. 1B: Dale Scott. 2B: Ron Kulpa. 3B: Dan Iassogna.
Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, R to L.
T: 2:26.
Att: 14,547.
July 10, 2008

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