Chi White Sox (12-12) at Kansas City (14-11)

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Lillibridge aims to capitalize on chances

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Plenty of opportunities have existed for Brent Lillibridge to prove himself during the first five weeks of the 2009 season. Yet, Lillibridge has yet to show he truly belongs with the White Sox, primarily falling short at the plate.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Bartolo Colon

  • #40 RHP
  • (2-1) 4.15 ERA 12 SO
Colon looked as strong as he has in any of his four starts for the White Sox this season during a 2-1 victory over the Mariners in Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader. Colon struck out six and walked one, giving up four hits and one unearned run over seven innings. He also pitched out of a second-and-third, one-out jam in the seventh, nursing a one-run lead, while working up his pitch count to 95. Colon has not faced the Royals this season but has a 15-7 career mark with a 4.84 ERA in 25 starts. Colon holds a 6-4 record during his starts at Kauffman Stadium.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 152-98 4.09 2036.0 695 1581 .260
Season 2-1 4.15 21.2 6 12 .244

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/04/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 12 12 .500 1.5 6-6 6-6
Kansas City Royals (AL Central) 14 11 .560 - 7-6 7-5
Stats - 05/04/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .260 108 26 105 15 166 4.71 210.0 239 88 149
KC .255 119 25 114 11 163 3.77 222.0 206 84 189
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Bloomquist is red-hot Royal

Thor Nystrom / Special to MLB.com
Willie Bloomquist made his first start at shortstop for the Royals on Sunday against the Twins. Manager Trey Hillman says he's "trying to ride the hot hand," and that is definitely Bloomquist.
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Royals probable pitcher

Zack Greinke

  • #23 RHP
  • (5-0) 0.50 ERA 44 SO
Greinke's string of 43 straight innings without allowing an earned run ended last Wednesday night but the Blue Jays managed just two runs off him as he became the Majors' first five-game winner this season. Greinke went seven innings after going the distance in his previous two starts and he threw 111 pitches. His eight strikeouts gave him an average of 11 per nine innings -- he has 44 in 36 innings so far. Hardly anything has gone wrong for Greinke this season. He even beat the White Sox, a team that's been tough on him in his career. He's 4-8 against them after his 2-0 win in his first start.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 39-45 4.08 694.2 182 552 .270
Season 5-0 0.50 36.0 8 44 .188
Vs. Chi White Sox 1-0 0.00 6.0 3 7 .158

White Sox hitters vs Zack Greinke

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - .400 5 1 1
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .000 2 0 0 .137 51 1 5
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .200 5 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - .000 2 0 0
Nix, Jayson - - - - .100 10 0 0
Pierzynski, A.J. .500 2 0 0 .400 40 2 4
Quentin, Carlos .000 1 0 0 .235 17 3 4
Ramirez, Alexei .000 2 0 0 .150 20 1 2
Rios, Alex .000 3 0 0 .364 22 1 4
Teahen, Mark - - - - - 0 0 0
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Royals hitters vs Bartolo Colon

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Josh - - - - - - - -
Aviles, Mike - - - - .000 2 0 0
Betancourt, Yuniesky .000 3 0 0 .367 30 0 3
Bianchi, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Bloomquist, Willie - - - - .400 10 0 2
Buck, John - - - - .000 12 0 0
Butler, Billy - - - - .250 8 0 1
Callaspo, Alberto - - - - .500 4 0 0
DeJesus, David - - - - .357 28 2 4
Dyson, Jarrod - - - - - - - -
Fields, Josh - - - - .333 3 0 0
Getz, Chris - - - - - - - -
Gordon, Alex - - - - .333 3 0 1
Guillen, Jose - - - - .227 22 1 3
Hernandez, Luis - - - - - - - -
Jacobs, Mike - - - - 1.000 2 0 0
Ka'aihue, Kila - - - - - - - -
Lisson, Mario - - - - - - - -
Maier, Mitch - - - - - - - -
Parraz, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Pena, Brayan - - - - - - - -
Pina, Manuel - - - - - - - -

Greinke sizzles in win No. 6 (12-13) (15-11)

Royals 3, White Sox 0

Sox drop opener

Rustin Dodd / MLB.com
The White Sox were unable to solve Royals right-hander Zack Greinke as they lost the series opener. Bartolo Colon gave up three runs -- two earned -- while striking out seven over five innings.

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Greinke blanks Sox

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Zack Greinke allowed six hits and struck out 10 while shutting out the White Sox. Greinke improved to 6-0 and lowered his ERA to 0.40. KC's David DeJesus drilled a solo home run in the third inning.
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Royals 3, White Sox 0

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Getz, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .311
Nix, J, 3B-RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .429
Quentin, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .233
Thome, DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .224
Konerko, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .300
Pierzynski, C 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .284
Ramirez, A, SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .214
Podsednik, RF-CF 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 .267
Lillibridge, CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167
  a-Betemit, PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .310
Totals 31 0 6 0 0 10 9  

a-Struck out for Lillibridge in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Podsednik (1, Greinke), Nix, J (1, Greinke).
TB: Nix, J 2; Pierzynski 2; Ramirez, A; Podsednik 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nix, J; Betemit; Thome.
GIDP: Podsednik.
Team RISP: 0-for-7.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
CS: Podsednik (1, 2nd base by Greinke/Olivo).

FIELDING
E: Podsednik (1, fielding).
Pickoffs: Richard (Olivo at 1st base).
 
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Crisp, CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .230
DeJesus, D, LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .253
Teahen, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .286
Guillen, J, RF 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 .298
  1-Maier, PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Butler, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .241
Jacobs, DH 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 .244
Callaspo, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .378
Olivo, C 4 0 1 0 0 3 5 .211
Aviles, M, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .216
Totals 33 3 10 2 4 8 19  


1-Ran for Guillen, J in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Jacobs (6, Colon, B).
HR: DeJesus, D (3, 3rd inning off Colon, B, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: DeJesus, D 5; Teahen; Guillen, J; Butler; Jacobs 3; Callaspo; Olivo; Aviles, M.
RBI: DeJesus, D (14), Butler (10).
2-out RBI: Butler.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Aviles, M; Olivo 2; Callaspo; Jacobs.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
CS: Olivo (1, 2nd base by Richard/Pierzynski).
PO: Olivo (1st base by Richard).

FIELDING
DP: (Aviles, M-Callaspo-Butler).
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Colon, B (L, 2-2) 5.0 7 3 2 3 7 1 4.05
Richard 3.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 4.80
 
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Greinke (W, 6-0) 9.0 6 0 0 0 10 0 0.40

IBB: Callaspo (by Colon, B).
Pitches-strikes: Colon, B 98-58, Richard 40-26, Greinke 104-72.
Groundouts-flyouts: Colon, B 4-4, Richard 3-4, Greinke 8-8.
Batters faced: Colon, B 25, Richard 12, Greinke 31.
Umpires: HP: Tom Hallion. 1B: Jerry Crawford. 2B: Phil Cuzzi. 3B: Todd Tichenor.
Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, R to L.
T: 2:19.
Att: 21,827.
May 4, 2009

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