LA Dodgers (47-24) at Chi White Sox (33-37)

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Power switch turns on for Dodgers' Loney

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Dodgers first baseman James Loney, who hit two home runs in his first 67 games, has three in his past four, which is no surprise to his manager, Joe Torre.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Randy Wolf

  • #21 LHP
  • (3-2) 3.29 ERA 69 SO
Wolf came away from his most recent start against the A's with one of his specialties, a no-decision. He has 10 of them, only eight shy of the Los Angeles Dodgers record set by Odalis Perez in 2004. Wolf checked in with another quality start, allowing one run in six innings, while stranding five runners in scoring position. The Dodgers have won seven of his past eight starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 93-80 4.20 1561.0 575 1296 .255
Season 3-2 3.29 93.0 28 69 .232
June 0-1 4.63 23.1 8 12 .265

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/24/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 47 24 .662 - 25-10 22-14
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 33 37 .471 6.0 16-19 17-18
Stats - 06/24/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
LAD .278 353 52 335 62 465 3.54 638.0 545 280 533
CWS .250 292 75 283 44 459 4.09 616.1 619 236 487
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Floyd racking up quality starts for Sox

Jesse Temple / MLB.com
If quality starts are a measuring stick for determining the success of a big league pitcher, then consider Gavin Floyd in a league of his own over the past month.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Gavin Floyd

  • #34 RHP
  • (4-5) 4.65 ERA 73 SO
Floyd has really come on strong of late, producing his sixth consecutive quality start on Thursday against the Cubs. He has allowed one earned run in each of his last three starts and carries a 1.58 ERA in his last six. During that span, Floyd has lowered his ERA from 7.71 to 4.65. In his career against the Dodgers, Floyd has struggled. In three starts, he carries a 10.50 ERA. He has thrown 12 innings, allowing 19 hits, 17 runs -- 14 earned -- with seven strikeouts and 10 walks.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 29-23 4.92 474.0 187 342 .264
Season 4-5 4.65 89.0 34 73 .252
June 1-0 1.57 28.2 7 22 .176

Dodgers hitters vs Gavin Floyd

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - .125 8 0 0
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake - - - - .500 2 0 2
Ellis, A.J. - - - - - - - -
Ethier, Andre - - - - .125 8 0 1
Furcal, Rafael - - - - .167 12 0 1
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - - - - -
Kemp, Matt - - - - .286 7 1 3
Loney, James - - - - .286 7 0 1
Martin, Russell - - - - .500 8 1 2
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .333 9 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - .000 1 0 0
Repko, Jason - - - - .667 3 0 1
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - - - - -

White Sox hitters vs Randy Wolf

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - .000 2 0 0
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .400 5 0 2
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - .000 2 0 0
Nix, Jayson - - - - .000 3 0 0
Pierzynski, A.J. - - - - .200 5 0 0
Quentin, Carlos - - - - .667 3 0 1
Ramirez, Alexei - - - - 1.000 1 1 1
Rios, Alex - - - - - - - -
Teahen, Mark - - - - - - - -
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

White Sox deep-six Dodgers (47-25) (34-37)

White Sox 10, Dodgers 7

Dodgers taken deep

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Saddled with 10 no-decisions this season, Randy Wolf might have liked another one. Instead, the left-hander allowed five runs on three homers in just 3 1/3 innings. In all, Dodgers pitchers surrendered six long balls, the most homers allowed by the team in one game in almost eight years.

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Series at a Glance

 
Josh Fields breaks his bat on his fourth-inning homer. (AP)

Six for Sox

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
The White Sox kept the fireworks operator at U.S. Cellular Field mighty busy, blasting six home runs, one shy of the team record. Josh Fields hit two, including one of three in the fifth inning. Alexei Ramirez, Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko and Jayson Nix also tallied homers.
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White Sox 10, Dodgers 7

LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .327
Furcal, SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .243
Hudson, O, 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .308
Blake, 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .300
  Castro, J, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .340
Ethier, RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .262
Loretta, DH 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 .259
Loney, 1B 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 .283
Martin, C 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .249
Kemp, CF 4 1 1 3 0 1 4 .313
Totals 36 7 9 5 3 6 18  

BATTING
2B: Pierre (15, Carrasco, D).
HR: Kemp (9, 8th inning off Gobble, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Pierre 2; Hudson, O; Blake; Loretta 2; Loney; Martin 2; Kemp 4.
RBI: Loretta (12), Hudson, O (39), Kemp 3 (40).
2-out RBI: Kemp 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Furcal; Loney.
SF: Hudson, O.
GIDP: Ethier.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: 3 (Wolf-Furcal-Loney, Hudson, O, Blake-Hudson, O-Loney).
 
Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 .304
Ramirez, A, SS 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 .263
Dye, RF 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .273
  a-Wise, PH-RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .189
Konerko, DH 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 .293
Pierzynski, C 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .289
Anderson, Br, CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .245
Nix, J, 2B 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 .222
Beckham, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .172
Fields, 1B 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 .237
Totals 34 10 13 10 3 7 9  

a-Singled for Dye in the 6th.

BATTING
2B: Dye (9, Wolf).
HR: Ramirez, A (9, 1st inning off Wolf, 0 on, 1 out), Dye (16, 3rd inning off Wolf, 1 on, 0 out), Fields 2 (5, 4th inning off Wolf, 1 on, 1 out; 5th inning off McDonald, J, 0 on, 2 out), Konerko (11, 5th inning off Wade, 0 on, 1 out), Nix, J (5, 5th inning off Wade, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Ramirez, A 4; Dye 6; Wise; Konerko 5; Pierzynski 2; Anderson, Br; Nix, J 4; Fields 9.
RBI: Ramirez, A (35), Dye 2 (42), Fields 3 (24), Konerko (45), Nix, J 3 (10).
2-out RBI: Fields.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Podsednik.
GIDP: Anderson, Br; Pierzynski.
Team RISP: 3-for-6.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Beckham (4, fielding), Ramirez, A (6, fielding).
PB: Pierzynski (1).
DP: (Nix, J-Ramirez, A-Fields).
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wolf (L, 3-3) 3.1 7 5 5 2 1 3 3.64
Wade 1.0 4 4 4 0 1 2 5.88
McDonald, J 2.2 2 1 1 1 3 1 6.33
Mota 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.80
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Floyd, G (W, 5-5) 6.0 6 3 1 2 3 0 4.45
Carrasco, D 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.02
Gobble 0.2 2 3 3 1 1 1 8.18
Dotel (H, 10) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.25
Jenks (S, 18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.46

WP: Wolf 2.
HBP: Konerko (by Wolf), Pierre (by Gobble).
Pitches-strikes: Wolf 87-51, Wade 20-14, McDonald, J 37-22, Mota 17-10, Floyd, G 108-75, Carrasco, D 15-12, Gobble 27-14, Dotel 3-3, Jenks 8-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Wolf 6-3, Wade 0-2, McDonald, J 1-3, Mota 1-0, Floyd, G 8-7, Carrasco, D 2-1, Gobble 0-1, Dotel 0-0, Jenks 2-0.
Batters faced: Wolf 18, Wade 7, McDonald, J 10, Mota 3, Floyd, G 27, Carrasco, D 4, Gobble 6, Dotel 1, Jenks 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Dotel 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B: Paul Schrieber. 2B: Paul Nauert. 3B: Joe West.
Weather: 83 degrees, clear.
Wind: 7 mph, L to R.
T: 3:13.
Att: 20,142.
June 24, 2009

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