Chi White Sox (41-38) at Kansas City (33-45)

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White Sox set to face Greinke, Royals

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Zack Greinke is not a headhunter and apparently doesn't hold any grudge against the White Sox. But the Royals starter has hit more White Sox batters than those from any other team.
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White Sox probable pitcher

John Danks

  • #50 LHP
  • (6-6) 4.08 ERA 80 SO
In his most recent start, last Sunday, Danks sparkled against the Cubs for the second time in two weeks to pick up his sixth victory of the season. The left-hander went seven innings, allowing no runs on four hits while striking out five and walking four. He also held the opposition scoreless for the first time since his first start of the season, on April 9, against the Royals, whom he faces again in his next start. Danks is 1-0 with a 3.25 ERA in six career starts against the Royals.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 24-28 4.20 422.1 143 348 .260
Season 6-6 4.08 88.1 32 80 .243
Vs. Kansas City 0-0 3.18 11.1 5 10 .267

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/03/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 41 38 .519 2.5 20-20 21-18
Kansas City Royals (AL Central) 33 45 .423 10.0 20-23 13-22
Stats - 07/03/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .259 353 93 340 53 511 3.96 698.1 681 257 555
KC .251 307 67 292 40 512 4.30 687.0 683 254 530
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Royals trying to work through injuries

Rustin Dodd / MLB.com
Injuries have been a main storyline for the Royals in 2009 -- with three Opening Day starters having spent substantial time on the disabled list -- but the Royals are trying to work through it.
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Royals probable pitcher

Zack Greinke

  • #23 RHP
  • (10-3) 1.95 ERA 114 SO
Greinke has won 10 games in successive seasons after beating the Pirates in his most recent start, last Sunday. The right-hander has won back-to-back starts, having given up a combined three earned runs. His ERA has yet to top 2.00 when he leaves a game. Greinke is 2-0 in three starts against the White Sox this season, having posted a 1.32 ERA against them. He has struck out 24 Chicago batters in 22 innings and is 5-8 against the White Sox in his career.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 44-48 3.93 774.0 192 622 .268
Season 10-3 1.95 115.1 18 114 .235
Vs. Chi White Sox 2-0 1.23 22.0 3 24 .218

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 8 0 0 .137 51 1 5
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .200 5 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Nix, Jayson .250 4 0 0 .100 10 0 0
Pierzynski, A.J. .625 8 0 0 .400 40 2 4
Quentin, Carlos .000 5 0 0 .235 17 3 4
Ramirez, Alexei .125 8 0 0 .150 20 1 2
Rios, Alex .167 6 0 1 .364 22 1 4
Teahen, Mark - - - - - 0 0 0
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Royals hitters vs John Danks

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Josh - - - - .444 9 0 2
Aviles, Mike .000 3 0 0 .474 19 1 6
Betancourt, Yuniesky 1.000 2 1 3 .500 8 2 4
Bianchi, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Bloomquist, Willie .250 4 0 0 .250 4 0 0
Buck, John .500 2 0 0 .200 5 0 0
Butler, Billy .333 6 0 0 .250 20 0 0
Callaspo, Alberto - - - - .333 6 0 0
DeJesus, David .400 5 0 2 .400 20 0 5
Dyson, Jarrod - - - - - - - -
Fields, Josh - - - - - - - -
Getz, Chris - - - - - - - -
Gordon, Alex .000 2 0 0 .083 12 0 0
Guillen, Jose .000 5 0 0 .217 23 2 5
Hernandez, Luis .500 2 0 0 .571 7 0 0
Jacobs, Mike .333 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Ka'aihue, Kila - - - - .500 4 0 0
Lisson, Mario - - - - - - - -
Maier, Mitch .333 3 0 1 .250 16 0 1
Parraz, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Pena, Brayan - - - - - - - -
Pina, Manuel - - - - - - - -

Danks blanks Royals (42-38) (33-46)

White Sox 5, Royals 0

Sox keep on rolling

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John Danks fired 7 1/3 shutout innings en route to his seventh victory, and Scott Podsednik and A.J. Pierzynski each recorded three hits as the White Sox won their seventh consecutive game.

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Greinke stumbles

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Zack Greinke was on the wrong end of a pitchers' duel, as he allowed four runs over six innings. The Royals' much maligned-offense managed just six hits as Kansas City suffered its fourth loss in a row.
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White Sox 5, Royals 0

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 4 2 3 0 1 1 0 .317
Nix, J, SS 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .231
Dye, RF 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .291
  Anderson, Br, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
Thome, DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .253
Konerko, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 .292
Pierzynski, C 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 .300
Getz, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .247
Beckham, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .264
Wise, CF-RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .194
Totals 36 5 12 4 3 8 12  

BATTING
2B: Podsednik (9, Greinke), Konerko (18, Greinke), Beckham (5, Greinke).
HR: Pierzynski (9, 2nd inning off Greinke, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Podsednik 4; Dye; Thome; Konerko 2; Pierzynski 6; Getz; Beckham 2; Wise.
RBI: Pierzynski (25), Konerko (50), Wise (4), Thome (43).
2-out RBI: Konerko; Thome.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pierzynski 2; Nix, J; Konerko; Wise.
GIDP: Beckham.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Podsednik (7, 2nd base by Greinke/Olivo), Wise (3, 3rd base by Greinke/Olivo).

FIELDING
E: Nix, J (1, missed catch).
DP: 2 (Nix, J-Getz-Konerko, Getz-Nix, J-Konerko).
 
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus, D, LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .248
Callaspo, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .297
Butler, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .289
Guillen, J, RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .248
Olivo, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .253
Jacobs, DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .223
Hernandez, Lu, 3B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .204
Maier, CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Pena, To, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .093
Totals 32 0 6 0 0 5 13  

BATTING
TB: DeJesus, D 2; Callaspo; Butler; Hernandez, Lu 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Butler; Jacobs.
GIDP: Callaspo; Olivo.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Callaspo (10, fielding).
DP: (Pena, To-Callaspo-Butler).
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Danks (W, 7-6) 7.1 5 0 0 0 5 0 3.76
Linebrink (S, 2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.05
 
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Greinke (L, 10-4) 6.0 9 4 2 1 6 1 2.00
Tejeda 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 4.50
Colon, R 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.21
Cruz, J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.76

HBP: Guillen, J (by Linebrink).
Pitches-strikes: Danks 105-72, Linebrink 21-10, Greinke 82-51, Tejeda 20-10, Colon, R 13-8, Cruz, J 13-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Danks 10-7, Linebrink 4-1, Greinke 4-5, Tejeda 0-2, Colon, R 3-0, Cruz, J 0-2.
Batters faced: Danks 28, Linebrink 5, Greinke 26, Tejeda 6, Colon, R 4, Cruz, J 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Linebrink 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Ted Barrett. 1B: Tim McClelland. 2B: Andy Fletcher. 3B: Greg Gibson.
Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, R to L.
T: 2:25.
Att: 39,026.
July 3, 2009

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