Chi White Sox (42-38) at Kansas City (33-46)

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Floyd looks to keep streak alive

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Talk of celebrating the Fourth of July usually evokes images such as fireworks, picnics, the Taste of Chicago in Grant Park and, of course, Major League Baseball.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Gavin Floyd

  • #34 RHP
  • (6-5) 4.12 ERA 81 SO
Floyd dominated the Indians in the White Sox 6-3 victory over the Tribe Monday. It was his eighth straight quality start. The Indians didn't even threaten the right-hander until the seventh inning. He pitched 7 2/3 innings, giving up no runs and five hits, striking out five and walking two. Floyd is now 4-1 with a 1.39 ERA in his last eight starts. He is 1-4 with a 4.35 ERA in seven games -- six starts -- against the Royals.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 31-23 4.80 487.2 191 350 .262
Season 6-5 4.12 102.2 38 81 .247
Vs. Kansas City 0-1 6.00 12.0 4 11 .255

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/04/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 42 38 .525 2.5 20-20 22-18
Kansas City Royals (AL Central) 33 46 .418 11.0 20-24 13-22
Stats - 07/04/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .260 358 94 344 53 519 3.91 707.1 687 257 560
KC .250 307 67 292 40 517 4.28 696.0 695 257 538
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Hochevar aims to continue solid stretch

Rustin Dodd / MLB.com
Since his first difficult start, Luke Hochevar has been quite good -- 3-2 with a 3.55 ERA -- a run of success he hopes to keep going against the White Sox on Saturday afternoon.
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Royals probable pitcher

Luke Hochevar

  • #44 RHP
  • (3-3) 4.96 ERA 18 SO
Hochevar notched his first spotless start of the season in his last outing, holding the Twins scoreless over seven innings. He worked around four walks and won for the third time in his last five starts. It appears that after battling inconsistency during his first two years in the Majors, Hochevar is starting to mature into a solid right-handed option in the Royals' rotation. Using an array of offspeed pitches that seemed to dip and dive all over the strike zone, Hochevar kept the Twins off balance and tossed up another quality start. Here's one stat that shows how good Hochevar has been during the last six weeks: If you exclude Hochevar's disaster 2009 debut -- eight earned runs in two innings at Oakland on May 2 -- he is 3-2 with a 3.55 ERA.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 9-16 5.15 187.0 68 95 .264
Season 3-3 4.96 45.1 17 18 .224

White Sox hitters vs Luke Hochevar

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - .333 6 1 1
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - .000 1 0 0
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul - - - - .200 10 0 0
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .000 6 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - .000 1 0 0
Nix, Jayson - - - - .000 2 0 0
Pierzynski, A.J. - - - - .167 12 0 1
Quentin, Carlos - - - - .167 6 0 0
Ramirez, Alexei - - - - .500 8 0 0
Rios, Alex .000 3 0 0 .111 9 0 1
Teahen, Mark - - - - - - - -
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Royals hitters vs Gavin Floyd

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Josh .286 7 0 3 .286 7 0 3
Aviles, Mike .400 5 0 0 .200 10 0 0
Betancourt, Yuniesky .667 3 0 0 .500 10 1 6
Bianchi, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Bloomquist, Willie - - - - .333 3 0 0
Buck, John .000 2 0 0 .125 8 1 2
Butler, Billy .167 6 0 0 .200 15 0 3
Callaspo, Alberto .500 2 1 1 .429 7 1 2
DeJesus, David .000 7 0 0 .227 22 1 2
Dyson, Jarrod - - - - - - - -
Fields, Josh - - - - .500 2 0 0
Getz, Chris - - - - - - - -
Gordon, Alex .500 2 0 0 .333 12 1 2
Guillen, Jose .200 5 0 0 .182 22 0 1
Hernandez, Luis - - - - .000 2 0 0
Jacobs, Mike .250 4 1 3 .333 6 1 3
Ka'aihue, Kila - - - - .333 3 1 1
Lisson, Mario - - - - - - - -
Maier, Mitch - - - - .000 1 0 1
Parraz, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Pena, Brayan - - - - - - - -
Pina, Manuel - - - - - - - -

Better late than never for Royals (42-39) (34-46)

Royals 6, White Sox 4

Lead slips away

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
For a while, it looked like the White Sox would cruise past the Royals, as Gavin Floyd held them hitless into the fifth and Jermaine Dye slammed a two-run shot. However, Kansas City chipped away in the fifth, took the lead in the sixth and held on late. Gordon Beckham hit his third homer.

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Series at a Glance

 
Alberto Callaspo tags out Gordon Beckham at second in the second inning. (AP)

KC rallies to win

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Luke Hochevar allowed a few early runs and the Royals took a while to get things going, but they got on the board with two in the fifth and followed with three more in the sixth, evening the series against the White Sox. Alberto Callaspo's two-run single proved to be the game-winner.
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Royals 6, White Sox 4

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .312
Ramirez, A, SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .275
Dye, DH 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .291
Konerko, 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .295
Castro, R, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .225
  a-Pierzynski, PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299
Getz, 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .244
  b-Nix, J, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Beckham, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .275
Wise, RF 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 .197
Anderson, Br, CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .237
  c-Thome, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
Totals 33 4 9 4 2 6 10  

a-Popped out for Castro, R in the 8th. b-Popped out for Getz in the 8th. c-Flied out for Anderson, Br in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Ramirez, A (8, Hochevar), Anderson, Br (8, Hochevar).
HR: Dye (19, 3rd inning off Hochevar, 1 on, 0 out), Beckham (3, 6th inning off Hochevar, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Ramirez, A 3; Dye 4; Konerko 2; Beckham 5; Wise; Anderson, Br 2.
RBI: Wise (5), Dye 2 (50), Beckham (16).
2-out RBI: Wise.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Podsednik 2.
GIDP: Konerko.
Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 6.
 
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus, D, LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .248
Bloomquist, SS-RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .266
Butler, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .286
Guillen, J, RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .244
  Pena, To, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .093
Teahen, 3B 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .289
Jacobs, DH 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .225
  a-Pena, B, PH-DH 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 .333
Callaspo, 2B 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 .301
Olivo, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .249
Maier, CF 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .228
Totals 30 6 7 6 4 7 14  

a-Grounded out for Jacobs in the 6th.

BATTING
3B: Callaspo (3, Floyd, G).
HR: Pena, B (2, 8th inning off Dotel, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: DeJesus, D; Bloomquist; Teahen; Jacobs; Pena, B 4; Callaspo 4.
RBI: Callaspo 3 (31), Maier (9), Teahen (29), Pena, B (4).
2-out RBI: Callaspo 2; Pena, B.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bloomquist.
SF: Maier.
Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bloomquist (15, 2nd base off Floyd, G/Castro, R), Maier (4, 2nd base off Floyd, G/Castro, R).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Guillen, J (Beckham at 2nd base), Maier (Konerko at 2nd base).
DP: (Teahen-Callaspo-Butler).
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Floyd, G (L, 6-6) 5.1 4 5 5 3 4 0 4.33
Thornton (BS, 3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.76
Dotel 1.2 1 1 1 1 3 1 3.34
 
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hochevar (W, 4-3) 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 2 5.08
Cruz, J (H, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.63
Bale (H, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.57
Soria (S, 11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.83

HBP: Getz (by Hochevar), Anderson, Br (by Hochevar).
Pitches-strikes: Floyd, G 96-54, Thornton 19-12, Dotel 27-17, Hochevar 95-57, Cruz, J 17-10, Bale 15-9, Soria 12-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Floyd, G 6-6, Thornton 2-1, Dotel 0-2, Hochevar 9-4, Cruz, J 0-2, Bale 0-3, Soria 0-1.
Batters faced: Floyd, G 23, Thornton 5, Dotel 7, Hochevar 28, Cruz, J 3, Bale 3, Soria 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Thornton 2-2, Dotel 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Tim McClelland. 1B: Andy Fletcher. 2B: Greg Gibson. 3B: Ted Barrett.
Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 2 mph, R to L.
T: 2:42.
Att: 18,182.
July 4, 2009

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