Chi White Sox (42-39) at Kansas City (34-46)

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Podsednik deserves trip to St. Louis

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Back at the start of the 2009 season, when Scott Podsednik was sitting at home in Texas, being selected as an All-Star had to be quite a distance removed from his thought process.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Clayton Richard

  • #54 LHP
  • (3-1) 4.48 ERA 52 SO
After struggling in his two previous starts, Richard had a positive outing against the Indians on Tuesday. Although he gave up four runs in six innings, three of those runs came after he returned from a 30-minute rain delay. He earned his first complete game when the game was called in the top of the seventh inning because of rain. Richard pitched six innings and gave up four runs on four hits while striking out six and walking one. In his last start against the Royals on May 29, Richard pitched seven innings and gave up just two runs. The left-hander is 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in five appearances -- two starts -- against the Royals in his career.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 5-6 5.12 116.0 43 81 .289
Season 3-1 4.48 68.1 30 52 .278
Vs. Kansas City 1-0 1.50 12.0 2 9 .190

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/05/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 42 39 .519 2.5 20-20 22-19
Kansas City Royals (AL Central) 34 46 .425 10.0 21-24 13-22
Stats - 07/05/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .260 362 96 348 53 525 3.94 715.1 694 261 567
KC .250 313 68 298 42 524 4.28 705.0 704 259 544
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Bannister not sold on day-night split

Rustin Dodd / MLB.com
Brian Bannister has had far more success during the day than at night, and has no explanation for it. Though he typically struggles against the White Sox, Sunday's game is during the day, a good thing for the Royals.
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Royals probable pitcher

Brian Bannister

  • #19 RHP
  • (5-6) 3.93 ERA 53 SO
Bannister was very sharp against the Twins last Tuesday night, but he lost, 2-1, because of one home run and one unearned run. He worked seven innings, allowing six hits and one walk with six strikeouts. Of the other 15 outs, six were groundouts, which indicates that Bannister, a fly-ball pitcher, was getting a good share of balls hit on the ground. He's given up just nine earned runs in 34 innings over his last five starts for an ERA of 2.12. The White Sox gave Bannister one of his toughest times all season, burning him for seven runs on 10 hits on May 29.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 28-32 4.65 470.1 150 262 .268
Season 5-6 3.93 84.2 26 53 .256
Vs. Chi White Sox 0-1 12.60 5.0 1 4 .417

White Sox hitters vs Brian Bannister

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - .000 7 0 0
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .500 2 0 1 .160 25 0 6
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .333 3 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - .333 3 1 2
Pierzynski, A.J. .333 3 0 0 .423 26 2 4
Quentin, Carlos - - - - .500 8 2 4
Ramirez, Alexei .333 3 0 1 .429 14 1 8
Rios, Alex .000 1 0 0 .500 6 0 0
Teahen, Mark - - - - - - - -
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Royals hitters vs Clayton Richard

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Josh 1.000 1 0 0 .143 7 0 0
Aviles, Mike .333 3 0 0 .667 6 1 2
Betancourt, Yuniesky - - - - .000 2 0 0
Bianchi, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Bloomquist, Willie .000 3 0 0 .200 5 0 1
Buck, John - - - - - - - -
Butler, Billy .250 4 1 2 .556 9 1 2
Callaspo, Alberto .500 4 0 0 .667 6 0 1
DeJesus, David .200 5 0 0 .250 8 0 1
Dyson, Jarrod - - - - - - - -
Fields, Josh - - - - - - - -
Getz, Chris - - - - - - - -
Gordon, Alex - - - - .333 3 0 0
Guillen, Jose .000 4 0 0 .222 9 1 1
Hernandez, Luis .000 1 0 0 .000 5 0 0
Jacobs, Mike .000 5 0 0 .000 5 0 0
Ka'aihue, Kila - - - - .143 7 0 1
Lisson, Mario - - - - .200 5 0 0
Maier, Mitch - 0 0 0 .667 3 0 0
Parraz, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Pena, Brayan - - - - .500 2 0 1
Pina, Manuel - - - - - - - -

Royals hit way to split of series (42-40) (35-46)

Royals 6, White Sox 3

Richard's day short

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Clayton Richard gave the White Sox only 3 2/3 innings and was touched for four runs on eight hits, and D.J. Carrasco was also ineffective in relief of Richard. Jermaine Dye hit his 20th homer, but Chicago was mostly quiet offensively.

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Series at a Glance

 

Good offense

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Miguel Olivo hit a two-run homer, Alberto Callaspo had two hits and scored twice and four other Royals had two hits. Brian Bannister put up a strong start, going six innings and allowing two runs on five hits for the victory.
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Royals 6, White Sox 3

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .311
Ramirez, A, SS 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .273
Dye, RF 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .291
Thome, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .251
Pierzynski, C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .302
Beckham, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .263
Getz, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .245
Fields, 1B 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 .230
Wise, CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .203
Totals 32 3 7 3 2 4 12  

BATTING
2B: Pierzynski (10, Bannister, B), Wise (3, Bannister, B).
HR: Dye (20, 8th inning off Wright, J, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Podsednik; Dye 4; Thome; Pierzynski 3; Getz; Wise 2.
RBI: Ramirez, A (40), Fields (26), Dye (51).
2-out RBI: Dye.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Thome; Fields.
SF: Ramirez, A.
GIDP: Ramirez, A.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.
 
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus, D, LF 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 .254
Bloomquist, SS-RF 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 .274
Butler, 1B 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 .289
Guillen, J, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .241
  Pena, To, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Teahen, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 .292
Olivo, C 4 1 1 2 0 2 2 .249
Pena, B, DH 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .333
Callaspo, 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .304
Maier, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222
Totals 36 6 14 6 2 6 15  

BATTING
2B: Teahen (17, Richard), Pena, B (4, Richard).
HR: Olivo (13, 5th inning off Carrasco, D, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: DeJesus, D 3; Bloomquist 3; Butler 2; Teahen 3; Olivo 4; Pena, B 2; Callaspo 2.
RBI: Bloomquist (15), Pena, B (5), Callaspo (32), DeJesus, D (36), Olivo 2 (34).
2-out RBI: Bloomquist; DeJesus, D; Olivo 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guillen, J; Pena, B; Butler 2.
S: Maier.
Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
CS: DeJesus, D (2, 2nd base by Carrasco, D/Pierzynski).

FIELDING
DP: (Bannister, B-Callaspo-Butler).
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Richard (L, 3-2) 3.2 8 4 4 0 3 0 4.75
Carrasco, D 2.1 3 2 2 2 1 1 3.18
Poreda 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Gobble 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7.50
 
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bannister, B (W, 6-6) 6.0 5 2 2 2 2 0 3.87
Wright, J 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.23
Bale (H, 6) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.39
Soria (S, 12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.74

WP: Richard, Poreda, Gobble, Bannister, B 2.
Pitches-strikes: Richard 80-51, Carrasco, D 49-31, Poreda 12-10, Gobble 18-14, Bannister, B 99-61, Wright, J 31-19, Bale 6-5, Soria 13-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Richard 4-4, Carrasco, D 3-2, Poreda 2-0, Gobble 0-2, Bannister, B 7-9, Wright, J 5-0, Bale 1-0, Soria 0-1.
Batters faced: Richard 19, Carrasco, D 11, Poreda 4, Gobble 5, Bannister, B 24, Wright, J 6, Bale 2, Soria 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Carrasco, D 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Andy Fletcher. 1B: Greg Gibson. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Tim McClelland.
Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, L to R.
T: 2:49.
Att: 15,915.
July 5, 2009

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