Chi White Sox (44-42) at Minnesota (44-43)

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Getz, Beckham don't look like rookies

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In their first year in the Major Leagues, Chris Getz and Gordon Beckham have played very well for the White Sox and will use they experience they've gained in the second half.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Gavin Floyd

  • #34 RHP
  • (6-6) 4.33 ERA 85 SO
The right-hander had a string of eight straight quality starts come to an end on Saturday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, where Floyd was touched up for five runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings. Entering that start, Floyd held a 4-1 record and a miniscule 1.39 ERA his past eight starts. Against the Royals, Floyd pitched no-hit ball for four innings but gave up two runs in the fifth and was charged with three runs in the sixth. Two of those runs scored on Alberto Callaspo's two-out single off reliever Matt Thornton in the sixth. Floyd has not faced the Twins this year but has a 3-3 career mark against them. He sits at 1-2 with a 4.32 lifetime ERA at the Metrodome.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 31-24 4.84 493.0 194 354 .262
Season 6-6 4.33 108.0 41 85 .246
July 0-1 8.44 5.1 3 4 .211

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/11/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 44 42 .512 3.5 22-21 22-21
Minnesota Twins (AL Central) 44 43 .506 4.0 27-19 17-24
Stats - 07/11/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CWS .262 392 102 377 56 551 4.05 758.1 742 283 605
MIN .268 412 91 383 43 579 4.27 775.0 787 236 552
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Perkins gets back to the mound vs. Sox

Tyler Mason / MLB.com
Glen Perkins missed his last start due to sickness, but will take the ball for the Twins on Saturday night against the White Sox looking for his third straight win.
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Twins probable pitcher

Glen Perkins

  • #15 LHP
  • (4-4) 4.38 ERA 35 SO
Perkins was scratched from his start on Wednesday because of an illness, so the hope now is that he can take this start. If not, it will likely be given as a spot start to one of the club's relievers -- either Brian Duensing, Bobby Keppel or R.A. Dickey. As for Perkins, he became a dominant ground-ball pitcher in his last start against the Royals when he allowed just one run over seven innings. A total of 16 of Perkins' 21 outs came via a ground ball. Perkins said he had his sinker working in the start and that allowed him also to get three double plays turned behind him. The left-hander went 2-0 and allowed just two runs over 14 innings in two starts on the club's last road trip.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 16-8 4.20 259.1 65 135 .284
Season 4-4 4.38 74.0 14 35 .276
July 1-0 1.29 7.0 0 1 .357

White Sox hitters vs Glen Perkins

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - .800 5 1 1
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - .333 3 0 1
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul - - - - .267 15 1 3
Kotsay, Mark - - - - - - - -
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - .250 4 0 0
Nix, Jayson - - - - .600 5 0 0
Pierzynski, A.J. - - - - .000 7 0 0
Quentin, Carlos - - - - .125 8 0 1
Ramirez, Alexei - - - - .182 11 0 0
Rios, Alex .250 4 0 0 .500 10 1 2
Teahen, Mark .000 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

Twins hitters vs Gavin Floyd

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Butera, Drew - - - - - - - -
Casilla, Alexi - - - - .286 7 0 0
Cuddyer, Michael - - - - .200 20 1 3
De Los Santos, Estarlin - - - - - - - -
Hardy, J.J. - - - - - - - -
Harris, Brendan - - - - .150 20 0 0
Hughes, Luke - - - - - - - -
Kubel, Jason - - - - .360 25 3 6
Mauer, Joe - - - - .269 26 1 3
Morales, Jose - - - - .333 3 0 0
Morneau, Justin - - - - .231 26 2 6
Plouffe, Trevor - - - - - - - -
Pridie, Jason - - - - - - - -
Punto, Nick - - - - .091 11 0 0
Ramos, Wilson - - - - - - - -
Span, Denard - - - - .471 17 0 2
Tolbert, Matt - - - - 1.000 3 0 0
Tolleson, Steven - - - - - - - -
Valencia, Danny - - - - - - - -
Young, Delmon - - - - .190 21 0 1

Windy City guys regain their wind (45-42) (44-44)

White Sox 8, Twins 7

Brian and Jim show

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The White Sox got to Twins starter Glen Perkins early with three runs through the first two innings, highlighted by Brian Anderson's RBI double. Jim Thome did the rest with four RBIs, including a three-run double in the sixth. Gavin Floyd made two mistakes, two homers to Joe Crede.

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Crede not enough

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The Twins had trouble getting started until Joe Crede was able to take a Gavin Floyd offering deep for a three-run homer in the fifth inning and a solo shot in the seventh. That was all that Minnesota could mount until a ninth-inning rally plated two runs on Jose Morales' single.
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White Sox 8, Twins 7

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 6 1 1 1 0 1 6 .302
Ramirez, A, SS 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 .278
Dye, RF 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 .303
Thome, DH 4 0 1 4 1 1 3 .253
Konerko, 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 .305
Pierzynski, C 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .305
Nix, J, 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .239
Beckham, 3B 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 .263
Anderson, Br, CF 4 0 2 2 1 0 2 .232
Totals 40 8 14 8 6 4 23  

BATTING
2B: Anderson, Br (9, Perkins), Beckham 2 (8, Perkins, Duensing), Thome (10, Duensing), Nix, J (7, Mijares, Jo).
TB: Podsednik; Ramirez, A; Dye 2; Thome 2; Konerko 2; Nix, J 3; Beckham 5; Anderson, Br 3.
RBI: Thome 4 (47), Anderson, Br 2 (13), Podsednik (23), Konerko (60).
2-out RBI: Anderson, Br; Thome 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Konerko; Ramirez, A; Nix, J; Pierzynski; Podsednik 3.
Team RISP: 5-for-19.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Anderson, Br (3, 2nd base off Mijares, Jo/Mauer), Beckham (2, 2nd base off Dickey/Mauer), Nix, J (5, 3rd base off Mijares, Jo/Mauer).

FIELDING
E: Beckham (7, fielding).
DP: 2 (Nix, J-Ramirez, A-Konerko, Ramirez, A-Konerko).
 
Minnesota AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Span, LF 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 .288
Harris, B, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .269
Mauer, C 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .381
Morneau, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .310
Kubel, DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .311
Cuddyer, RF 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .273
Crede, 3B 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 .231
  1-Tolbert, PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .178
Gomez, C, CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .224
  a-Buscher, PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210
Punto, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .203
  b-Morales, J, PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .343
  2-Young, D, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Totals 36 7 10 7 0 8 10  

a-Hit by pitch for Gomez, C in the 9th. b-Singled for Punto in the 9th.
1-Ran for Crede in the 9th. 2-Ran for Morales, J in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Gomez, C (10, Floyd, G), Harris, B (13, Floyd, G).
HR: Crede 2 (14, 5th inning off Floyd, G, 2 on, 1 out; 7th inning off Floyd, G, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Span 2; Harris, B 2; Morneau; Kubel; Cuddyer; Crede 8; Gomez, C 2; Morales, J.
RBI: Crede 4 (40), Mauer (49), Morales, J 2 (4).
2-out RBI: Crede.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Span; Morneau.
GIDP: Mauer; Span.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
DP: (Morneau-Harris, B).
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Floyd, G (W, 7-6) 7.2 8 5 5 0 7 2 4.44
Jenks (S, 20) 1.1 2 2 1 0 1 0 3.48
 
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Perkins (L, 4-5) 4.1 8 5 5 2 1 0 4.71
Dickey 1.1 0 3 3 3 0 0 3.25
Duensing 2.1 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
Mijares, Jo 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1.91

HBP: Buscher (by Jenks).
Pitches-strikes: Floyd, G 103-72, Jenks 28-21, Perkins 82-50, Dickey 36-18, Duensing 38-27, Mijares, Jo 21-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Floyd, G 11-5, Jenks 2-1, Perkins 6-6, Dickey 2-2, Duensing 2-4, Mijares, Jo 0-0.
Batters faced: Floyd, G 30, Jenks 7, Perkins 23, Dickey 7, Duensing 11, Mijares, Jo 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Jenks 1-0, Dickey 2-0, Duensing 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Bill Hohn. 1B: Bruce Dreckman. 2B: Paul Emmel. 3B: Gary Darling.
Weather: 70 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 3:07.
Att: 41,146.
July 11, 2009

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