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Richard shines
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White Sox 4, Pirates 0
Alexei Ramirez homered for the second straight game Saturday. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
Clayton Richard struck out a career-high eight over six shutout innings, and Alexei Ramirez clubbed his third homer of the season, a two-run shot in the fifth, to pace the White Sox to their second successive win over the Pirates. Paul Konerko contributed an RBI single in the fourth.
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Series at a glance:
PIT
Pittsburgh (19-24)
Lost 3
Chi White Sox 4, Pittsburgh 0   CWS
Chi White Sox (19-23)
Won 2
May 23, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Pittsburgh
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 5 1
Chi White Sox
0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 X   4 6 0
Standings thru 5/23/09  |  Recap: PIT | CWS  |  Gameday  |  Pirates stats  |  White Sox stats
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .280
Sanchez, F, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .294
McLouth, CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .270
Monroe, DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .245
LaRoche, Ad, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .222
Young, D, RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .333
LaRoche, An, 3B 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .288
Jaramillo, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 .262
  a-Moss, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267
Wilson, Ja, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250
Totals 31 0 5 0 4 13 16  

a-Struck out for Jaramillo in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Sanchez, F (16, Richard).
TB: Sanchez, F 2; Monroe; LaRoche, An 2; Jaramillo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jaramillo; Young, D; Morgan; Moss.
GIDP: Sanchez, F.
Team RISP: 0-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: LaRoche, An (2, 2nd base off Dotel/Pierzynski).

FIELDING
E: Wilson, Ja (5, throw).
DP: (Jaramillo-Wilson, Ja).

 
Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, CF-LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .269
Ramirez, Al, SS 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .224
Dye, RF 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 .266
Thome, DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .248
Konerko, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .311
Quentin, LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
  Anderson, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Pierzynski, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .270
Fields, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .214
Getz, 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .243
Totals 30 4 6 4 2 4 10  

BATTING
2B: Pierzynski (4, Ohlendorf).
HR: Ramirez, Al (3, 5th inning off Ohlendorf, 1 on, 2 out), Dye (11, 8th inning off Ohlendorf, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Ramirez, Al 4; Dye 4; Konerko; Pierzynski 2; Fields; Getz.
RBI: Konerko (28), Ramirez, Al 2 (17), Dye (26).
2-out RBI: Ramirez, Al 2; Dye.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ramirez, Al.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
CS: Fields (3, 2nd base by Ohlendorf/Jaramillo).

FIELDING
DP: (Fields-Getz-Konerko).

 
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ohlendorf (L, 5-4) 7.2 6 4 3 2 4 2 4.20
Meek 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Richard (W, 1-0) 6.0 4 0 0 3 8 0 3.55
Dotel (H, 7) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.63
Thornton (H, 8) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.12
Linebrink 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.69

Pitches-strikes: Ohlendorf 114-71, Meek 2-1, Richard 107-63, Dotel 22-13, Thornton 13-10, Linebrink 18-13.
Groundouts-flyouts: Ohlendorf 10-5, Meek 0-1, Richard 5-4, Dotel 0-0, Thornton 0-1, Linebrink 0-0.
Batters faced: Ohlendorf 31, Meek 1, Richard 24, Dotel 3, Thornton 4, Linebrink 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Meek 1-0, Thornton 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Gary Darling. 1B: Bruce Dreckman. 2B: Paul Emmel. 3B: Angel Campos.
Weather: 64 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:34.
Att: 32,389.
May 23, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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