A Windy City Tale: a Manager's Chicago White Sox dynasty

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April 17th

[align=center]WHITE SOX 5 at ROYALS 4 (F/10)[/align]

W-Bobby Jenks (1-0)

L-Jimmy Gobble (0-1)

S-Neal Cotts (1)

BS-Bobby Jenks (1)

CHW record: 2-2

KC rcord: 0-3

Highlights:

Jim Thome with his first HR, a solo shot in the 5th off Redman.

Joe Crede with a two-run HR, in the 6th to tie the game at 3.

A.J. Pierzynski with a pinch-hit RBI walk in 9th.

Scott Podsedik ph double.

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April 9th BOX

[align=center]WHITE SOX 9 at ROYALS 3[/align]

[align=center]W-Javier Vazquez (1-0)

L-Runelvys Hernandez (0-1)[/align]

CHW record 3-2 W3

KC record 0-4 L4

Highlights:

Jim Thome with his 2nd homer of the season, his second solo shot in 2 games.

Jermaine Dye with a 2-run homer

Paul Konerko, Scott Podsednik and Dustan Mohr with 2 RBI each.

Joe Crede now has 5 RBI on the season, so does Konerko.

Javier Vazquez pitched 7 stellar innings giving up just 4 hits and 1 run striking out 3 for his quality start in his Chicago debut.

Scott Podsednik had a great day all around, making great catches defensively, swapping 3 bases off Jon Buck and getting 3 hits and 2 RBI

Player of the game:

CHW- OF Scott Podsednik; 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3 SB

Did you know?

Dustan Mohr is on a tear, batting .600 since his signing.

Losers of the game:

The middle of the infield has not been producing much, Juan Uribe had an off day going 0-for-4 while Tad Iguchi had one hit but posts a miserable .158 average through 5 games.

Standings:

1-Indians 3-1 .750

2-WHITE SOX 3-2 .600 0.5 GB

3-Tigers 2-2 .500 1 GB

4-Twins 1-3 .250 2 GB

5-Royals 0-4 .000 3 GB

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Apil 10th BOX

[align=center]WHITE SOX 4 at ROYALS 6[/align]

W-Denny Bautista (1-0)

L-Mark Buerhle (0-2)

S-Ambirox Burgos (1)

Highlights:

SCOTT PODSEDNIK!! 5-for-5 with a HR, 2 RBI and a SB!!!

Dustan Mohr went 1-for-3 with an RBI

Did you know?

Joe Crede, Jim Thome and Paul Konerko went a combined 0-for-11 last night against KC?