Chi. White Sox 2, Tampa Bay 1
When: 3:10 PM ET, Monday, May 28, 2012
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Brian Knight, 1B -
Mike Winters, 2B -
Mark Wegner, 3B -
Mike Muchlinski
Attendance:
22227
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White Sox 2, Rays 1: Adam Dunn hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth, and Chris Sale racked up 15 strikeouts as Chicago held on in a meeting of AL contenders.
The White Sox have won six straight and nine of 10 to remain within a half-game of Cleveland atop the American League Central.
Sale (6-2) allowed one run on three hits over 7 1/3
innings to win his third straight start. He finished one shy of the
franchise record for strikeouts in a game set by Jack Harshman in 1954.
Addison Reed pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save.
Tampa Bay lost for just the second time in six games a day after pulling even with Baltimore atop the American League East.
Matt Moore (1-5) matched Sale for much of the day, racking up 10 strikeouts in seven innings while allowing two runs on four hits.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Chicago's Paul Konerko went 1-for-4, extending his hitting streak to 14 games but dropping his major league-leading average to .395. … Moore has not won since May 1, going 0-4 in his past five starts. ... Tampa Bay will add veteran DH/OF Hideki Matsui to the roster Tuesday. Matsui batted .170 with four RBIs in 13 games at Triple-A Durham.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Chris Sale
|
Player |
Matt Moore
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.1 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
15 |
Strikeouts |
10 |
|
3 |
Hits |
4 |
|
1.23 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Hitting
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Adam Dunn | Player |
Ben Zobrist |
|
1 |
Hits |
2 |
|
2 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
2 |
|
.333 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. White Sox
|
5 |
1 |
8 |
.161 |
10 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
.100 |
8 |
15 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |