Wednesday, April 26, 2006
GAME 22: WHITE SOX 13, MARINERS 3
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In 25 words or less: I'd do some football score analogy here if I wasn't so convinced the Bears wouldn't beat the Seahawks anytime soon.
This one featured Javier Vazquez going up against Joel Piñeiro.
TOP 1ST
Scott Podsednik popped a 3-1 pitch to leftfield. Tadahito Iguchi popped up the middle to Lopez on the centerfield grass. Jim Thome lined a 2-0 single into rightcenter. Paul Konerko walked on a 3-1 pitch down and in, moving Thome to second. Jermaine Dye fell behind 0-2 before taking a 2-2 breaking ball over the outside corner. Piñeiro threw 22 pitches.
BOTTOM 1ST
Ichiro rolled a 1-2 pitch to a charging Uribe at short, but it got enough grass so Ichiro could leg it out for a single. Jose Lopez fell behind 1-2 and was nearly hit by an inside 2-2 pitch before hitting a full-count soft liner to shallow centerfield that a charging Anderson caught on the fly. Ichiro had come around to second as the catch was made and was hopelessly doubled off of first. Raul Ibañez worked a 1-2 count full before failing to check a swing on a full-count breaking ball, though replays were a bit inconclusive. Vazquez threw 20 pitches.
TOP 2ND
AJ Pierzynski bounced a 1-2 pitch to first. Joe Crede bounced out to third. Juan Uribe fell behind 0-2 and popped a 1-2 pitch lazily to Ichiro in shallow right. Piñeiro threw 12 pitches and had 34 through two.
BOTTOM 2ND
Richie Sexson took a full-count pitch inside. Carl Everett flew out to centerfield on an 0-2 pitch. Adrian Beltre fell behind 0-2 and grounded a 1-2 pitch hard to short to start a 6-4-3 double play. Vazquez threw 17 pitches and had 37 through two.
TOP 3RD
Brian Anderson got ahead 3-0 and wound up walking on a 3-1 pitch inside. Podsednik slapped a 3-1 single into leftfield to move Anderson to second. Iguchi whiffed on a 1-1 pitch and Johjima threw high trying to nail Anderson at third on the front end of a double steal, which was successful. Iguchi cranked the 2-2 hanging pitch to the leftfield wall in front of the manual scoreboard to plate Anderson and Podsednik.
»» WHITE SOX 2, MARINERS 0
Thome grounded the second pitch to Lopez in the right-side hole, moving Iguchi to third. Konerko fell behind 0-2 before crushing a 2-2 pitch off the leftfield not-manual scoreboard above the bullpens to score Iguchi and himself.
»» WHITE SOX 4, MARINERS 0
Dye flew out high to Lopez on the first pitch. Pierzynski popped high to Betancourt moving into shallow leftfield. Piñeiro threw 26 pitches and had 60 through three.
BOTTOM 3RD
Kenji Johjima took a 2-2 pitch off the back elbow. Jeremy Reed bunted the first pitch out in front, but Vazquez pounced on it and threw to second in time to nail Johjima. Yuniesky Betancourt rolled over an 0-2 pitch and bounced to short for a 6-4 forceout on Reed. Ichiro took the second pitch and watched as Pierzynski threw down and Lopez was caught in a rundown between first and second to end the inning. Vazquez threw 11 pitches and had 48 through three.
TOP 4TH
Crede walloped the first pitch into the visitors' bullpen in leftfield.
»» WHITE SOX 5, MARINERS 0
Anderson flew out to leftfield on the 3-1 pitch. Podsednik chopped a 2-2 pitch up the middle to Lopez, who might have made the play at first but double-clutched trying to grip the ball as Podsednik reached safely. Iguchi grounded hard to Beltre on the left side. Piñeiro threw 21 pitches and had 81 through four.
Piñeiro's line: 4 innings, 5 runs, 6 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 81 pitches (44 strikes)
BOTTOM 4TH
Ichiro bounced a 1-2 pitch back to the mound. Lopez waved at a 1-2 pitch off the plate outside and low. Ibañez chopped out to second. Vazquez threw 14 pitches and had 62 through four.
TOP 5TH
Bobby Livingston, making his Major League debut, came in for Piñeiro. Thome was ahead 3-0 and took a full-count hook over the outside corner. Konerko flew out to Reed in deep centerfield. Dye worked a 1-2 count full before reaching out to tag a homer into the first row in rightcenter.
»» WHITE SOX 6, MARINERS 0
Pierzynski poked the first pitch into leftfield for a single. Crede popped the first pitch up to Johjima in foul ground. Livingston threw 19 pitches.
BOTTOM 5TH
Sexson popped the second pitch quite high to center. Everett rolled a 1-2 pitch to Iguchi in the hole on the right side. Beltre fell behind 0-2 and took a 2-2 pitch to the right calf. Johjima lined the second pitch into rightfield for a single, moving Beltre to second. Reed popped the second pitch to Dye in rightcenter. Vazquez threw 18 pitches and had 80 through five.
TOP 6TH
Uribe bounced the second pitch to first. Anderson walked on a 3-1 pitch up and away. Podsednik chopped to second to move Anderson to second base. Iguchi walked on a 3-1 pitch down and in. Thome lined a single into rightfield just out of the reach of Ichiro, shorthopping and hitting his glove and bouncing away near the corner. Anderson scored.
»» WHITE SOX 7, MARINERS 0
Konerko fell behind 0-2 and crushed a 1-2 pitch off the track and over the wall in the vicinity of the Nikon sign for a double. Needless to say, Iguchi scored. Thome went to third.
»» WHITE SOX 8, MARINERS 0
Dye got ahead 2-0 and was given the last two balls intentionally. Pierzynski slapped a high 0-2 pitch into leftfield for a single, scoring Thome. Konerko went to third and Dye went to second.
»» WHITE SOX 9, MARINERS 0
Jake Woods came in for Livingston. Crede got ahead 3-0 and grounded hard to Lopez, who backhanded it up the middle and went to first. Woods threw six pitches.
Livingston's line: 1 2/3 innings, 4 runs, 5 hits, 3 walks, 1 strikeout, 48 pitches (25 strikes)
BOTTOM 6TH
Ross Gload came in to play first for Konerko. Betancourt bounced to third. Ichiro fell behind 0-2 and wound up stinging a 2-2 pitch past Vazquez and into centerfield for a single. Lopez grounded the first pitch to third, where Crede backhanded the ball to start a 5-4-3 double play. Vazquez threw 13 pitches and had 93 through six.
TOP 7TH
Matt Lawton came in to play right for Ichiro and Roberto Petagine came in to play first for Sexson. Uribe whiffed on a 2-2 pitch. Anderson took a 1-2 fastball at the knees. Podsednik stroked a 2-2 single into leftfield. Iguchi hit a fly ball that took Reed further and further back until it landed in the grass behind the centerfield fence.
»» WHITE SOX 11, MARINERS 0
Chris Widger, hitting for Thome, took a 2-2 pitch across the inside corner. Woods threw 22 pitches and had 28 total.
BOTTOM 7TH
Ibañez walked on a full-count pitch inside, the ninth pitch of the at-bat. Lawton got ahead 2-0 and bounced a full-count pitch up the middle for a single, moving Ibañez to third.
Boone Logan came in for Vazquez. Everett took a full-count pitch off himself, loading the bases. Beltre walked on a 3-1 pitch outside, scoring Ibañez and leaving the bases loaded.
»» WHITE SOX 11, MARINERS 1
Johjima popped an 0-2 pitch to fairly deep leftfield to score Lawton.
»» WHITE SOX 11, MARINERS 2
Willie Bloomquist, hitting for Reed, grounded the 3-1 pitch hard to third, moving Everett to third and Beltre to second. Betancourt took Anderson to the warning track in center on the second pitch. Logan threw 22 pitches.
Vazquez' line: 6 innings, 2 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 108 pitches (74 strikes)
TOP 8TH
Gload tagged a full-count pitch off the centerfield wall that got past Bloomquist after the bank, who was way too close to the wall and Gload got a triple out of it by the time Ibañez raced over to get the ball back to the infield. Dye laid waste to a 2-2 pitch, depositing it two rows into the second deck in leftfield.
»» WHITE SOX 13, MARINERS 2
Pierzynski rolled a 1-2 pitch to second. Crede popped a 3-1 pitch to right. Uribe rolled the second pitch to short. Woods threw 23 pitches and had 51 total.
BOTTOM 8TH
Petagine took a pitch off a finger and took his base. Betancourt got ahead 2-0 and ripped a double into the leftfield corner to move Petagine to third. Ibañez took an 0-2 pitch over the outside corner. Lawton dumped an 0-2 single into shallow left to score Petagine and move Lopez to third.
»» WHITE SOX 13, MARINERS 3
Everett grounded the second pitch hard to third to start a 5-4-3 double play. Logan threw 16 pitches and had 38 total.
TOP 9TH
Anderson bounced a 1-2 pitch to second. Podsednik got ahead 2-0 and ended up popping to Beltre in front of the third-base dugout. Iguchi popped a 3-1 pitch to Bloomquist in shallow rightcenter.
Woods' line: 3 1/3 innings, 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts, 63 pitches (36 strikes)
BOTTOM 9TH
Beltre chopped an 0-2 pitch to short. Johjima popped the second pitch high to first. Bloomquist poked a first-pitch single over Iguchi and into rightfield. Betancourt grounded the first pitch to short to start a 6-4 fielder's choice.
Logan's line: 3 innings, 1 run, 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 45 pitches (27 strikes)
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Gameball: Ichiro.
Goat: Joel Piñeiro.
Yr W-L Pct GB Stk
2001 18-4 .818 -- W7
2002 17-5 .773 1 L1
2003 14-8 .636 4 W4
2000 13-9 .591 5 W1
2005 11-11 .500 7 W1
2006 8-14 .364 10 L1
2004 7-15 .318 11 L2
Buehrle. Washburn. Tonight.
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