Chi. White Sox 8, Kansas City 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, July 9, 2010
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
77°
Umpires:
Home -
Sam Holbrook, 1B -
Greg Gibson, 2B -
Brian Knight, 3B -
Gerry Davis
Attendance:
25572
By SportsDirect Inc.
Mark Buehrle pitched seven scoreless innings and A.J. Pierzynski hit a pair of home runs to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 8-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.
Buehrle (8-7) gave up six hits and three walks with a pair of strikeouts to improve to 5-1 in his last six starts.
Pierzynski hit a solo shot in the fourth to put the White Sox up 3-1 and he added a three-run shot to highlight Chicago's four-run eighth inning.
Andruw Jones went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Chicago, which has won six straight.
Bruce Chen (5-3) took the loss, allowing three runs and six hits in 3 1/3 innings. The Royals bullpen could not keep the White Sox down as Kanekoa Texeira gave up a run and Victor Marte allowed four runs and three hits in 1 2/3 innings.
Yuniesky Betancourt hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Royals.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Chi. White Sox |
|
Bruce Chen |
Player |
Mark Buehrle
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
3.1 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
6 |
Hits |
6 |
|
8.10 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Hitting
| Kansas City |
|
Chi. White Sox |
|
Yuniesky Betancourt
| Player |
Andruw Jones |
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
2 |
RBI |
2 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
5 |
TB |
3 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
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