Chi. White Sox 6, Baltimore 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, May 2, 2011
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
42°
Umpires:
Home -
Ed Rapuano, 1B -
Brian O'Nora, 2B -
Alfonso Marquez, 3B -
Ed Hickox
Attendance:
18007
By SportsDirect Inc.
Paul Konerko homered twice and drove in four runs, and Mark Buehrle tossed 6 2/3 shutout innings as the host Chicago White Sox avoided a four-game sweep with a 6-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.
Chicago, which had lost five in a row and 15 of its last 18, took the lead for good on an RBI single by Juan Pierre in the third. Konerko drove in a pair of runs, one on a fourth-inning homer and another on a sacrifice fly in the sixth, before Alex Rios added a solo shot in the seventh against Jeremy Guthrie (1-4).
Konerko capped the scoring for the White Sox with his eighth homer of the year, a two-run shot in the eighth.
Buehrle (2-3) took care of the rest. He allowed eight hits and walked four, but consistently worked his way out of trouble. The Orioles had a runner in scoring position in five of the first six innings, but failed to convert any of those opportunities.
Derrek Lee broke up the shutout with a two-run homer against Chris Sale with two out in the ninth inning.
Guthrie (1-4) worked seven innings, and allowed four runs, five hits, two walks and struck out four.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Baltimore
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.306 |
19 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Chi. White Sox
|
9 |
3 |
18 |
.310 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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