Chi. White Sox 9, Toronto 5
When: 7:07 PM ET, Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Wegner, 1B -
David Rackley, 2B -
Brian Knight, 3B -
Mike Winters
Attendance:
20119
By SportsDirect Inc.
White Sox 9, Blue Jays 5: Adam Dunn belted a go-ahead three-run homer as part of a five-run seventh inning as visiting Chicago outslugged Toronto.
Dewayne Wise equaled a career high with four RBIs and Gavin Floyd (9-9) worked six strong innings for his second straight win as Chicago maintained its two-game lead over Detroit atop the AL Central. The Tigers defeated Minnesota 5-1 earlier Wednesday.
The White Sox did most of their damage against Toronto lefty Ricky Romero (8-10), who allowed six runs over six-plus innings to suffer his ninth consecutive loss.
After Toronto had rallied from 4-0 down to even things in the sixth, Dunn responded in style the next half-inning. The towering first baseman belted a Brad Lincoln pitch into the second deck in right field for a three-run homer, his major league-leading 34th.
Four batters later, Dayan Viciedo smashed a two-run shot to right, his 18th of the campaign.
Wise provided all of the Chicago offense in the early going, hitting a two-run single in the second inning and a two-run shot just shy of the second deck in the fourth.
Toronto scored once in the fifth before Kelly Johnson drew the Blue Jays even in the sixth, hammering a Floyd cutter over the right-field fence for his 16th home run of the season.
GAME NOTEBOOK: White Sox C A.J. Pierzynski's second-inning single extended his hitting streak to 16 games. ... White Sox 2B Orlando Hudson had to be helped off the field after fouling a ball off his left foot in the top of the sixth inning. Gordon Beckham took his place with a 2-2 count and promptly struck out looking. ... Romero hasn't won June 22 against Miami, and hasn't beaten an American League foe since defeating the White Sox back on June 5.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Toronto |
|
Gavin Floyd
|
Player |
Ricky Romero
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
8 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
8 |
Hits |
8 |
|
4.50 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. White Sox
|
11 |
3 |
22 |
.297 |
14 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Toronto
|
9 |
2 |
16 |
.243 |
15 |
13 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
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