Chi White Sox 4, Kansas City 2

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(0-1)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 Chi White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 4 11 0 WP: O. Dotel (1-0) S: B. Jenks (1) LP: K. Farnsworth (0-1)	(1-0)

Scoring Summary

Top 2nd: Kansas City

- A. Gordon homered to deep center

Bot 2nd: Chi White Sox

- J. Fields singled to left, J. Thome scored, J. Dye out at home, P. Konerko to second

Top 5th: Kansas City

- A. Gordon grounded into fielder's choice, J. Guillen scored, M. Jacobs to third, B. Butler out at second

Bot 8th: Chi White Sox

- J. Thome homered to deep center, J. Fields and C. Getz scored

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Crisp cf	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200
D. DeJesus lf	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200
M. Teahen 2b	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.333
J. Guillen rf	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	.250
M. Jacobs 1b	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000
B. Butler dh	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
A. Gordon 3b	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.250
M. Olivo c	4	0	2	0	0	2	2	.500
M. Aviles ss	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000
Totals	35	2	7	2	3	8	19

Batting 2B - M Olivo (1, M Buehrle); M Teahen (1, M Buehrle). HR - A Gordon (1, 2nd inning off M Buehrle 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Gordon 2 (2). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Olivo 1, C Crisp 1, D DeJesus 2, M Jacobs 1, B Butler 1. Team LOB - 11.

Fielding Outfield assists - D DeJesus 2 (J Dye at Home, A Pierzynski at 2nd base).

Chi White Sox
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Wise cf	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000
C. Getz 2b	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500
C. Quentin lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
J. Thome dh	4	2	3	3	0	0	1	.750
J. Dye rf	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500
P. Konerko 1b	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
A.J. Pierzynski c	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333
A. Ramirez ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
J. Fields 3b	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	.667
Totals	32	4	11	4	0	7	12

Batting 2B - C Getz (1, G Meche). HR - J Thome (1, 8th inning off K Farnsworth 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Fields (1), J Thome 3 (3). 2-out RBI - J Fields, J Thome 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Thome 1. Team LOB - 4.

Base Running CS - J Dye (1, 2nd base by K Farnsworth/M Olivo).

Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
G. Meche	7.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	1.29
K. Farnsworth (L, 0-1; BS, 1)	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	27.00
Chi White Sox
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
M. Buehrle	5.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	3.60
C. Richard	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
O. Dotel (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
B. Jenks (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

WP - O Dotel.

HBP - M Teahen (by M Buehrle); M Jacobs (by M Buehrle).

Pitches-strikes - G Meche 91-61; K Farnsworth 24-17; M Buehrle 97-58; C Richard 21-13; O Dotel 21-16; B Jenks 11-8.

Ground balls-fly balls - G Meche 8-5; K Farnsworth 0-1; M Buehrle 8-4; C Richard 4-1; O Dotel 0-1; B Jenks 0-2.

Batters faced - G Meche 26; K Farnsworth 6; M Buehrle 26; C Richard 6; O Dotel 4; B Jenks 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Bill Hohn. 2B--Bruce Dreckman. 3B--Paul Emmel. Time: 2:32. Attendance: 37,449. Weather: 43 degrees, sunny. Wind: 20 mph, out to center.

Updated on Tuesday, Apr 7, 2009 5:03 pm ET