SB Nation Chicago - Jenks Blows Another Save, But Sox Win In 11https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48877/chicago-fave.png2010-08-05T15:38:29-05:00http://chicago.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13707522010-08-05T15:38:29-05:002010-08-05T15:38:29-05:00Kotsay's Two-Run Triple In Extras Gives Sox 6-4 Win
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<p>Detroit, MI (Sports Network) – Mark Kotsay capped a huge performance with a two-run triple in the 11th inning to lift the Chicago White Sox over the Detroit Tigers, 6-4, in the finale of a four-game series at Comerica Park.</p>
<p>Kotsay went 3-for-5 with four <span class="caps">RBI</span> and finished a double shy of the cycle, while Juan Pierre added an <span class="caps">RBI</span> single for the White Sox, who took three of four in the series and have won nine of 11 overall.</p>
<p>Sergio Santos (1-0) picked up his first big league victory after tossing a scoreless 10th and 11th inning. White Sox starter Freddy Garcia yielded one run on five hits with four walks and struck out four over 6 2/3 innings.</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/2010/8/5/1607539/kotsays-triple-extras-sox-winAl Yellon2010-08-05T09:38:27-05:002010-08-05T09:38:27-05:00Tiger-Killer Freddy Garcia Looks To Put His Old Team Down
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<p>(Sports Network) - <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/215/Freddy_Garcia">Freddy Garcia</a> tries to win his ninth straight decision as an opposing pitcher at Comerica Park this afternoon when the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/CWS">Chicago White Sox</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/DET">Detroit Tigers</a> conclude their four-game series.</p>
<p>In his last nine starts as a visitor in Detroit, Garcia has posted an 8-0 mark to go along with a 2.59 earned run average. However, he did lose there while pitching for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/DET">Tigers</a> back in 2008.</p>
<p>Garcia has dominated the Tigers pretty much everywhere, though, over the course of his career posting an 18-6 lifetime ledger against them with a 3.74 ERA in 28 starts.</p>
<p>Actually, it really hasn't mattered where Garcia has pitched or who he has pitched against recently, as the veteran right-hander is 7-1 in his last 11 starts and 10-4 on the year with a 4.73 ERA. His most recent victory came last Thursday against Seattle, which managed just three runs and seven hits off him in six innings.</p>
<p>Garcia won't be the only pitcher on Thursday who has had success in Motown, as <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/31245/Max_Scherzer">Max Scherzer</a> comes into today's finale having won his last six starts there, while posting a 1.33 ERA in those outings.</p>
<p>Scherzer, who is 7-8 on the season with a 4.28 ERA, did not get a decision on Saturday in Boston, but pitched well, surrendering just one run and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings of his team's 5-4 loss.</p>
<p>He lost his only other start to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/CWS">White Sox</a> earlier this season, giving up three runs in 7 1/3 frames.</p>
<p>After splitting a day/night doubleheader to open this set, the White Sox won again on Wednesday, as <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/661/Edwin_Jackson">Edwin Jackson</a> (1-0) navigated his way through some early trouble to pitch seven-plus innings against his former club, helping Chicago to a 4-1 win.</p>
<p>Home runs by <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/760/Carlos_Quentin">Carlos Quentin</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/159/Paul_Konerko">Paul Konerko</a> helped make Jackson's Chicago debut a success. Acquired from Arizona prior to the non-waiver trade deadline, the right-hander was charged with a run on nine hits and struck out six while issuing just one walk. Jackson, who won 13 games for Detroit in 2009, had lost his last four starts with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/ARI">Diamondbacks</a>.</p>
<p>"The pitchers have been throwing great, so we feel like if we get them three, four, five runs, we'll win the game," Konerko said.</p>
<p>The White Sox remain 1 1/2 games in front of Minnesota for first place in the American League Central standings after the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/MIN">Twins</a> beat Tampa Bay on Wednesday.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/22064/Armando_Galarraga">Armando Galarraga</a> (3-4) surrendered four runs on eight hits over 7 2/3 innings for the Tigers, who have dropped eight of their last 10 games. Galarraga, who walked a season-high five batters, is 0-3 over his last six starts and hasn't won at Comerica Park since his infamous near-perfect game on June 2 against Cleveland.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/280/Brandon_Inge">Brandon Inge</a>, fresh off the 15-day disabled list, had three hits and knocked in the lone Detroit run. Inge had been sidelined since July 20 with a non- displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal in his left hand.</p>
<p>Chicago has won five of seven meetings with Detroit this season after splitting 18 matchups a year ago.</p>
https://chicago.sbnation.com/2010/8/5/2318890/tiger-killer-freddy-garcia-looks-to-put-his-old-team-downAl Yellon