Buehrle, ChiSox crush Dodgers
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06/25/2008 -
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Buehrle tossed eight solid innings to
help lead the Chicago White Sox past the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-1, in the
first of three straight interleague meetings at Chavez Ravine.
Buehrle (5-6) allowed one run on six hits and struck out two for Chicago,
which snapped a season-high, nine-game road losing streak. Scott Linebrink
pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.
"I'm making pitches and, even when I'm not, they are popping them up," Buehrle
said. "I was throwing a lot of sinkers and getting a lot of groundball
outs."
Dewayne Wise finished 3-for-4 with a triple, double, an RBI and two runs
scored for the White Sox, who had lost three straight overall. Jermaine Dye
hit a two-run homer, while Orlando Cabrera and Carlos Quentin both went 2-
for-5 and scored a run. Cabrera also drove in a run.
Delwyn Young hit a solo home run for Los Angeles, which has lost three of its
last four.
Derek Lowe (5-7) gave up five runs on nine hits and fanned eight over 7 1/3
innings.
Lowe dug himself a hole in the opening frame, yielding three straight singles
to Cabrera, A.J. Pierzynski and Quentin before Dye went down swinging. Nick
Swisher's fly ball got a run home, but Lowe induced a groundout from Pablo
Ozuna to avoid further damage.
Wise singled to lead-off the second and, after Alexei Ramirez struck out,
Buehrle bunted him into scoring position. Cabrera then stroked a single
to left field for a 2-0 lead.
Ozuna led off the fourth with a walk and advanced to third on a double by
Wise. Ramirez then hit a high bouncer to third baseman Andy LaRoche, who came
home with the throw. Ozuna, going on contact, was subsequently tagged out by
Russell Martin, who did a tremendous job blocking the plate. Buehrle and
Cabrera grounded out to end the inning.
The Dodgers got on the board in the fifth on Young's one-out blast to the
left-field bleachers.
A one-out single by Quentin in the eighth snapped a string of 13 in a row
retired by Lowe. Dye then crushed his 17th home run of the season.
"I feel like I'm having good at-bats," Dye said. "I'm seeing the ball and
putting some pretty good swings on the ball. Derek (Lowe) made one mistake to
me all night and I hit a home run."
After Swisher singled to right, Cory Wade took over the mound duties and
induced a groundout from Ozuna, but Wise lined a triple past a diving Young in
right and scored on an RBI single by Ramirez for a 6-1 lead.
The Dodgers went down quietly in the eighth and ninth innings.
Game Notes
Buehrle fanned Mark Sweeney in the eighth for his 1,000 career
strikeout...Buehrle has now won his last three decisions...Los Angeles' James
Loney has hit safely in 11 straight games...The Dodgers hit into three double
plays...Chicago is 8-5 versus the Senior Circuit...The Dodgers are 2-8 in
interleague play this season...Chicago's Gavin Floyd (8-3) and Los Angeles'
Eric Stults (1-0) are scheduled to start on Wednesday...Dodger Spanish
Language Broadcaster Jaime Jarrin was honored on the field during a pregame
ceremony to celebrate his 50 years in the booth...The White Sox and Dodgers
played in the 1959 World Series, won by Los Angeles in six games.
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