Recap: Chicago WSox vs. Kansas City
Sports Network | August 14, 2008
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Jim Thome hit a three-run home run and the Chicago White Sox tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs as part of a 9-2 win over the Kansas City Royals, completing a three-game sweep.
Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe each followed Thome's long ball with home runs of their own in the sixth to tie a major league record which was last accomplished by the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees on April 22, 2007.
Jermaine Dye went 2-for-4 with two RBI while Lance Broadway (1-0) got the win as he gave up two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings of work for the White Sox, who have won four of five overall.
Jose Guillen drove in a pair of runs for the Royals, who have lost seven of their last eight. Kyle Davies (5-4) gave up three runs on nine hits in five innings of work to pick up his second straight loss.
In the sixth, Chicago used the long ball to score six times.
Joel Peralta started on the mound and got Orlando Cabrera to ground out, but then walked Ken Griffey Jr. and Carlos Quentin before getting Jermaine Dye to pop out for the second out of the inning. Thome then stepped to the plate and crushed a 3-1 pitch into the right-center stands. Konerko and Ramirez followed with shots over the left field wall.
Robinson Tejeda then took the mound and Uribe smoked a pitch into the left field stands for a 9-2 lead.
D.J. Carrasco, who got the final out of the sixth, pitched the seventh while Adam Russell threw two perfect innings to finish the contest.
The Royals, who had been shutout in the previous two games, took a 2-0 lead in the first as Mitch Maier led off with a single, Mike Aviles followed with a double and both runners later came home on a single from Guillen.
The White Sox jumped ahead in the second with three runs. Back-to-back one-out singles from Uribe and Toby Hall was followed by a run-scoring single from Cabrera. Later in the inning with the bases loaded, Dye doubled to left scoring Hall and Cabrera for a 3-2 lead.
Chicago, which just completed a 10-game homestand by going 7-3, plays three games in Oakland beginning on Friday...The Royals play three games against the Yankees in New York starting on Friday...It was the first time Chicago hit four consecutive home runs and it was the first time since August 27, 2007 and fifth time overall that the team hit four home runs in an inning...Chicago has won 10 of 15 against Kansas City this season.
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