ekansekans's blog: "df"

CHICAGO -- The White Sox have been getting runners on. The troubles been getting them in during a stretch in which theyre trying to hold on to the top spot in the AL Central. Alex Rios provided a solution with one swing Monday night, a three-run homer that propelled the White Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers and increased Chicagos division lead to three games. Rioss drive put the White Sox ahead, A.J. Pierzynski followed with a solo shot and Jose Quintana survived a shaky start to pitch one-run ball into the eighth. "I think when Rios hits that ball, it just kinds of pops the cork on all the angst of not getting guys in," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "That was a pretty big home run for us." The White Sox had lost seven straight to Detroit, managed just two hits against Rick Porcello (9-12) and were 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position when an error on Detroit second baseman Omar Infante gave them an opening. Infante muffed Dewayne Wises easy, one-out grounder in the sixth. Paul Konerko singled to left to put runners at the corners and Rios lined a pitch over the wall in left centre, his 23rd homer of the season. Pierzynski followed with his 26th to centre field for a 4-1 lead, ending Porcellos night and sending him to his sixth straight loss. Gordon Beckham added a two-run shot in the eighth off Octavio Dotel. "We struggled the last games against them and this win being the first one of the series is pretty big," Rios said. "This whole series is pretty important for both of the teams. We are going to have a chance to maybe get a couple of games ahead if we win the series. It could decide what is going to happen at the end of the year." Quintana (6-4), who was 1-3 in his previous 10 starts, retired 10 straight before walking Ryan Raburn with two outs in the eight and being replaced by Brian Omogrosso. Miguel Cabrera doubled before Donnie Veal got Prince Fielder to ground out to second. Quintana had failed to make it out of the fourth inning in his two previous outings but settled down after a shaky start Monday night and allowed one run on seven hits -- none after Gerald Lairs fifth inning double -- in 7 2-3 innings. He walked two and struck out seven and got Miguel Cabrera to ground into a double play with two on and no outs in the third and the Tigers leading 1-0. "As soon as he got that double play, he settled down. It was the biggest play of the game," Pierzynski said. "He (Cabera) is probably the best hitter in baseball right now. You could see Qs confidence grow and you kind of see the teams confidence grow. ...This is probably the biggest game he ever pitched in his life." Porcello, 3-0 this season against the White Sox entering the game, gave up five hits and four runs -- three earned -- in 5 1-3 innings. Detroit made three errors in the game, and the Tigers have now lost four straight. "When you get in a tough situation like that, youve got to bear down and find something within to get out of those jams. I wasnt able to do that," Porcello said "They caught me that one inning," he said. "They tagged it in the sixth." Delmon Young, who led Detroits three-game sweep of the White Sox at Comerica Park a little more than a week ago, continued his tear with a one-out single in the second, moved on up on Quintanas wild pitch and scored on Jhonny Peraltas RBI single. Peralta was thrown out trying to stretch or it could have an even bigger inning since Avisail Garcia and Omar Infante followed with infield singles before Quintana got the third out. Detroit has managed just six runs total in its four-game losing streak. "Its pretty simple. We just didnt play a real good game defensively and of course we only got the one run again. That pretty much sums it up," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "Omar missed a groundball, but thats just part of the game. ... Unfortunately we put Rick in a tough bind. When youre scoring one, two runs a game, you can hardly blame your defence for whats going on. Right now were just not scoring runs." NOTES: White Sox DH Adam Dunn missed his fourth straight game with a strained right oblique. 3B Kevin Youkilis returned to the team after missing three games to be with his wife as she gave birth to their child. And Ventura said its likely Gavin Floyd will return to the rotation for Wednesdays Game 3. Hes been on the DL since Aug. 28 with a right elbow strain. ... Young entered the game with a .359 average in 36 games at U.S. Cellular Field with seven homers and 25 RBIs. ... Detroit still leads the season series 10-5. ... Its Detroits Doug Fister (8-8) against Chicagos Jake Peavy (10-10) in Tuesday nights Game 2 of the pivotal four-game series. Wholesale Jerseys From China . Wilin Rosario hit a two-run homer and Colorado took advantage of four Dodgers errors to romp past Los Angeles 13-3 Friday night for its season-high fifth straight win. NFL Jerseys China . Quick won the Conn Smythe Trophy while leading Los Angeles to its first Stanley Cup championship earlier this month, and the Kings rewarded him with an enormous new deal one year before he reached unrestricted free agency. http://bloodcopy.org/wholesale.html . Great Britain had never stood atop the podium of a long distance Olympic race, but Farah has twice now in the past week, and on Saturday the 2011 world champion won G.B.s first medal in the 5000m since Munich 1972.AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- New Zealand asserted its superiority in the Oceania confederation when it beat the Solomon Islands 6-1 on Tuesday in regional qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. Striker Shane Smeltz opened the scoring after 12 minutes when he was allowed space to side-foot Leo Bertos corner into the net at the far post. Costa Barbarouses added a second, rounding goalkeeper Samson Koti and knocking the ball home in the 25th minute. After taking a 2-0 lead to halftime, New Zealand was shocked when Henry Faarodo pulled one back for the Solomon Islands, scoring from Leslie Nates low cross to make it 2-1. New Zealand hit back immediately through Chris Killen, then rattled in goals to Tony Lochhead - his first in 60 internationals - Marco Rojas and Chris Wood. Tuesdays win restored New Zealands status as Oceanias top team, having finished only third at the eight-team Oceania Nations Cup in the Solomon Islands earlier this year. New Zealand drew with the Solomon Islands in pool play at that tournament and was beaten by New Caledonia in the semifinals before scraping past the Solomons 4-3 in a playoff for third place. New Zealand recovered its form to beat New Caledonia 2-0 in their opening mmatch of the third stage of World Cup qualifying last week, while the Solomons had a 2-0 win over Oceania Nations Cup champions Tahiti.dddddddddddd New Zealands win on Tuesday leaves it the only unbeaten team in the four-team qualifying competition after two rounds. Tahiti was due to play New Caledonia in a second round match later on Tuesday local time. The current stage of Oceania qualifying involves the four semifinalists from the Nations Cup who meet in home-and-away matches in a round-robin which continues until March. The top team plays the fifth-placed team from the CONCACAF confederation for a place in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. New Zealand captain and Queens Park Rangers defender Ryan Nelsen was happy with his teams performance in wet and cold conditions. "Probably in the first 30 minutes it was a bit hard," Nelsen said. "We knew theyd throw people at us up top defensively and try to pressure us. "We had to go back to front pretty quickly and we knew if we got the timing right wed get in behind them. It didnt work in the first half as wed like but in the second half we ground them down." The next round of matches takes place in mid-October. ' ' '