Chi. White Sox 5, Texas 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 4, 2010
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
89°
Umpires:
Home -
Marty Foster, 1B -
Gary Cederstrom, 2B -
Ed Hickox, 3B -
Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance:
45020
By SportsDirect Inc.
Alexei Ramirez belted a two-run home run to back the solid pitching of Mark Buehrle as the visiting Chicago White Sox edged the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Sunday night.
Ramirez's blast capped a three-run sixth inning that put the White Sox ahead to stay and enabled them to win the rubber game of the series.
Buehrle (7-7) went seven strong innings, allowing three runs on five hits while not walking a batter or registering a strikeout.
He gave up a two-run homer to Josh Hamilton in the fourth inning and a solo blast to Julio Borbon in the fifth, improving to 4-1 in his last five starts.
J.J. Putz pitched a perfect eighth and Matt Thornton worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to record his fifth save.
Mark Kotsay and Carlos Quentin had RBI doubles for the White Sox, who became the first team to take a home series from the Rangers since the Chicago Cubs turned the trick from May 21-23.
Texas starter Scott Feldman (5-8) lasted six innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits in absorbing his second straight defeat.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
Chi. White Sox |
|
Texas |
Mark Kotsay | Player |
Julio Borbon
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
1 |
RBI |
1 |
0 |
HR |
1 |
3 |
TB |
5 |
.500 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Chi. White Sox
|
9 |
1 |
15 |
.265 |
13 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Texas
|
5 |
2 |
11 |
.156 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |