chicago white sox at tampa bay devil rays may 9, 2006 top of the first jon lester takes the mound for the devil rays. scott podsednik grounded to first. <---> tadahito iguchi grounded to the second baseman. <---> paul konerko homered to right-center. <---> jim thome flied out to left. <---> 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the first, chicago leads 1 to 0. bottom of the first freddy garcia takes the mound for the white sox. eric aybar popped up to second. <---> howie kendrick reached first on a fielding error by the catcher. <--1> the devil rays put on the hit and run. howie kendrick was caught stealing second. <---> nick johnson struck out. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, and 0 left on base. at the end of the first, tampa bay trails 1 to 0. top of the second jermaine dye popped up to second. <---> joe crede struck out. <---> a.j. pierzynski struck out. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the second, chicago leads 1 to 0. bottom of the second frank thomas homered over the left field fence. <---> kevin mench struck out. <---> ryan zimmerman struck out. <---> brian mccann singled in the left field gap. <--1> freddy garcia threw a wild pitch. <-2-> carlos quentin popped up to short. <-2-> 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. at the end of the second, the game is tied at 1. top of the third juan uribe homered to deep right-center. <---> ben grieve struck out. <---> scott podsednik singled up the middle. <--1> tadahito iguchi struck out. <--1> scott podsednik stole second. <-2-> paul konerko singled up the middle, scoring a run. <--1> jim thome popped up to short. <--1> 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. in the middle of the third, chicago leads 3 to 1. bottom of the third chris young popped up to the catcher in foul ground. <---> eric aybar grounded to the second baseman. <---> howie kendrick singled into the right field corner. <--1> howie kendrick went for an extra base and reached second. <-2-> nick johnson popped up behind home plate. <-2-> 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. at the end of the third, tampa bay trails 3 to 1.
top of the fourth jermaine dye grounded to second. <---> joe crede hit an infield single to second. <--1> a.j. pierzynski hit an infield single to the second baseman. <-21> juan uribe grounded to the shortstop for a double play (6-6-3). <-2-> 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. in the middle of the fourth, chicago leads 3 to 1. bottom of the fourth frank thomas walked. <--1> kevin mench flied out to center field. <--1> ryan zimmerman grounded to third. <-2-> brian mccann tripled to deep center field, scoring a run. <3--> carlos quentin doubled down the left field line, scoring a run. <-2-> chris young struck out. <-2-> 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. at the end of the fourth, the game is tied at 3. top of the fifth ben grieve hit an infield single to third. <--1> scott podsednik flied out to right. <--1> tadahito iguchi popped up to the shortstop. <--1> paul konerko walked. <-21> jim thome singled down the left field line, scoring a run. <3-1> robinson tejeda came in to pitch for the devil rays. <3-1> jermaine dye popped up to short. <3-1> 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base. in the middle of the fifth, chicago leads 4 to 3. bottom of the fifth eric aybar flied out to right field. <---> howie kendrick flied out to left. <---> nick johnson hit an infield single to first. <--1> frank thomas singled back through the middle. <-21> kevin mench grounded to the second baseman. <-21> 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base. at the end of the fifth, tampa bay trails 4 to 3. top of the sixth joe crede struck out. <---> a.j. pierzynski grounded to the third baseman. <---> juan uribe grounded to short. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the sixth, chicago leads 4 to 3. bottom of the sixth neal cotts came in to pitch for the white sox. <---> ryan zimmerman struck out. <---> brian mccann flied out to center field. <---> carlos quentin doubled down the third base line. <-2-> chris young singled to right-center, scoring a run. <--1> chris young stole second. <-2-> eric aybar grounded to short. <-2-> 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. at the end of the sixth, the game is tied at 4. top of the seventh
ben grieve grounded to second. <---> scott podsednik grounded to short. <---> tadahito iguchi popped up to second. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the seventh, the game is tied at 4. bottom of the seventh howie kendrick singled through the left side. <--1> nick johnson homered over the center field fence for two rbis. <---> jon adkins came in to pitch for the white sox. <---> frank thomas homered over the left field fence. <---> kevin mench flied out to left. <---> ryan zimmerman doubled over the right fielder. <-2-> brian mccann flied out to left field. <-2-> carlos quentin flied out to left. <-2-> 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. at the end of the seventh, tampa bay leads 7 to 4. top of the eighth paul konerko singled through the right side. <--1> jim thome walked. <-21> jermaine dye walked. <321> joe crede lined out to left field. <321> a.j. pierzynski grounded to second for a double play (4-6-3). <32-> 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 2 left on base. in the middle of the eighth, chicago trails 7 to 4. bottom of the eighth chris young struck out. <---> eric aybar grounded to third. <---> howie kendrick walked. <--1> nick johnson walked. <-21> frank thomas homered over the left field fence for three rbis. <---> kevin mench flied out to left field. <---> 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. at the end of the eighth, tampa bay leads 10 to 4. top of the ninth ryan madson came in to juan uribe grounded to ben grieve struck out. scott podsednik popped devil rays win: 10-4
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