White Sox 8, Royals 2
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 9 1 White Sox « 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 x 8 8 0 
Kansas City AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Michael Tucker CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .246 Desi Relaford 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Mike Sweeney 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .300 Raul Ibanez LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Dee Brown DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .273 Brandon Berger RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .240 Angel Berroa SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .204 Carlos Febles 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Mike DiFelice C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Totals 35 2 9 1 0 0 2 3 14     White Sox AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Tony Graffanino 2B 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .400 Jose Valentin SS 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .306 Frank Thomas DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Magglio Ordonez RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .293 Paul Konerko 1B 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .184 Carlos Lee LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 .200 Joe Crede 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Aaron Rowand CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Miguel Olivo C 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .125 Totals 32 8 8 2 0 4 8 4 4  
E–A.Berroa. LOB–Kansas City 9, White Sox 5. 2B–R.Ibanez, J.Valentin,
F.Thomas. HR–T.Graffanino (2) off C.George, P.Konerko (2) off C.George, C.Lee
(1) off C.George, M.Olivo (1) off C.George. S–J.Valentin. GIDP–C.Febles,
C.Lee. DP–Kansas City 1 (A.Berroa, C.Febles and M.Sweeney); Chicago 1
(J.Crede, T.Graffanino and P.Konerko).Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Chris George (L 2-1) 4.2 7 8 8 4 1 4 97-54 5.94 Kris Wilson 3.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 46-28 2.16   White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Esteban Loaiza (W 3-0) 6.0 4 1 1 2 11 0 106-72 1.31 Gary Glover 1.1 5 1 1 0 1 0 29-21 1.35 Rick White 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 23-15 1.59
PB–M.Olivo.
IBB–off C.George (P.Konerko).
WP–C.George.
BK–C.George.
T–2:42. A–10116.
Umpires–Home,Jim Reynolds; First, Jim Joyce; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Laz Diaz.
How they scored
White Sox first: Graffanino walked. Valentin sacrificed, third baseman Relaford to first baseman Sweeney, Graffanino to second. On George’s balk, Graffanino to third. Thomas walked on a full count. Ordonez singled to left, Graffanino scored, Thomas to second. Konerko safe on failed fielder’s choice, Thomas to third, Ordonez to second. Lee grounded into a double play, shortstop Berroa to second baseman Febles to first baseman Sweeney, Konerko out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. White Sox 1, Royals 0
White Sox second: Crede flied out to right fielder Berger. Rowand struck out. Olivo homered to left on a 2-2 count. Graffanino homered to left on a 0-2 count. Valentin grounded out, third baseman Relaford to first baseman Sweeney. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. White Sox 3, Royals 0
White Sox third: Thomas flied out to center fielder Tucker. Ordonez popped out to shortstop Berroa. Konerko homered to center on a 2-2 count. Lee singled to center. Crede popped out to shortstop Berroa. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. White Sox 4, Royals 0
White Sox fifth: Valentin walked on four pitches. On George’s wild pitch, Valentin to second. Thomas doubled to right, Valentin to third. Ordonez grounded out, third baseman Relaford to first baseman Sweeney. Konerko was intentionally walked. Lee homered to left on a 0-2 count, Valentin scored, Thomas scored, Konerko scored. Crede grounded out, second baseman Febles to first baseman Sweeney. Rowand safe on Berroa’s error. Wilson pitching. Olivo struck out. 4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. White Sox 8, Royals 0
Royals sixth: Tucker struck out. Relaford singled to center. Sweeney struck out. Ibanez singled to right, Relaford to second. Brown singled to center, Relaford scored, Ibanez to third. Berger struck out. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. White Sox 8, Royals 1
Royals eighth: Sweeney singled to left. Ibanez doubled to right, Sweeney to third. Brown struck out. Berger infield single to third, Sweeney scored. White pitching. On Olivo’s passed ball, Ibanez to third, Berger to second. Berroa walked on a full count. Febles grounded into a double play, third baseman Crede to second baseman Graffanino to first baseman Konerko, Berroa out. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. White Sox 8, Royals 2.
