Paul Konerko, Jim Thome, Joe Crede and Juan Uribe homered, and the White Sox put on another double-digit offensive display Wednesday night, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 13-5.
The White Sox scored 11 runs with 12 hits in the third inning during Tuesday night’s 20-6 victory that featured 24 hits. On Wednesday, they scored four in the first and five in the second to take control early and finished with 16 hits, four by Thome.
Cardinals starter Jason Marquis (9-5), who had won six straight decisions, was pounded for 13 runs and 14 hits in five innings, one night after the White Sox scored nine runs and had 10 hits in 2R innings. It was Marquis’ first loss since May 8.
Mark Buehrle (8-4) gave up 10 hits and four runs in seven innings.
Cardinals outfielder Jim Edmonds had to leave the game with a mild concussion in the third inning after crashing into the wall trying to catch Crede’s homer, his third in two nights.
The White Sox have scored at least eight runs in six straight games, a franchise record.
W: M Buehrle (8-4) L: J Marquis (9-5)
HR: STL – S Taguchi (2), J Edmonds (7), T Perez (1). SOX – J Thome (23), P Konerko (18), J Crede (13), J Uribe (8)
