TORONTO -- If nothing besides at least Paul Konerko cleared customs.
TORONTO -- If nothing besides at least Paul Konerko cleared customs.
His couple solo home runs against Toronto upon Friday night helped rewrite the White Sox record works for the most team homer in the month of May (38) That's also about where the highlights stopped for the toward the south Siders.
In what was individual of their worst games played in the last sum of two units weeks, the Sox not no other than had their three-game winning streak snapped in the 8-2 los to Toronto at the Roger middle but watched Detroit open up its largest lead in the American League Central Division race this season.
In beating Cleveland 8-3 the Tigers have won seven straight and allow a 2 1/2 -game lead athwart the Sox (31-16).
"You always peek" Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski said of the late scoreboard watching that's been going onward from the Sox dugout. "I'd be lying if I said that you don't catch yourself watching, unless there's still a lot of baseball to be played."
The exact point that Sox manager Ozzie Guillen boisterousnessed
"It's a in extent season," Guillen said. "Right now we have to worry about to what extent we're playing. Everything has been bouncing their way, nevertheless it's not surprising on to what extent they're playing. We're playing useful Detroit is playing better. We just have to take care of our business."
Which they didn't do against the sapphirine Jays.
The warning signs for Freddy Garcia's night currented themselves very early on, starting with dejected Jays leadoff hitter Alex Rios homering not upon Garcia (7-2) in the bottom of the first.
Like they did against Oakland, the Sox didn't look the least bit bothered with the idea of having to follow back, and Konerko's hot bat was the excellent remedy. Hitting .325 over his last 43 games coming into the weekend, Konerko lead into each othered on a 3-1 offering from Jays starter T Lilly (5-4) and tied the game.
It would take more than solo dwelling runs to keep the Sox bring to a period as Garcia soon found disclosed
In the bottom of the third it was Vernon Wells' transfer to take Garcia out of the park, with his two-run homer giving Toronto (26- 21) a two-run cushion.
Starting at shortstop for the first time in his career, natural third baseman Troy Glaus continued the longball assault forward Garcia in the fifth, hitting a solo domicile run off the righty.
It was the first time this season that Garcia had given up more than undivided home run in a start.
"Everything was up and I made mistakes and paid for it," Garcia said. "I didn't make the pitches I wanted to make, and that was all day in extent I don't think I was pitching, I was throwing. I was throwing right there in the middle of the plate and they hit it."
The los also closeed Garcia's career-best seven-game winning streak.
"He had been pitching in this way good for such a in extent time," Pierzynski said of Garcia. "They're a great-hitting team when you make mistakes like that."
That fifth-inning lead grew to 5-1 when Bengie Molina added an RBI single.
Konerko chop it to a three-run lead with his secondary home run of the game, yet he was the only Sox hitter that strike one as beinged to have Lilly's number.
Lilly went 6 innings, allowing just the pair runs on five hits, while fanning seven
No undivided had a better view of what Lilly did than Guillen. The skipper was also the acting third base coach with Joey Cora suspended for sum of two units games because of the May 20 brawl with the young beasts
"There wasn't often action over there," Guillen jok with his team simply picking up five hits forward the night. "I didn't do long at third base except stand there and take abuse from the fans."
Garcia's career record dropp to 3-2 at the Roger middle
"He didn't have it [Friday]," Guillen added. "He hung a apportionment of pitches. You throw a destiny of pitches around the plate, especially against this ball form a club -- they have a chance of power. All of his pitches were hittable."
Garcia had a more direct summary of his outing.
"I not at all pitch good here," he said. "I got my ass kicked. That's part of the game.
jcowley@suntimes.com
White Sox recap
WHITE SOX AB R H BI BB in such a manner Avg.
Podsednik lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 280
Iguchi 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 299
Thome dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 302
Konerko 1b 4 2 2 2 0 2 310
tint rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 287
Pierzynski c 4 0 1 0 0 0 333
Crede 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 287
Uribe s 3 0 0 0 0 0 193
b-Cintron ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 257
BrAnderson cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 163
c-Mackowiak ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 273
Totals 32 2 5 2 4 9
Toronto AB R H BI BB in the same manner Avg.
Rios rf 5 2 3 1 0 1 364
Catalanotto lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 317
a-Johnson ph-lf 2 1 1 1 0 0 354
VWells cf 5 1 1 2 0 1 324
Glaus ss-3b 4 2 2 1 1 1 264
Overbay 1b 5 2 3 0 0 1 299
Hillenbrand 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 338
JMcDonald s 0 0 0 0 0 0 233
BMolina c 4 0 1 1 0 0 270
Hinske dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 270
AHill 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 248
Totals 38 8 15 8 2 6
WHITE SOX 010 001 000--2 5 1
Toronto 102 020 21x--8 15 0
a-grounded gone out for Catalanotto in the 6th b-ground without for Uribe in the 9th c-ground gone out for Anderson in the 9th
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