White Sox extend Politte
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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago White Sox agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract extension with reliever Cliff Politte.
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Justin Morneau homered three times in the second game of a doubleheader and the Minnesota Twins capped a huge day on offense by routing the Chicago White Sox, 12-0, last night.
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The White Sox&#39; second-half advantage was supposed to be a schedule loaded with games against American League Central opponents.
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The struggling Chicago White Sox fanned 15 times, yet still gave themselves a reason to feel good about the way they swung the bats. Rookie Andy Gonzalez went 4-for-5 and drove in two runs, and the White Sox showed signs of pulling out of an offensive funk with plenty of clutch hitting against Tampa Bay during a 5-4 victory that stopped a five-game losing streak on Monday night.
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The Boston Red Sox improved their Major League-best record to 78-51 by winning both games of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox on Friday.
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Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen said he's stopped searching for help from the rest of the league. The White Sox are tumbling toward playoff elimination and he can't find a way to stop his team's slide. "I'm not looking at the scoreboard anymore," Guillen said Friday night after the Seattle Mariners got two homers from Richie Sexson and used a six-run second inning to beat the White Sox 11-6.
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The baseball gods have a heart, and it showed Monday in the Boston Red Sox&#39;s 14-inning, 5-4 victory against the New York Yankees that extended their American League Championship
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The Chicago White Sox keep wasting opportunities. Jorge Cantu hit a two-run single in the 10th inning, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the host White Sox, 5-3, yesterday to keep Chicago from pulling within 3 1/2 games of first-place Detroit in the AL Central.
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Terry Francona was not oblivious to the news that Ozzie Guillen , who guided the White Sox to the World Series title in 2005, a year after Francona did the same with the Red Sox, had been given a contract extension through 2012.
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Paul Konerko hit a game-winning RBI single in the ninth to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 7-to-6 victory over Minnesota. Joe Roa takes the loss for the Twins to fall to 2-and-3.
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Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig signed a three-year contract extension on Thursday and will remain at the helm as the sport tries to weather the controversy over steroids.
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Another game, another postseason classic. It will be news if the Red Sox and Yankees ever play a yawner. Last night certainly does not qualify.
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The player swinging for the most storied record in baseball is being linked more than ever to what could be the sport&#39;s biggest scandal since the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series.
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Confident that Major League Baseball has turned the page on the steroid era and that the game will continue to prosper, owners voted unanimously yesterday to extend commissioner Bud Selig's contract through the 2012 season. The 73-year-old Selig had been scheduled to retire after the 2009 season.
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Joe Borchard and Paul Konerko each hit two-run homers to back a strong outing by Felix Diaz and the Chicago White Sox won their third straight with a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
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David Ortiz's second homer of the game broke an eighth-inning tie, Curt Schilling got his first home win in seven weeks and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 Saturday night.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka had trouble with his control, and A.J. Pierzynski made him pay. The White Sox catcher went 3-for-4 with three RBIs on Thursday night &#151; twice delivering RBI singles after Matsuzaka issued multiple walks &#151; and the Chicago White Sox beat the plummeting Boston Red Sox 4-2.