Rios gets 3 hits and drives in 3 runs as White Sox sweep Mariners with 7-4 win
abercrombie outletFor the second straight outing, Seattle Mariners starter Kevin Millwood was unable to hold onto a lead in a game Seattle would go on to lose.The Mariners rallied from a 2-0 deficit to take a 4-2 lead over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. But the lead wouldn’t hold as the White Sox capitalized on Millwood’s (0-1) mistakes in the sixth inning to retake the lead and earn a series sweep over the Mariners with a 7-4 victory.“It came down to the fact that when I need to make a pitch to get out of an inning or get out of a jam, I wasn’t able to do it,” Millwood said. “I felt good, felt my stuff was good, I just didn’t make pitches when I needed to.”In his previous start, the Mariners jumped out to a 8-1 lead against Cleveland before the Indians scored seven runs off Millwood to tie the game. Seattle would go on to lose 9-8 to the Indians. “Panic is definitely not the answer,” Millwood said of Seattle’s losing streak. “We’re a pitch here and there from holding teams down. It’s one of those things you’ve got to get through. Hopefully there will be more good stretches than bad.”Adam Dunn drew a leadoff walk to start the sixth inning. Paul Konerko singled and after a groundout, Alex Rios tripled to the wall in right-center field that evened the game at 4.A sacrifice fly by Kosuke Fukudome scored Rios from third and gave the White Sox a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Rios and Fukudome added RBI singles in the eighth against Tom Wilhelmsen.“That was a big one,” manager Eric Wedge said. “But that’s where we have to come right back and go get them. When you give it up like that you have to come right back and answer. We didn’t do that.”
abercrombie onlineA day after Phil Humber pitched a perfect game for the White Sox, John Danks (2-2) went six innings for the win. Hector Santiago pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save of the season, closing out Chicago’s 19th victory in its last 22 games against the Mariners and second straight sweep in Seattle.The White Sox bullpen combined for three innings of work, allowing just one hit and striking out five. “They have some good lefties in their pen that really make it rough,” second baseman Dustin Ackley said. “You might get one pitch to hit and if you miss it, it is tough from there on out.”The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the third on a double by Alexei Ramirez that left fielder Casper Wells misplayed for an error, and an RBI single by Dunn.Seattle tied it in the bottom half. Chone Figgins led off with a walk and Ichiro Suzuki singled, setting up an RBI single by Jesus Montero and an RBI double by Alex Liddi.Fukudome walked in the fourth and moved up on a wild pitch, but was thrown out at the plate by Suzuki on Brent Morel’s single to right field.Miguel Olivo and Wells hit consecutive singles to lead off the fourth. With Brendan Ryan attempting to bunt, the infield was pulled up when Danks tried a pickoff throw at first that Dunn never saw coming. Danks’ error allowed Olivo to score and Dustin Ackley drove in a run with a grounder for a 4-2 lead.
abercrombie saleNOTES: Seattle 1B Justin Smoak got a scheduled day off and Liddi started in his place. ... Chicago manager Robin Ventura gave CF Alejandro De Aza the day off with Fukudome starting in his place. De Aza had played every inning of the first 14 games of the year in center for Chicago. De Aza pinch-ran for DH Konerko in the eighth. ... White Sox reliever Addison Reed pitched a scoreless seventh, striking out the side. The NBA playoffs start this weekend and the Hawks still haven't secured home-court advantage in the first round.It's also been a while since they've had a complete effort against a quality opponent.The Hawks erupted for perhaps their best offensive performance of the season against a good defensive team Sunday, only to get shredded by the Knicks for a 113-112 defeat at Philips Arena.“It's frustrating for the fact we are still playing for something and yet, defensively, we were non-existent,” Hawks guard Joe Johnson said.The Hawks allowed 94 points through three quarters and lost when Knicks star Carmelo Anthony took advantage of a defensive miscue to score the final basket. Atlanta's last gasp fell short when Marvin Williams missed a dunk attempt just after the final buzzer.Atlanta's loss assured Indiana (41-23) will be the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Hawks (38-26) still can earn home-court advantage if they finish ahead of the Celtics (37-27).
cheap abercrombie clothesThe Hawks had a chance to earn some leeway for their final two games with a victory over New York (34-30). Atlanta led 112-111 after Johnson's 3-pointer with less than two minutes to play.But soon after Johnson's basket fell through the net, Anthony was standing alone behind the 3-point line. Teammate Baron Davis passed to Anthony, who buried the shot.“We gave him a wide-open three,” Hawks coach Larry Drew said. “Going down the stretch you have to make plays, and that doesn't mean just on the offensive end. You have to put strings of stops together.”The Hawks only did so for one stretch of the fourth quarter, a time when their offense also halted. Otherwise the Knicks matched them shot for shot until Anthony scored their final seven points.Anthony scored a game-high 39 points but needed 32 shots to do it.“We made him work,” said Hawks forward Josh Smith, who was one of three defenders to take turns guarding Anthony. “But it's kind of disappointing to look at the stat sheet and see that Landry Fields had that kind of impact.”Fields, starting in New York's small lineup with center Tyson Chandler out, scored 18 points and made 7 of 8 shots. Amar'e Stoudemire had 22 points for the Knicks, which shot 54.4 percent from the field.Atlanta lost in spite of shooting 53.9 percent, scoring 26 fast-break points and making 15 3-pointers.“When you are playing against teams like New York, you have to make sure defensively you are in the same page," Drew said. "We had some simple, simple breakdowns.”
abercrombie ukThe most costly was Anthony's final 3-pointer. After each team failed to score on consecutive possessions, the Hawks had a chance to win after they called timeout with 3.4 seconds left.Williams took the inbound pass from Johnson and then faked a hand off to Johnson before driving to the basket. The clock expired as Williams went up for a dunk attempt that bounced away as Stoudemire challenged.Williams said he thought Stoudemire made contact on the play.“The ref didn't call it, so it's not a foul,” Williams said.Williams scored a team-high 29 points while making 10 of 14 shots. Jeff Teague added 23 points and Johnson finished with 22.Johnson said he thinks he should have got more than three shots in the final period.“I just figure you have got to put the ball in the hands of your playmakers,” he said. “The Knicks did it all game. They made sure they got the ball to the right man.”Atlanta led 65-60 at halftime, which represented the most combined points in a half this season for Atlanta. Both teams scored easily when they didn't turn the ball over: The Hawks shot 59 percent and had 12 turnovers, New York shot 60 percent and matched Atlanta's turnovers.The Knicks led 98-93 early in the fourth quarter, the Hawks led 106-102 with seven minutes to play and then the margin was two points or less over the final six minutes.“That was an old school shootout,” said Knicks coach Mike Woodson, the former Hawks coach.
abercrombie fitchAlberto Gonzalez squared to bunt, hoping to drive in the go-ahead run on a squeeze play. The ball hit his bat and glanced off his right leg before bouncing off the ground and out toward the pitcher.Then the Texas Rangers caught a break.Instead of being called a foul ball, Gonzalez's bunt went for an RBI infield single in the 11th inning, lifting the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Gonzalez admitted after the game the ball hit him around the knee — and a replay confirmed that — but the play stood."As soon as he hit the ball and saw the ball was fair, he didn't stop himself," Gonzalez's translator said. "He was trying to go to first base. He knew the job was done."The bases were loaded with nobody out when Gonzalez bunted. Right-hander Thad Weber (0-1), who was making his major-league debut, had no play at the plate on runner Nelson Cruz. Weber froze with the ball, and first baseman Miguel Cabrera struggled to get back to the bag in time. Everybody was safe, and Texas took the lead.The umpires did not initially see the ball hit Gonzalez."We did not see the ball hit anybody on the field," plate umpire Tim Welke said. "We called what we saw."