Pale Hose Sweep Tribe with Near Whitewash

Aug. 29 at Cleveland – Jim Parque (3-0) remained perfect on the season with a 3-hit shutout over 8 innings. Keith Foulke (7) fanned 2 in a perfect 9^th for the save. Chicago blanked the Tribe 3-0, tallying all runs in the 6^th inning. Ray Durham hit a 1-out double of the wall. Carlos Lee plated him with a base hit. Frank Thomas doubled in Lee. A Magglio Ordonez groundout sent The Big Hurt to 3^rd, where Paul Konerko singled him in. Jhonny Peralta had 2 of the 3 Indians knocks.

Aug. 30 at Cleveland – ChiSox pitching was again the story as Mike Sirotka (3-2), Bobby Howry and Kelly Wunsch whitewashed Cleveland for 8 more innings. Meanwhile the Sox built a 3-0 margin with Ordonez (7) swatting a solo homer in the 4^th and Konerko and Jose Valentin driving in a pair of runs in the 7^th. Aaron Boone (3) finally ended the Tribe’s 17-inning scoring drought with a 2-run blast with 2 outs in the 9^th. Foulke (8) gave up the tater, but recorded the 27^th out for the save. White Sox win 3-2.

Aug. 31 at Cleveland – Neither club could find home plate in this one until the 11^th inning. Finally, Pale Hose catcher Charles Johnson broke through with a lead-off solo shot against Cleveland’s Jason Davis (0-1). Lee had a run-scoring single later in the frame and the White Sox garnered the sweep with a 2-0 victory. CC Sabathia started for the Tribe and was magnificent through 8 innings. Bob Wickman was equally strong in the 9^th and 10^th. Chicago meanwhile pieced together 7 hurlers in a tired pen. Cal Eldred (6.2 IP, 0 R, 4 H) started. Mark Buerhrle (1-0), the sixth pitcher, was awarded the W. Lorenzo Barcelo (1) fanned Victor Martinez for the final out.