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Brian Anderson of the White Sox makes a leaping catch in the ivy to take away a hit from the Cubs' Jake Fox in the eighth.
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White Sox muzzle the Cubs, 4-1
CHICAGO - John Danks pitched seven shutout innings, Alexei Ramirez homered in the first, and the White Sox played some NL-style baseball yesterday to beat the Cubs, 4-1.
The White Sox, backed by a large and vocal following at Wrigley Field, now lead the spirited and closely contested interleague series that began in 1997, 34-33.
Danks (5-5) worked out of some early jams in a meeting of crosstown rivals who have struggled offensively this season.
In seven-plus innings, the lefty allowed five hits, walked none and struck out nine, while being charged with one run. He left after Aaron Miles doubled to lead off the eighth.
White Sox centerfielder Brian Anderson then leaped in front of the ivy-covered wall to catch pinch-hitter Jake Fox's long drive. Miles took third on the play and scored on Alfonso Soriano's RBI grounder off reliever Scott Linebrink as the Cubs averted a shutout.
Bobby Jenks pitched a perfect ninth for his 15th save in 17 chances.
Leading by 1-0, the White Sox added a run on Chris Getz's RBI triple in the second off a wild Ryan Dempster (4-4) and got a third run in the seventh on a squeeze bunt single from Scott Podsednik. In the eighth, a walk, a hit-and-run single by Paul Konerko, and a sacrifice fly by A.J. Pierzynski made it 4-0 when pinch-runner DeWayne Wise beat Soriano's throw to the plate.
Ramirez lifted his sixth homer of the season into the basket in left field on a 1-2 pitch from Dempster in the first.
Chicago White Sox 110 000 110 – 4 7 1
Chicago Cubs 000 000 010 – 1 5 1
White Sox AB R H BI Avg. Chi. Cubs AB R H BI Avg.
Podsednik lf 4 0 2 1 .315 A.Soriano lf 4 0 0 1 .225
Al.Ramirez ss 5 1 1 1 .251 Ascanio p 0 0 0 0 .000
Dye rf 2 0 0 0 .271 Theriot ss 4 0 1 0 .282
1-Wise pr-rf 0 1 0 0 .133 Bradley rf 4 0 2 0 .234
Konerko 1b 4 0 1 0 .293 D.Lee 1b 4 0 1 0 .277
Pierzynski c 2 0 0 1 .300 Soto c 4 0 0 0 .217
Bri.Anderson cf 3 1 1 0 .233 Re.Johnson cf 3 0 0 0 .264
Getz 2b 3 1 1 1 .250 Fontenot 3b 3 0 0 0 .232
