The White Sox Sweep the Indians, Climb to Within 1/2 Game of A.L. Central Lead

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Just when it looked like the Indians might show some early separation in the Central Division by sweeping the Tigers (who had beaten them 10 consecutive games previously, dating back to last year), the White Sox not only swept the Indians to creep to within 1/2 game of them, but they have won 9 out of 10 games overall:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-0528-white-sox-indians-chicago--20120528,0,2225450.story

A home run and 4 RBI from Paul Konerko in today's 12-6 Pale Hose win.

Haymakers are being thrown early on this season in the A.L. Central. Long way to go.

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WHITE SOX

Alejandro De Aza - CF

Gordon Beckham - 2B

Adam Dunn - 1B

Paul Konerko - DH

Alex Rios - RF

A.J. Pierzynski - C

Dayan Viciedo - LF

Alexei Ramirez - SS

Orlando Hudson - 3B

Chris Sale - LHP (5-2, 2.50 ERA)

D-RAYS

Sean Rodriguez - 3B

B.J. Upton - CF

Ben Zobrist - RF

Drew Sutton - 1B

Jose Lobaton - DH

Elliot Johnson - SS

Will Rhymes - 2B

Jose Molina - C

Rich Thompson - LF

Matt Moore - RHP (1-4, 5.07 ERA)

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WHITE SOX ....... WHITES SOX ...... GOOOOOOOO, WHITE SOX !!! O

[weams]

Sale has 15 ks through seven and the Rays are still within striking distance. My.

[HeyIt'sMe]

Moore wasn't exactly a chump either, getting 10 Ks against a red hot White Sox lineup. He's going to be dominant very soon - he gets a little bit better every start.

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Chris Sale got a very positive article written about him by David Schoenfield of ESPN. Woo hoo.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/24922/chris-sale-now-one-of-als-best-starters

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The White Sox go for the sweep against the Rays this afternoon.

WHITE SOX

Alejandro De Aza - CF

Gordon Beckham - 2B

Adam Dunn - 1B

Paul Konerko - DH

Alex Rios - RF

A.J. Pierzynski - C

Dayan Viciedo - LF

Alexei Ramirez - SS

Orlando Hudson - 3B

Jose Quintana - LHP (1-0, 1.54 ERA)

DEVIL RAYS

Carlos Pena - 1B

B.J. Upton - CF

Matt Joyce - LF

Ben Zobrist - RF

Luke Scott - DH

Sean Rodriguez - 2B

Drew Sutton - 3B

Jose Molina - C

Elliot Johnson - SS

Alex Cobb - RHP (2-0, 2.25 ERA)

http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php

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Chris Sale got a very positive article written about him by David Schoenfield of ESPN. Woo hoo.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/24922/chris-sale-now-one-of-als-best-starters

A complete-game, 5-hitter today.

A.L. PITCHER OF THE MONTH for May, too. :clap3:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-0604-white-sox-mariners-chicago--20120604,0,7951209.story

[Frobby]

Right now the White Sox are the healthiest team in the major leagues. That's a big reason they are doing so well.

The second healthiest team is the Marlins, who are also doing very well.