Sox Win Battle of the Long Ball 10-6

April 11

  The Chicago White Sox would come out on top for the second time in three days Wednesday afternoon beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6. The day off due to the rain postponing Tuesday night's game didn't seem to effect the White Sox batters. They put up ten runs off of eleven hits including a solo shot by Alejandro De Aza and a three run blast by A.J. Pierzynski who both went yard in Monday night's game.

  The White Sox would take an early 4-1 lead in the first inning off of Indians' starter Justin Masterson. Adam Dunn would score the third run of the inning off a wild pitch by Masterson. After the first inning the Indians would finally battle back against Sox starter John Danks after Travis Hafner's two run double made it 5-4 in the fifth inning. Then in the sixth inning the Sox would double their run total when De Aza homered off Dan Wheeler and Pierzynski ripped a three run shot off of Rafael Perez increasing the lead to 10-4. Shelly Duncan would hit a two run shot off of Sox reliever Will Ohman in the Seventh but were unable to produce anymore runs. The Sox would come out on top 10-6 and 2-0 in a series that saw seven total home runs between the two clubs. White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko would also surpass Hall of Famer Luke Appling for second place in Sox history with 3,531 total bases.

  John Danks got his first W on the season helping the Sox improve to 3-2 on the season. The White Sox will make their home opener on Friday in Chicago when the host division rival the Detroit Tigers.