hits in six innings, Carlos Quentin hit a double and triple and the
Chicago White Sox swept their day-night doubleheader against the Boston
Red Sox with their second 3-1 win on Saturday.
Floyd (10-11) allowed Boston's only
run of the second game on a single in the fifth inning by Marco Scutaro,
who also drove in Boston's only run of the opener. John Lackey (12-9)
gave up just one run on two hits through six innings then was hurt by a
throwing error by center fielder Ryan Kalish in a two-run seventh when
Chicago went ahead 3-1.
Bobby Jenks got the save in both games, giving him 27 in 31 opportunities.
The White Sox extended their winning
streak to five games and gained a half-game in the AL Central. They
trail division leader Minnesota, which beat the Texas Rangers 12-4, by 3
1/2 games.
Manny Ramirez, in his first games
against his former team since joining Chicago on waivers Tuesday, went 2-for-4 in the first game and 1-for 4-with two strikeouts and a soft
lined single to right in his last at bat in the second.
In the nightcap, Quentin led off the
third inning with a triple before Ramon Castro struck out. Gordon
Beckham grounded to first baseman Victor Martinez, who threw to catcher
Jarrod Saltalamacchia in plenty of time to get Quentin at home. But
Quentin charged into Saltalamacchia without sliding, jolting the ball
loose.
Then in the fourth with runners at
first and second and two outs, Lackey hit Quentin with a pitch. Home
plate umpire James Hoye warned both benches and managers Ozzie Guillen
of Chicago and Terry Francona of Boston came out to talk with him.
Lackey struck out Castro to end the inning then went to Quentin at first
base, talked to him and patted him on the leg.
Boston tied it 1-1 in the fifth when
the first three batters reached base on a walk to Kalish, a single by
Bill Hall and the RBI single by Scutaro.
Lackey retired seven consecutive
batters before running into trouble in the seventh. Mark Teahen started
the inning with a single before Quentin doubled to deep left-center.
Kalish ran the ball down then fired back to the infield. But it sailed
halfway up the first-base line, forcing Saltalamacchia to run it down
and allowing Teahen to score the go-ahead run.
Castro's sacrifice fly then made it 3-1.
The Red Sox threatened in the eighth
with runners at first and second and two outs, but Jenks came in and
retired pinch hitter Darnell McDonald on a fly ball to center.
Notes
Paul Konerko's 14-game hitting
streak ended in the second game. … Kalish made seven putouts, three
on fly balls by Konerko. … Lackey gave up one earned run after
allowing five or more total runs in four of his previous six starts.
He's now 11-4 in night games. … Floyd allowed two runs or less for the
15th time in his last 17 starts but won for just the second time in
five outings.