10/06/2008 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - DeWayne Wise hit a two-run double in Chicago's three-run fourth, and the White Sox staved off elimination with a 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of their American League Division Series.
Tampa Bay still leads the series 2-1, and can advance to its first-ever American League Championship Series with a win in Game 4, set for Monday afternoon in Chicago. Game 5, if necessary, will be back in St. Petersburg, Florida on Wednesday.
John Danks (1-0) gave up seven hits and three runs in 6 2/3 innings, with seven strikeouts and three walks, to pick up another big win for the White Sox. Danks was coming off pitching eight innings of shutout ball in the one- game playoff with the Twins on Tuesday, and he earned the win as Chicago edged Minnesota 1-0 for the AL Central title.
A.J. Pierzynski had two hits and an RBI for Chicago.
"At least we play tomorrow. That's the only thing about it," said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. "But it give us maybe a little, a lot of comfort for tomorrow's game. We've played against the wall before and we've come out of it. We're going to put a lot of pressure on them."
Matt Garza (0-1) gave up five runs on seven hits in six innings, with four strikeouts and four walks, to take the loss for the Rays. B.J. Upton hit a two-run home run, and Akinori Iwamura had two hits and drove in the other run for the AL East champions.
"To think that you are just going to waltz through this whole thing is not a good thought," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "It's very unreasonable. They're very good. And they're very good in this building also."
Gavin Floyd faces Tampa Bay's Andy Sonnanstine in the pitching matchup Monday.
Chicago plated three runs in the fourth to move in front. Jim Thome laced a double to center to start the rally, Paul Konerko walked, and Ken Griffey Jr. singled to right to load the bases with no outs. Alexei Ramirez lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Thome, and Wise followed by shooting a line drive into the corner in left, scoring Konerko and Griffey for a 4-1 White Sox lead.
Juan Uribe added an RBI single with two outs in the sixth, stretching Chicago's lead to 5-1, but Upton cut the lead to two with his long homer in the seventh.
Danks walked Rocco Baldelli to start the seventh, but fanned Jason Bartlett and got Iwamura to fly out to left. The Chicago right-hander grooved a fastball up and over the plate to Upton, though, and Upton turned on it and sent it deep into the stands in left.
Upton's first career postseason long ball cut the White Sox lead from four runs to two and, after Carlos Pena followed with a single, Danks was pulled for Octavio Dotel. A wild pitch by Dotel allowed Pena to take second, but the White Sox reliever rebounded to strike out Evan Longoria to end the threat.
Matt Thornton worked around a two-out walk in a scoreless eighth, and Bobby Jenks came on in the ninth to close it out for Chicago. Upton singled to left with two outs, bringing the dangerous Pena to the plate, but Jenks struck him out looking for the save, keeping Chicago's season alive for at least another day.
The game was delayed 35 minutes due to rain, and the Rays jumped in front with a run in the second. Dioner Navarro doubled to left with one out, and moved to third on Baldelli's groundout. Bartlett walked, and Iwamura grounded a slow roller to a perfect spot between first base and the mound. The infield single allowed Navarro to score for a 1-0 Tampa Bay lead.
The White Sox knotted the game with a two-out run of their own in the third. Wise walked to lead off the inning and stole second with two outs. Pierzynski then grounded back up the middle, and the RBI single tied the game at 1-1.
Game Notes
Chad Bradford pitched two scoreless innings of relief for the Rays. Bradford has not allowed an earned run in 19 career postseason appearances, spanning 18 1/3 innings with the White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and Tampa Bay...The Rays failed to become the fifth team to sweep their first-ever postseason series. The 1914 Boston Braves, 1966 Baltimore Orioles, 1969 New York Mets, and 1997 Florida Marlins all accomplished the feat...Danks had not allowed a home run in eight of his last 11 starts...Pena is 0-for-6 in his career against Jenks with four strikeouts.
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