Three late long balls, three straight wins.
It took nearly a month, but maybe the Chicago White Sox have finally found the key to success.
Paul Konerko's solo home run off Brandon League in the eighth inning gave Chicago a 3-2 win over Seattle on Sunday at U.S. Cellular Field.
The victory capped a three-game sweep for the Sox, who took the first two games on walkoff homers. Andruw Jones hits a solo home run in the ninth inning for a 7-6 win Friday night. Alex Rios hit a two-run homer in the ninth on Saturday for a 5-4 victory.
John Danks (3-0) gave up two runs in eight innings. Bobby Jenks struck out pinch-hitter Ken Griffey Jr. on three pitches with two on in the ninth for his fourth save.
Franklin Gutierrez hit a solo homer in the fourth for the Mariners. Catcher Adam Moore, whose passed ball led to a Chicago run in the first, had an RBI single in the fifth. Carlos Quentin's RBI groundout in the sixth tied the game.
Seattle starter Jason Vargas allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings. League fell to 2-1.
Seattle | Chi. White Sox | |
Jason Vargas | Player | John Danks |
No Decision | W/L | Win |
6.2 | IP | 8.0 |
3 | Strikeouts | 5 |
4 | Hits | 7 |
2.70 | ERA | 2.25 |
Seattle | Chi. White Sox | |
Casey Kotchman | Player | Paul Konerko |
2 | Hits | 2 |
0 | RBI | 1 |
0 | HR | 1 |
5 | TB | 6 |
.500 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Seattle | 8 | 1 | 14 | .235 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chi. White Sox | 5 | 1 | 10 | .172 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |