Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. White Sox 5, Kansas City 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 15, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Paul Emmel, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 22192

Jake Peavy pitched into the ninth inning in helping the Chicago White Sox to a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.

Peavy (3-2), who began the year 0-2 with an ERA of 7.85, went 8 1/3 innings to win his third straight start. He allowed seven hits and four runs with five strikeouts.

Matt Thornton picked up his first save of the season by retiring the final two batters.

The Royals jumped on Peavy for three runs in the first inning, including a two-run double by Alberto Callaspo, but managed nary a rally after that.

Billy Butler hit a solo shot in the third to give Kansas City a 4-1 lead, and it stayed that way until the seventh inning when the White Sox’s offense kicked into gear against starter Luke Hochevar (3-1).

Catcher Ramon Castro hit a two-run single, Juan Pierre brought in a run with a single and Andruw Jones made it 5-4 with a sacrifice fly.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   Kansas City
Jake Peavy Player Luke Hochevar
Win W/L Loss
8.1 IP 6.1
5 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 7
4.32 ERA 7.11
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   Kansas City
Alexei Ramirez Player Billy Butler
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 8 0 8 .242 7 3 5 3 3 0
Kansas City 7 1 11 .219 7 5 4 1 0 0