Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. White Sox 9, Seattle 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, July 29, 2010
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Layne, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Hunter Wendelstedt
Attendance: 28483

Backup catcher Ramon Castro hit two home runs and Paul Konerko and Carlos Quentin added back to-back homers as the Chicago White Sox won their 11th consecutive home game in sweeping the Seattle Mariners with a 9-5 win Thursday night.

Chicago’s streak is its best since winning 13 in a row at old Comiskey Park from July 1-Aug. 5, 1989.

Freddy Garcia (10-4) picked up the win, allowing three runs on seven hits in six innings for the White Sox, who earned their first four-game sweep of Seattle since 1983.

Juan Pierre’s two-run double keyed Chicago’s four-run third inning while Castro homered in the fourth and sixth innings. Omar Vizquel added three hits and drove in two runs.

Mariners starter David Pauley (0-3) lasted just 2 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits.

After Seattle got back to within 7-5 with two runs in the seventh, Konerko led off the bottom half with a homer - his fourth in as many games - and Quentin followed with a blast for the four-run cushion.

Seattle All-Star Ichiro Suzuki had three doubles and scored three runs and Casey Kotchman had two doubles and drove in two runs in the losing effort.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Chi. White Sox
David Pauley Player Freddy Garcia
Loss W/L Win
2.2 IP 6.0
0 Strikeouts 3
6 Hits 7
13.50 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Seattle   Chi. White Sox
Ichiro Suzuki Player Ramon Castro
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
0 HR 2
6 TB 9
.600 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 10 0 15 .294 12 5 4 1 3 1
Chi. White Sox 13 4 27 .382 10 1 8 5 0 0