Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. White Sox 5, Tampa Bay 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 7, 2011
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 39°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 38579
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 39°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 38579
Edwin Jackson struck out 13 over eight strong innings, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 5-1 home win over winless Tampa Bay on Thursday afternoon.
Jackson (2-0) allowed just four hits and kept the Rays off the scoreboard until Reid Brignac singled home a run in the eighth inning. The 13 strikeouts set a White Sox record for most batters fanned in a home opener.
A two-run double by Alex Rios in the first inning gave the White Sox (4-2) all the offense they would need against the anemic Rays. Paul Konerko added an RBI single off David Price (0-2) in the third inning, and Chicago got a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth.
Juan Pierre capped a 3-for-5 afternoon with an RBI single for the White Sox, while four other Chicago players collected two hits apiece.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay | Chi. White Sox | |
| David Price | Player | Edwin Jackson |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 6.0 | IP | 8.0 |
| 2 | Strikeouts | 13 |
| 9 | Hits | 4 |
| 4.50 | ERA | 1.12 |
Hitting
| Tampa Bay | Chi. White Sox | |
| B.J. Upton | Player | Juan Pierre |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 1 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 3 |
| .500 | Avg | .600 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Tampa Bay | 6 | 0 | 7 | .188 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Chi. White Sox | 12 | 0 | 14 | .353 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |