Alex Rios belted a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Chicago White Sox came back to defeat the Seattle Mariners, 5-4, on Saturday afternoon.
The White Sox scored three runs in the frame as Paul Konerko’s solo home run tied things and Rios followed three batters with the game-winner off Seattle closer David Aardsma (0-1).
The Mariners grabbed a 4-2 advantage with a pair of runs in the top half of the ninth when Casey Kotchman hit a ground-rule double that scored Jose Lopez and Jack Wilson.
Bobby Jenks (1-0) was credited with the win despite allowing the two runs that gave Seattle the lead.
Franklin Gutierrez homered in the fourth for the Mariners’ 1-0 advantage. After Chicago tied it in the fifth on a double from Alexei Ramirez, Lopez evened the score at 2-2 with a double for Seattle.
Both starters were sharp in getting no-decisions. Freddy Garcia allowed two runs on two hits over seven innings for the White Sox. Seattle starter Doug Fister went eight frames, giving up two runs on eight hits.
Seattle | Chi. White Sox | |
Doug Fister | Player | Freddy Garcia |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
8.0 | IP | 7.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 5 |
8 | Hits | 2 |
2.25 | ERA | 2.57 |
Seattle | Chi. White Sox | |
Jose Lopez | Player | Alex Rios |
2 | Hits | 3 |
1 | RBI | 2 |
0 | HR | 1 |
3 | TB | 6 |
.500 | Avg | .750 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Seattle | 4 | 1 | 9 | .129 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Chi. White Sox | 10 | 2 | 18 | .312 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |