Alexei Ramirez belted a two-run home run to back the solid pitching of Mark Buehrle as the visiting Chicago White Sox edged the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Sunday night.
Ramirez's blast capped a three-run sixth inning that put the White Sox ahead to stay and enabled them to win the rubber game of the series.
Buehrle (7-7) went seven strong innings, allowing three runs on five hits while not walking a batter or registering a strikeout.
He gave up a two-run homer to Josh Hamilton in the fourth inning and a solo blast to Julio Borbon in the fifth, improving to 4-1 in his last five starts.
J.J. Putz pitched a perfect eighth and Matt Thornton worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to record his fifth save.
Mark Kotsay and Carlos Quentin had RBI doubles for the White Sox, who became the first team to take a home series from the Rangers since the Chicago Cubs turned the trick from May 21-23.
Texas starter Scott Feldman (5-8) lasted six innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits in absorbing his second straight defeat.
Chi. White Sox | Texas | |
Mark Buehrle | Player | Scott Feldman |
Win | W/L | Loss |
7.0 | IP | 6.0 |
0 | Strikeouts | 1 |
5 | Hits | 8 |
3.86 | ERA | 6.00 |
Chi. White Sox | Texas | |
Mark Kotsay | Player | Julio Borbon |
2 | Hits | 2 |
1 | RBI | 1 |
0 | HR | 1 |
3 | TB | 5 |
.500 | Avg | .667 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Chi. White Sox | 9 | 1 | 15 | .265 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Texas | 5 | 2 | 11 | .156 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |