| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, July 1st, 2008: Nothing Doing for White Sox! Shutout by Mark Prior
"Good pitching beats good hitting" is an old baseball adage. Well, good pitching also beats bad batting. In his postgame interview the Chicago manager said, "Mark Prior made us look real bad today. He was outstanding. He was down in the zone with all four pitches. Everything was sinking." Prior struck out 5, walked 2, and allowed only 4 hits as the Chicago Cubs whitewashed the Chicago White Sox.
Prior has started 16 contests so far this year, registering 1 win and 10 losses. He has chucked 104 innings, facing 456 batters. Of these, he has whiffed 54, walked 42, and plunked 0.
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 | Tuesday, June 17th, 2008: Taveras of Houston Rips Chicago for 5 Hits in 5 At Bats!
Willy Taveras put on a hitting clinic today. The Houston left fielder sprayed hits all over the ballpark by lashing Chicago pitching for 5 hits in 5 at-bats.
W. Taveras singled in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, singled in the 6th and hit a two-run home run off P. Feliciano in the 7th.
He is currently batting .364. In 37 games this season, Taveras has stroked 59 hits in 162 at-bats, including 8 home runs. He has also driven in 24 runs batted in, walked 6 times, scored 39 runs and compiled a .382 OBP.
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 | Saturday, May 31st, 2008: Pie of Chicago Rips Colorado for 5 Hits in 5 At Bats!
It was a sensational day at the plate for Felix Pie. The Chicago left fielder was pure misery for the Colorado pitching staff. He left them shell-shocked with 5 hits in 5 at-bats in an explosive display of hitting.
F. Pie hit a two-run home run off F. Morales in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, singled in the 6th and hit an RBI single in the 7th.
A relative newcomer to the league, Pie is batting .290 with 4 home runs and 17 RBI so far this season. He has walked 10 times, scored 15 runs, and put up a .327 on base percentage.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Sean Marshall | Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle | 7-8 months | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) | | P Angel Guzman | Ruptured Bicep Tendon | 7 weeks | 6 day(s) left | | 2B Eric Patterson | Strained Thigh Muscle | one week | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 29-57, .337 PCT | | Position in Division | 6th, 29.5 GB | | Record at home | 16-27, .372 PCT | | Record on the road | 13-30, .302 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-3, .625 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 11-11, .500 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 8-22, .267 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 21-35, .375 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 3-7, .300 PCT | | Record in April | 6-15, .286 PCT | | Record in May | 10-18, .357 PCT | | Record in June | 9-17, .346 PCT | | Record in July | 4-7, .364 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .271 - 7th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .313 - 14th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .399 - 15th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .711 - 15th in NL | | Runs Scored | 328 - 16th in NL | | Hits | 801 - 14th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 207 - 16th in NL | | Home Runs | 79 - 15th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 189 - 16th in NL | | Strikeouts | 558 - 7th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 80 - tied for 4th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 5.11 - 15th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.98 - 14th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 5.36 - 13th in NL | | Runs allowed | 483 - 15th in NL | | Hits allowed | 853 - 11th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .287 - 15th in NL | | BABIP | .311 - 11th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 120 - 13th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 342 - 16th in NL | | Strikeouts | 494 - 15th in NL |
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