Quentin, Getz lead Chisox past Yankees 10-5
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CHICAGO - CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Peavy's on his way to town and the Chicago White Sox are hoping he'll get healthy and provide the boost they need for a run in the AL Central.
Until Peavy's ready — probably not until late August —and with fifth starter Clayton Richard shipped to the San Diego Padres in the trade, the White Sox will have to improvise at times.
That's what they did Friday night in beating the New York Yankees 10-5. D.J. Carrasco made a spot start and lasted four innings and was bailed out by an offense led by Carlos Quentin and Chris Getz.
"It's going to be dynamic for us once he's healthy," Carrasco said of Peavy, who is on the DL with an ankle injury. "Our rotation is deep. I don't know what we're going to do with the fifth spot. Hopefully I will get another chance."
Carrasco, making his first start since 2005 when he pitched for Kansas City, gave up three quick first-inning runs Friday night. Chicago bounced back with a run in the bottom half against Sergio Mitre and then three more in the second with Jim Thome hitting a two-run single.
Quentin, who's battled plantar fasciitis in his left foot, homered in the third and had a go-ahead double in the fifth off David Robertson (1-1). And the White Sox added four runs in the seventh off Alfredo Aceves. Getz had a key two-run, two-out, bases-loaded single on an 0-2 pitch. Jayson Nix later stole home on a double steal when Getz broke for second, and Scott Podsednik added a bad-hop RBI single.
"Going into the game with the trade and Clayton planning on starting today, you never know what is going to come of the game," Getz said.
"I think we were sad to see Clayton go, he has such a bright future and he's a good friend of mine," Getz said. "But we're bringing in a very good player and there is no doubt he's going to help us out. ... I don't think anybody was really anticipating much and then all of a sudden at the last minute we make a huge move."
Tony Pena (1-0), acquired from the Diamondbacks earlier this month, got his first victory for the White Sox with two innings of scoreless relief.
"We just didn't execute," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "It's frustrating. We didn't play well. ... The 0-2 hit was the one that hurt us the most because he looked like he was going to get out of it and we were going to be fine. But he didn't get the ball where he wanted to."
Eric Hinske, who hadn't played in the previous seven games, hit a two-run homer to tie it in the fourth.
Mitre went three innings, giving up seven hits and five runs. Carrasco lasted four, yielding nine hits and five runs.
At Cleveland, Jamey Carroll's RBI single in the 13th inning gave Cleveland a victory over Detroit and capped an emotional Friday for the Indians, who traded popular All-Star catcher Victor Martinez to Boston shortly before the non-waiver deadline.
Carroll sliced his single off rookie Casey Fien (0-1) just inside the first-base bag to score Jhonny Peralta, who opened the 13th with a double.
Toma Ohka (1-4), the Indians' sixth reliever, pitched three scoreless innings for his first win since April 29, 2007, when he was with Toronto.
At Minneapolis, Howie Kendrick's pinch-hit RBI single started Los Angeles' six-run 11th inning and the Angels recorded their major league-leading 34th comeback victory.
The Angels, who have come from behind in 13 of their past 18 victories, had six hits and two walks against three Minnesota relievers before making an out in the 11th inning.
Kevin Jepsen (3-2) pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the Angels.
Mike Napoli, who had four hits, tied the game 5-5 with a homer in the Angels' eighth, his fifth homer in 10 games. Bobby Abreu had a homer among three hits and drove in four.
Joe Mauer homered and had three hits for the Twins.
At Baltimore, Kevin Youkilis put Boston ahead with a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and David Ortiz and Jacoby Ellsbury also connected.
Ortiz has two home runs in two games since it was disclosed that he was on the list of more than 100 major leaguers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.
John Smoltz (2-4) earned his second victory in seven starts for Boston despite allowing five runs and eight hits in six innings. Jonathan Papelbon worked the ninth for his 27th save.
At St. Petersburg, Fla., David Price allowed one run over seven innings and Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer to lead Tampa Bay.
Price (4-4) gave up five hits and improved to 4-1 at home this year. Pena's homer was his 26th this season, but just the third in July.
Alberto Callaspo extended his hitting streak to 13 games for Kansas City, which has lost 14 of 17. The Royals are 0-7 against Tampa Bay this season.
Pena put the Rays up 3-0 on an opposite-field shot off the left-field pole in the first. The two-out homer came off Sidney Ponson (1-7), who allowed seven runs and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings.
Jason Bartlett of the Rays made it 4-1 on a fourth-inning RBI double. The Rays extended the lead to 7-1 in the fifth when Ben Zobrist drove in a run with a triple, and Pat Burrell and Gabe Gross had RBI singles.
At Arlington, Texas, Marlon Byrd's three-run homer in the fifth inning broke a tie and sent Texas on to the win.
Seattle took a 2-0 lead in the first on a homer by Jose Lopez, but Taylor Teagarden had a sacrifice fly in the second and added a solo homer in the fifth to tie it.
Texas then got two-out singles from Omar Vizquel and Michael Young before Byrd ripped the first pitch from Jason Vargas (3-5) for his 11th homer.
Heavy rain began falling in the bottom of the seventh, and the game was delayed for 2 hours, 18 minutes.
Vicente Padilla (8-5) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings in his first appearance since July 17, his last start before he was diagnosed with swine flu.
Padilla was scratched from a start on Tuesday night because he was still weak from the illness, and he missed a scheduled start July 22 due to flulike symptoms. Subsequent lab tests revealed that Padilla had H1NI influenza A.
Vizquel had three hits as the Rangers won for the 10th time in 12 games.
At Oakland, Calif., Ryan Sweeney drove in three runs for Oakland and Dallas Braden won for the first time in four starts.
Rajai Davis had two hits and scored twice for the A's, who traded shortstop Orlando Cabrera to the Minnesota Twins earlier in the day.
Braden (8-9) gave up five runs in 6 2-3 innings, but the left-hander hung around long enough to win for the first time since July 11.
Andrew Bailey pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth consecutive save and 14th overall.
Scott Richmond (6-6) made his first start since missing 21 games while on the disabled list with elbow tendinitis. He lasted three-plus innings and was charged with six runs.
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