AP News, July 24th, 2007
Javier Vazquez won his fifth straight decision and Paul Konerko hit a go-ahead homer off Jeremy Bonderman to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Tuesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Vazquez (8-5) allowed four hits in eight innings, including homers to Curtis Granderson and Ivan Rodriguez. He struck out eight and walked one, improving to 5-0 in his last seven starts.
Bobby Jenks pitched the ninth for his 27th save in 32 chances, helping the White Sox stop a four-game losing streak.
Bonderman (10-2) gave up five runs and eight hits in seven innings. He is 2-2 in his last six starts after winning eight in a row.
With the score 3-3 in the sixth, Jim Thome singled and Konerko hit a liner over the fence in left for his 22nd homer. Josh Fields also homered for the White Sox.
Granderson homered for the second straight game, tying it 3-all when he led off the sixth with his 15th of the season. He went 2-for-4, improving his July average to .375 (27-for-72).
Magglio Ordonez's RBI grounder put the White Sox ahead in the first, but Chicago responded with two in the bottom half on Konerko's RBI grounder and A.J. Pierzynski's run-scoring double.
Rodriguez tied it in the fifth with his ninth homer, but Fields' second homer in as many games and seventh of the season gave the White Sox a 3-2 lead in the bottom half.
Notes:@ Chicago activated Scott Podsednik from the DL before the game and he went 0-for-3. ... The game was a makeup of an April 26 rainout. ... Bonderman is 5-7 in his career against the White Sox. Vazquez is 2-4 against Detroit ... Gavin Floyd was to be called up from Triple-A to start the second game against Virgil Vasquez, who also had been in the minors.
