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CHICAGO (AP) – Sandy Alomar Jr. sure knows how to celebrate a
milestone.
Playing the 1,000th game of his major league career, Alomar
drove in the go-ahead run Tuesday night. And it was against his old
team no less, as the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians
8-7.
|  | | Sandy Alomar's eighth-inning single gave the White Sox another victory over his former team. |
"I was just trying to do my job. It had nothing to do with who
we were playing," said Alomar, who spent 11 years in Cleveland
before signing with the White Sox, the Indians' AL Central nemesis,
last winter.
"It doesn't give me any special satisfaction. I'm just trying
to win ball games. I'm way over that Indians stuff."
Alomar and Herbert Perry both had two RBI for the White Sox,
who overcame some sloppy pitching to win back-to-back games for the
first time this season.
Gary Glover (1-0) pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings for his first
major league victory. He got the White Sox out of a big jam in the
fourth inning, getting a double play with the bases loaded.
Keith Foulke pitched the ninth for his second save. Carlos Lee and Paul
Konerko also had solo homers for the White Sox.
"That was as ugly as it can get for us," Chicago manager Jerry
Manuel said. "It's ugly baseball, but it's a fight and we kind of
enjoy that. We seem to rise to that situation."
With Chicago trailing 7-6 in the eighth, Lee led off with
a single and scored the tying run on Perry's double to deep right
field.
That brought up Alomar, who lined one just over reliever Paul Shuey's head – out of the reach of second baseman and brother Roberto Alomar.
"I was just trying to get the ball up the middle and I just put
it over his head," Sandy Alomar said. "It's a little bit
difficult for me to face those guys because I know them, but it's
really not an advantage because I think they're trying to pitch me
different."
Shuey (0-1) allowed two runs and four hits in one inning.
"I'll chalk it up as a bad night," he said. "But it's tough
for us in this situation because it would have been nice to come
out of here with at least one more victory."
The Indians and White Sox, the AL Central's top two teams, play
each other 19 times this year thanks to the unbalanced schedule.
Five of those games are in the first eight days, and the White Sox
hold a 3-1 edge.
"Even though it's April, I think both teams know each game
means a lot," Perry said.
The Indians came close to getting the victory. Chicago starter
Jim Parque gave up seven runs – six earned – and six hits in 4 1/3
innings, and reliever Sean Lowe walked in two runs.
Buffeted by swirling 8-mph winds, Perry had two errors in the
first inning alone, including one that scored a run. Juan Gonzalez
hit a two-run homer for the Indians and had another RBI.
Marty Cordova also had a solo homer for the Indians, his first
of the season.
"It's just part of a 162-game schedule, but we couldn't hang on
and shut them down in a game we got up on them," Indians manager
Charlie Manuel said.
The teams were tied at 5 until the fifth, when the Indians hit
Parque hard. He gave up singles to Omar Vizquel and Jolbert Cabrera
to start the inning, and both runners advanced on Robbie Alomar's
sacrifice bunt.
That was it for Parque, who stomped off the mound and past Jerry
Manuel.
Lowe relieved, but the results weren't any better. He walked
Gonzalez, the first batter he saw, and then forced in two runs with
walks to Ellis Burks and Wil Cordero.
He was booed loudly after the walk to Cordero, and Manuel drew
huge cheers when he walked to the mound to pull Lowe.
Glover relieved and got Chicago out of trouble when Cordova
grounded into a double play.
"It's a really unbelievable moment," said Glover, who made one
appearance with Toronto in 1999.
"It's really great for us to get this type of win. It's even
more important that that's two in a row for us," Glover said.
"Hopefully that gives us momentum to keep it going."
Game notes
Three of Gonzalez's four homers this year have come off
Chicago pitchers. ... Indians starter Tim Drew was charged with a
throwing error in the second when his throw sailed into center
field as he tried to pick off Chris Singleton at second base. He
also threw a wild pitch in the second that scored Perry. But Drew
also matched his career high with three strikeouts. ... The
announced crowd of 12,465 was the smallest at Comiskey Park since
May 3 of last year, when 12,026 turned out. ... Lee extended his
hitting streak to seven games.
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RECAPS
Boston 10
Baltimore 1
Toronto 3
Tampa Bay 2
Chi. White Sox 8
Cleveland 7
NY Yankees 9
Kansas City 5
Minnesota 8
Detroit 2
Texas 7
Anaheim 5
Seattle 5
Oakland 1
San Francisco 11
San Diego 6
Chicago Cubs 4
Montreal 2
Philadelphia 7
Florida 6
Houston 3
Milwaukee 0
Arizona 2
Los Angeles 0
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