Ventura lifts Sox over Astros

Robin Ventura launched a bottom of the 9th homer as the 1993 White Sox beat the 1998 Houston Astros in a battle of the 90's. Score was tied for most of the game. Also, Ron Karkovice connected with a homer for the White Sox who won a crazy one at Comiskey Park II over the Astros, 7 to 4. Chicago had the game winning rally in the bottom of the 9th inning plating 3 runs utilizing 2 base hits. Roberto Hernandez led off and he ripped a base-knock. After an out was recorded, Tim Raines came up and he drew a walk. Robin Ventura then belted a three-run homer making Chicago the winners and sending the 28,589 fans home happy. Sox had 9 hits for the afternoon while 1998 Houston had 3. Roberto Hernandez (1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 1/3 of an inning. Scott Elarton (0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. He allowed 3 runs and 2 hits in 1/3 of an inning.

  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Gutierrez SS      3  1  0  0 .000     J.Cora 2B           5  2  2  0 .308  
  C.Biggio 2B         3  1  0  0 .231     T.Raines LF         3  2  1  0 .286  
  D.Bell RF           2  0  0  0 .167     R.Ventura 3B        4  2  1  3 .111  
  M.Alou LF           3  0  0  0 .111     F.Thomas 1B         4  0  1  1 .200  
  J.Bagwell 1B        3  1  1  2 .500     E.Burks RF          0  0  0  2 .286  
  C.Everett CF        4  0  0  0 .286     L.Johnson CF        4  0  1  0 .250  
  S.Berry 3B          4  1  2  2 .250     R.Karkovice C       4  1  2  1 .333  
  B.Ausmus C          4  0  0  0 .154     O.Guillen SS        4  0  0  0 .091  
  M.Hampton P         3  0  0  0 .000     W.Alvarez P         3  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Nitkowski P       0  0  0  0 .000     B.Thigpen P         0  0  0  0 ----  
A-B.Spiers PH         0  0  0  0 .000     R.Hernandez P       1  0  1  01.000  
  S.Elarton P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  4  3  4                 Totals      32  7  9  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Nitkowski In 9th Inning
 
Astros.......... 0 2 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4  3  1
White Sox....... 1 0 0  1 2 0  0 0 3  -  7  9  0
 
Astros (1-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Hampton                 7       7   4   3   3   2   1 117   3.86
C.Nitkowski               1       0   0   0   1   1   0  17   1.93
S.Elarton LOSS(0-1)       0 1/3   2   3   3   1   0   1  15  20.25
Totals                    8 1/3   9   7   6   5   3   2
 
White Sox (2-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
W.Alvarez                 7 1/3   3   4   4   6   3   1 130   4.91
B.Thigpen                 1 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  20   0.00
R.Hernandez WIN(1-0)      0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                    9       3   4   4   7   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 28,589 DATE- Monday, May 13th 2013 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 6  White Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 1  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- C.Biggio
DOUBLES- S.Berry(1st), J.Cora-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- S.Berry(1st), R.Ventura(1st), R.Karkovice(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Burks-2
WALKS- R.Gutierrez-2, D.Bell-2, M.Alou, J.Bagwell, B.Spiers, T.Raines-2,
       R.Ventura, E.Burks-2
HIT BY PITCH- C.Biggio
STRIKE OUTS- M.Alou, C.Everett, M.Hampton, R.Karkovice, O.Guillen, W.Alvarez
GIDP- R.Karkovice
2-out RBI- S.Berry-2, J.Bagwell-2
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