By Mark Gonzales

Tribune reporter

12:47 p.m. CST, December 1, 2011

The Chicago White Sox’s 2012 spring training schedule is nearly complete.

The Sox are waiting for clearance from Camelback Ranch to officially release their schedule, but their spring schedule is close to being finalized, based on the spring schedules of other Cactus League teams.

Here’s a look at the Sox’s tentative schedule, with two games to be added as well as an off day to be announced soon:

March 5 – Los Angeles Dodgers

March 6 – vs. LA Angels at Tempe

March 7 – Milwaukee

March 8 – vs. Texas at Surprise

March 9 – Cubs

March 10 – Texas (day)

                 Los Angeles Dodgers (night)

March 11 – vs. Colorado at Scottsdale

March 12 – Oakland

March 13 – vs. San Diego at Peoria

March 14 – Los Angeles Angels

March 15 – Cleveland at Goodyear

March 16 – open

March 17 – Seattle

March 18 – open

March 19 – Cincinnati

By Mark Gonzales

Tribune reporter

8:49 a.m. CST, November 21, 2011

The Chicago White Sox will play host to the Cubs on March 9 and play four games against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch, according to the facility’s website.

The Sox’s spring training home schedule was posted on the website, which features 18 games at Camelback Ranch. The Sox will play a split doubleheader on March 10 against Texas at 1:05 p.m. and against the Dodgers at 7:05 p.m.

The Sox’s other night home game is March 23 against Arizona.

The Sox’s home schedule will conclude April 2 against Milwaukee.

The Sox are scheduled to play at Maryvale against National League Central champion Milwaukee on March 24, according to the Brewers’ website.

The Sox were expected to announce their spring training schedule later this month.

Here is the list of the Sox’s home spring training games, according to the Camelback Ranch website;

March 5 – Los Angeles Dodgers

March 7 – Milwaukee

March 9 – Cubs

March 10 – Texas (1:05 p.m.)

                    Los Angeles Dodgers (7:05 p.m.)

March 12 – Oakland

March 14 – Los Angeles Angels

March 17 – Seattle

March 19 – Cincinnati

March 22 – Kansas City

March 23 – Arizona (7:05 p.m.)

March 25 – San Francisco

March 26 – Los Angeles Dodgers

March 27 – Cleveland

March 28 – San Diego

March 29 – Los Angeles Dodgers

March 31 – Colorado

April 2 – Milwaukee (12:05 p.m.)

SEATTLE (AP) – Dayan Viciedo made a sudden impact in his return to the majors, hitting a three-run homer in his season debut as the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 Sunday for a sweep.

Tyler Flowers connected for his first career grand slam, helping Gavin Floyd (12-10) cruise to victory.

Viciedo was called up from Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday when the White Sox placed outfielder Carlos Quentin on the 15-day disabled list.

Viciedo put up strong numbers in Charlotte, batting .297 with 20 home runs and 78 RBIs this year. He was up with the White Sox for 38 games in 2010 and hit five home runs with 13 RBIs while batting .308.

Manager Ozzie Guillen said Saturday that Viciedo is up with the team to play, not to sit on the bench. The newly promoted right fielder singled in his first at-bat, then homered over the right-center field fence off Jason Vargas (7-12) the next time up.

The White Sox scored six times in the sixth after Paul Konerko and Alex Rios led off with singles and Viciedo drew a one-out walk that loaded the bases. Flowers cleared them with a shot into the White Sox bullpen in left field.

Gordon Beckham and Juan Pierre got hits to chase Vargas, and Brent Lillibridge and Konerko followed with two more singles off reliever Josh Lueke to drive in a pair and give the White Sox a 9-0 lead.

Floyd blanked the Mariners on just two hits over the first seven innings. Kyle Seager reached on a strikeout to start the eighth as Floyd’s wild pitch careened to the backstop, and Josh Bard ended the Mariners’ 21-inning scoreless streak with a two-run home run off the foul pole in right field.

Singles from Ichiro Suzuki and Franklin Gutierrez forced Floyd from the game. After a single by Dustin Ackley loaded the bases, Will Ohman struck out Casper Wells and got Adam Kennedy to line out.

Bard added an RBI groundout in the ninth.

NOTES: Mariners 1B Justin Smoak is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Monday with Triple-A Tacoma. Smoak broke his nose when a groundball caught him in the face. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on August 13. … Chicago heads home to begin a three-game series with the Minnesota Twins. Mark Buehrle (10-6) will face Kevin Slowey (0-2) in the series opener on Monday. … Seattle will open a four-game set with the Los Angeles Angels Monday with Blake Beavan (3-4) taking the mound against Joel Pineiro (5-6).

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jered Weaver pitched seven innings of four-hit ball in his first start since signing an $85 million contract extension, and Erick Aybar drove in three runs in the Los Angeles Angels’ sixth straight victory, 8-0 over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.

Torii Hunter homered for the Angels, and Jeff Mathis had a two-run double during a three-run second inning in a dominant finale to their nine-game homestand. Los Angeles’ second straight series sweep and Texas’ 13-2 loss to Boston trimmed the Angels’ deficit in the AL West to just 21/2 games before they head into a weekend series at Rangers Ballpark on Friday.

Zach Stewart (1-3) allowed seven hits and seven runs while pitching into the seventh inning for Chicago, which missed a chance to move into second place in the AL Central for the second straight day.

Los Angeles scored four runs in the seventh to give a rare easy night to Weaver (15-6), who received one total run of support in his previous three starts combined. Weaver didn’t need that much help while ending a four-start winless streak in dominant fashion, striking out eight and allowing just one runner to reach third base.

A day earlier, Los Angeles announced Weaver had agreed to a five-year deal through 2016, passing up unrestricted free agency to stay in Orange County. Although the Angels scored just eight runs in Weaver’s last six starts, the AL All-Star game starter’s 15 victories already are one short of his career high in 2009.

The Angels have Thursday off before heading to Arlington, where they could conceivably take over the division lead with a three-game sweep. It’s an improbable development after the Rangers took three of four at Angel Stadium last week, only missing a sweep on Mark Trumbo’s two-run homer on the last pitch of the final game.

Texas has lost four of six since leaving Anaheim, while Los Angeles hasn’t lost.

Alejandro De Aza’s third-inning double was the only extra-base hit for the White Sox, who haven’t been above third place since April. They also missed a chance Tuesday to move above .500 for just the second time in four months.

Until the game got away in the seventh inning, Stewart had made a solid return to the White Sox’s rotation after a stint in the bullpen. He made two starts immediately after arriving in a trade with Toronto on July 27, returning to the rotation after an injury to Philip Humber.

After Aybar drove home Trumbo for the Angels’ first run in the second inning, Mathis pounded a double into the left-center gap, scoring Vernon Wells and Aybar. Mathis entered the game batting .176, but his rapport with Weaver makes him valuable to the Angels.

Hunter hit a two-out shot well beyond the left-field wall in the third inning, his 18th homer of the season. The steady slugger is closing in on his sixth straight 20-homer season.

Aybar laced a two-run double down the first-base line in the seventh, followed by back-to-back RBI doubles by Alberto Callaspo and Bobby Abreu against reliever Josh Kinney.

NOTES: More bad news for Texas: Angels manager Mike Scioscia is contemplating using Ervin Santana and Weaver on short rest after 13-game winner Dan Haren starts the opener at Rangers Ballpark. Los Angeles started rookies Garrett Richards and Tyler Chatwood in the first two games on last week’s series with the Rangers, who beat both soundly. … Jake Peavy will start for the White Sox on Friday when they open a series in Seattle against Charlie Furbush and the Mariners. … Abreu’s 547th career double tied him with Manny Ramirez for 25th on baseball’s career list.

ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 25 (UPI) — Jered Weaver and two relievers blanked Chicago Wednesday and moved the Los Angeles Angels closer to the division lead with an 8-0 win over the White Sox.

A week ago the Angels were one inning away from falling eight games behind Texas for the lead in the American League West. Los Angeles rallied in that game against the Rangers and has now won six in a row — a streak that has brought the Angels within 2 2/1 games of the top spot.

Weaver (15-6) gave up four hits and struck out eight over seven innings to end a four-start winless streak. Bobby Cassevah and Fernando Rodney worked an inning each to complete the shutout.

Erick Aybar led the Los Angeles offense, driving in the game’s first run with a single in the second and producing a two-run double in the seventh.

Torii Hunter had a solo homer and Jeff Mathis, Alberto Callaspo and Bobby Abreu each had an RBI double.

Zach Stewart (1-3) absorbed the loss, giving up seven runs on seven hits in six innings.

By Greg Beacham, Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Paul Konerko drove in the tying run with his 2,000th career hit in the eighth inning, the Chicago White Sox were tantalizingly close to climbing above .500 and moving into second place in the AL Central for the first time all summer.

Instead, Konerko’s hit was the only thing worth celebrating for the White Sox at Angel Stadium.

Peter Bourjos drove a bases-loaded single through Chicago’s drawn-in infield in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory.

The White Sox lost for just the sixth time in 17 games, but they committed two errors while giving up a first-inning run, and they never regained the lead. Mark Buehrle yielded seven hits and four runs over six innings, and none of the White Sox managed more than two hits.

It wasn’t what the White Sox hoped to see at the start of a key five-game West Coast road trip.

“We’ve got head-to-heads left with some teams in our division, so we’ve just got to hang in there and try to pick up some ground where we can,” Konerko said. “”We might have to sweep somebody here and there to make this thing happen.”

Chicago trailed 4-3 into the eighth, but Alejandro De Aza got a two-out single and stole second. Konerko singled on Ervin Santana’s first two-strike pitch after a mound conference, and Santana headed back to the dugout moments later with his head hung low.

“I’m glad it was a meaningful hit in the game,” Konerko said. “It was a hitter’s hit — a line drive to right, just like my first hit.”

Konerko is the 13th player to get his 2,000th hit with the White Sox. Chicago’s All-Star slugger joined a group including Jim Thome, Frank Thomas, Tim Raines and Carlton Fisk.

“The first thing I think of is, ‘How the hell did Pete Rose get 4,000 hits?’” Konerko said. “Or (Derek) Jeter getting 3,000 hits, or any of those guys. I mean, you do this from the time you’re a kid until you’re at the stage where you’ve got a wife and kids, and for someone else to have another 1,000 hits or another 2,000 hits, it just seems like, wow, those guys are good.”

After Erick Aybar’s one-out single off Jason Frasor (3-3), pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo moved him to third with a single — and he alertly advanced to second on the throw, forcing the White Sox to walk Maicer Izturis to load the bases before Bourjos’ hit easily scored Aybar.

Buehrle hasn’t won at Angel Stadium since August 2001, but Konerko’s eighth-inning hit took him off the hook for his first consecutive losses since April.

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox put third baseman Mark Teahen on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right oblique muscle and promoted infielder Dallas McPherson from Triple-A Charlotte.

Teahen hasn’t played since he was replaced by Omar Vizquel in the seventh inning of Chicago’s victory at the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Teahen is batting .226 with one homer and four RBIs in 24 games.

“Teahen went out to hit and still feels uncomfortable,” manager Ozzie Guillen said. “He can’t help us the next couple days and he’s already missed five days. We need people up there because we have to pinch-run for a lot of guys, maybe for three or four guys and we were a little short in that department.”

Vizquel started at third in Monday night’s 4-0 loss against Texas, and Brent Morel was in the lineup Tuesday against Rangers left-hander Matt Harrison.

McPherson, who was selected by the Angels in the second round of the 2001 draft, hasn’t appeared in a major league game since 2008. He has been hampered by back problems for much of his career.

He hit .305 with three homers and 18 RBIs in 31 games with Charlotte before Chicago purchased his contract.

“It was great. It was really exciting,” said McPherson, who found out he was returning to the big leagues during a rain delay Monday night. “I’ve got to be honest. I wasn’t sure I would hear those words again but it was great to get called into the manager’s office like that.”

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox put third baseman Mark Teahen on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right oblique muscle and promoted infielder Dallas McPherson from Triple-A Charlotte.

Teahen hasn’t played since he was replaced by Omar Vizquel in the seventh inning of Chicago’s victory at the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Teahen is batting .226 with one homer and four RBIs in 24 games.

“Teahen went out to hit and still feels uncomfortable,” manager Ozzie Guillen said. “He can’t help us the next couple days and he’s already missed five days. We need people up there because we have to pinch-run for a lot of guys, maybe for three or four guys and we were a little short in that department.”

Vizquel started at third in Monday night’s 4-0 loss against Texas, and Brent Morel was in the lineup Tuesday against Rangers left-hander Matt Harrison.

McPherson, who was selected by the Angels in the second round of the 2001 draft, hasn’t appeared in a major league game since 2008. He has been hampered by back problems for much of his career.

He hit .305 with three homers and 18 RBIs in 31 games with Charlotte before Chicago purchased his contract.

“It was great. It was really exciting,” said McPherson, who found out he was returning to the big leagues during a rain delay Monday night. “I’ve got to be honest. I wasn’t sure I would hear those words again but it was great to get called into the manager’s office like that.”

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