The 2012 Chicago White Sox Spring Training schedule is out and these games should give fans an early look at what the team might do this year. It looks to become a re-building year for the White Sox, but there is always hope that the team can compete for an American League Central title again. It all gets started on Monday, March 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers and works up to Opening Day on Friday, April 6 against the Texas Rangers.

Full Chicago White Sox 2012 Spring Training Schedule

Monday, March 5

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago, 3:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 6

Chicago at Los Angeles Angels, 2:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 7

Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago, 3:05 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 8

Chicago at Texas Rangers, 3:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 9

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 10

Texas at Chicago (SS), 3:05 p.m. ET

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago (SS), 9:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 11

Chicago at Colorado Rockies, 4:10 p.m. ET

Monday, March 12

Oakland Athletics at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 13

Chicago at San Diego Padres, 4:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 14

L.A. Angels at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 15

Chicago at Cleveland Indians, 4:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 16

Chicago at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:10 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 17

Seattle Mariners at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 18

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m. ET

Monday, March 19

Cincinnati Reds at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 21

Chicago at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 22

Kansas City Royals, at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 23

Arizona at Chicago, 10:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 24

Chicago at Milwaukee Brewers, 4:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 25

San Francisco Giants at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Monday, March 26

Chicago at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 27

Cleveland at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 28

San Diego at Chicago (SS), 4:05 p.m. ET

Chicago (SS) at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 29

Chicago at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 30

Chicago at Kansas City, 9:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 31

Colorado at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, April 1

Chicago at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m. ET

Monday, April 2

Milwaukee at Chicago, 3:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, April 3

Chicago at Houston, TBA

Wednesday, April 4

Chicago at Houston, TBA

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For the second straight day, the Chicago White Sox were tantalizingly close to claiming second place in the AL Central.

And for the second straight day, it was yanked away by a team that’s getting serious about its own playoff chase.

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 White Sox on Wednesday night.

Zach Stewart (1-3) allowed seven hits and seven runs while pitching into the seventh inning for Chicago, which wasn’t able to capitalize on two straight losses by Cleveland. Division-leading Detroit and the Indians both lost earlier Wednesday, but the White Sox remained 6½ games behind the Tigers in third place, which they’ve occupied for most of the last four months.

“They can win or lose all they want, but if we don’t win, it doesn’t really matter,” White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre said. “I know some guys scoreboard-watch, but if we don’t take care of our business, we’ll be making fishing plans here soon. We’ve just got to keep battling and hope we turn things around.”

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.

“We were facing a pretty good guy on the mound,” White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. “It was just one of those games you throw away and come back the next day. We didn’t pitch good, (and) we didn’t put together anything at all (offensively).”

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.

“There were so many big pitches where I just left the ball up and missed my spot,” Stewart said. “I put it in a place where (Mathis) could do something with it, and he did.”

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 2½ games before they head into a weekend series at Rangers Ballpark on Friday.

“I love the way we’re playing ball right now,” Hunter said. “We’ve got some guys with some heart. We’re going in to play the first-place team, and we’re 2½ games back. We’re riding that wave.”

Los Angeles scored four runs in the seventh, prompting manager Mike Scioscia to call an early night for Weaver (15-6), who received one total run of support in his previous three starts combined. Weaver didn’t need that much help while emphatically ending a four-start winless streak, striking out eight and allowing just one runner to reach third base.

“He throws his cutter and his changeup for strikes, and people sometimes start chasing bad pitches because they’re worried about getting deep into counts,” Guillen said. “That’s the reason we got shut out today. I don’t think he’s the best in the game, but he’s right there.”

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.

After Aybar drove home Mark 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: 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 of 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.

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Published: Aug. 25, 2011 at 12:44 AM

Gotta run!.

CBSSports.com wire reports
Aug. 24, 2011

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Peter Bourjos’ line drive flew through a hole in Chicago’s drawn-in infield and skipped on the grass in left field, the Angels followed their now-familiar drill, charging out of the dugout for another celebration.

Ever since Los Angeles’ playoff hopes dimmed sharply a week ago, they have improbably been growing brighter with one spectacular win after another.

Bourjos connected for a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning, and the Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night for their fifth consecutive victory, including three in their last at-bat.

“Oh, we never think we’re out of it,” said Torii Hunter, who had two hits. “There’s a lot of faith in this clubhouse.”

Howie Kendrick had a home run and triple as the suddenly surging Angels matched their longest winning streak of the season, trimming their AL West deficit to 3½ games behind Texas. With the Rangers’ 11-5 loss to Boston, the Angels crept closer to the division leader only five days after losing three of four in a head-to-head matchup that left them six games out.

“We know how many games we’re back, but we don’t talk about it,” Kendrick said. “We’ve still got a month left, plus seven or eight days. Even though we went down seven games, we never thought we were out of it.”

Chicago, which helped the Angels’ cause last weekend by taking two of three from Texas, lost for only the sixth time in 17 games. The White Sox erased Los Angeles’ eighth-inning lead when Paul Konerko drove in the tying run with a single that was his 2,000th hit.

“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.”

But 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.

“We saw Texas had lost, so that’s a big win,” said Bourjos, who extended his hitting streak to nine games with his winner. “We’re just trying to climb back into it.”

Jordan Walden (4-3) pitched the ninth inning after the Angels got another strong start from Ervin Santana, who gave up nine hits and four runs, pitching into the eighth inning in his seventh straight start.

Mark Buehrle yielded seven hits and four runs over six innings for the White Sox. 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.

“This is probably one of the worst nights I’ve had,” Buehrle said. “I didn’t make too many good pitches. I don’t think I was throwing anything close to really make them work or think about swinging. I was falling behind in the count with stuff that wasn’t even close, throwing balls in the dirt. It’s frustrating because, obviously, we need to win.”

Los Angeles scored single runs in each of the first four innings, including Kendrick’s career-high 11th home run in the second and Torii Hunter’s RBI single in the third.

Kendrick put a triple in the gap and scored on Aybar’s fly to shallow center in the fourth, sliding around Tyler Flowers’ tag and nearly taking out home plate umpire Tony Randazzo. Kendrick was thrown out at the plate in the sixth inning, however.

Santana nursed a 4-3 lead into the eighth, getting two quick outs before Alejandro De Aza singled and stole second. Konerko singled on Santana’s first two-strike pitch after a mound conference, and Santana headed back to the dugout moments later with his head hung low.

“Even the last one to Konerko was a good pitch,” Santana said.

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.”

Notes

• Earlier Tuesday, the Angels announced a new five-year, $85 million contract for ace Jered Weaver, who will pitch against the White Sox on Wednesday when Los Angeles’ nine-game homestand concludes. Weaver is 14-6 with a 2.10 ERA this season, starting the All-Star game for the AL last month.
• Zach Stewart will oppose Weaver in Wednesday’s series finale.
• White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen on Weaver’s contract: “I think he showed me a lot of class. I wish I was his agent.”

Not much else going on in the MLB planet today.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—When Peter Bourjos’(notes) line drive flew through a hole in
Chicago’s drawn-in infield and skipped on the grass in left field, the Angels
followed their now-familiar drill, charging out of the dugout for another
celebration.

Ever since Los Angeles’ playoff hopes dimmed sharply a week ago, they have
improbably been growing brighter with one spectacular win after another.

Bourjos connected for a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning, and the
Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight
victory, including three in their last at-bat.

“Oh, we never think we’re out of it,” said Torii Hunter(notes), who had two hits.
“There’s a lot of faith in this clubhouse.”

Howie Kendrick(notes) homered and tripled as the suddenly surging Angels matched
their longest win streak of the season, trimming their AL West deficit to 3 1/2
games behind Texas. With the Rangers’ 11-5 loss to Boston, the Angels crept
closer to the division leader just five days after losing three of four in a
head-to-head matchup that left them six games out.

“We know how many games we’re back, but we don’t talk about it,” Kendrick
said. “We’ve still got a month left, plus seven or eight days. Even though we
went down seven games, we never thought we were out of it.”

Chicago, which helped the Angels’ cause last weekend by taking two of three
from Texas, lost for just the sixth time in 17 games. The White Sox erased Los
Angeles’ eighth-inning lead when Paul Konerko(notes) drove in the tying run with a
single that was his 2,000th hit.

“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.”

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

“We saw Texas had lost, so that’s a big win,” said Bourjos, who extended
his hitting streak to nine games with his winner. “We’re just trying to climb
back into it.”

Jordan Walden(notes) (4-3) pitched the ninth inning after the Angels got another
strong start from Ervin Santana(notes), who gave up nine hits and four runs, pitching
into the eighth inning in his seventh straight start.

Mark Buehrle(notes) yielded seven hits and four runs over six innings for the White
Sox. 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.

“This is probably one of the worst nights I’ve had,” Buehrle said. “I
didn’t make too many good pitches. I don’t think I was throwing anything close
to really make them work or think about swinging. I was falling behind in the
count with stuff that wasn’t even close, throwing balls in the dirt. It’s
frustrating because, obviously, we need to win.”

Los Angeles scored single runs in each of the first four innings, including
Kendrick’s career-high 11th homer in the second and Torii Hunter’s RBI single in
the third.

Kendrick put a triple in the gap and scored on Aybar’s fly to shallow center
in the fourth, sliding around Tyler Flowers’(notes) tag and nearly taking out home
plate umpire Tony Randazzo. Kendrick was thrown out at the plate in the sixth
inning, however.

Santana nursed a 4-3 lead into the eighth, getting two quick outs before
Alejandro De Aza(notes) singled and stole second. Konerko singled on Santana’s first
two-strike pitch after a mound conference, and Santana headed back to the dugout
moments later with his head hung low.

“Even the last one to Konerko was a good pitch,” Santana said.

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(notes), 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.”

NOTES: Earlier Tuesday, the Angels announced a new five-year, $85 million
contract for ace Jered Weaver(notes), who will pitch against the White Sox on Wednesday
when Los Angeles’ nine-game homestand concludes. Weaver is 14-6 with a 2.10 ERA
this season, starting the All-Star game for the AL last month. … Zach Stewart(notes)
will oppose Weaver in Wednesday’s series finale. … White Sox manager Ozzie
Guillen on Weaver’s contract: “I think he showed me a lot of class. I wish I
was his agent.”

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Game of the day: Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels, 10:05 p.m. Both the White Sox and Angels are clinging to faint playoff hopes, and this quick two-game series could help either team stay close. White Sox left-hander Mark Buehrle (10-6) took his first loss since June 16 in his last start on Wednesday, and snapped a streak of 18 consecutive starts allowing three earned runs or fewer. Buehrle is just 2-7 with a 4.43 ERA in 19 career appearances against the Angels. Los Angeles right-hander Ervin Santana (9-9) also snapped a long winning streak in his last start Wednesday, taking his first loss since June 21. Santana has a 1.63 ERA since the beginning of July.

Other game to watch: Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. The Cardinals are falling out of the playoff race and the Dodgers were never in it, but the pitching matchup in this game is the best of the night. Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw (15-5) is a strong Cy Young candidate who has won seven of his last eight starts and has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 17 of his 26 starts this season. The Cardinals have won right-hander Kyle Lohse’s last four starts, and Lohse (11-7) seems to be past his early-summer struggles that saw his ERA balloon from 2.13 to 3.46 during June and July.

Games you should have seen:

Seattle 3, Cleveland 2
. Mariners center fielder Franklin Gutierrez broke a 2-2 tie with a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning, sending the Indians to their fourth consecutive loss. Cleveland had runners on second and third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but Seattle reliever Brandon League got Ezequiel Carrera to ground out to end the game. Cleveland is a season-high 5 1/2 games behind Detroit in the American League Central.

Los Angeles Dodgers 2, St. Louis 1
. The Dodgers rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth to stun the Cardinals and waste eight-plus sparkling innings by St. Louis starter Chris Carpenter. After Aaron Miles tied the game with a one-out triple to right-center field, Rod Barajas knocked in Miles when he grounded into a fielder’s choice. St. Louis has lost five out of its last seven games to fall nine games out of first place in the National League Central.

Stat you should know:
13. Consecutive wins for the Brewers against the Pirates before Pittsburgh finally beat Milwaukee, 9-2, in the second game of their doubleheader Monday. Pittsburgh is 15 1/2 games out of first place in the NL Central after it was tied for first on July 25.

Star of the night:
Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee pitched seven scoreless innings Monday, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out seven in Philadelphia’s 10-0 win over the Mets. Lee (14-7) has won five consecutive starts, and he has three scoreless outings in his last four.

Chatter: “Soooooo this is what we got…mild grade 2 strain. DL.” — Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, announcing colorfully on Twitter that his groin injury will send him to the disabled list.

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Cleveland 8, Baltimore 4

Toronto 16, N.Y. Yankees 7

Minnesota 8, Kansas City 4

Texas 5, Seattle 0

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 13-4) at Toronto (R.Romero 7-8), 1:07 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 6-8) at Tampa Bay (Shields 8-7), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (E.Jackson 5-7) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-4), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 11-4) at Oakland (Cahill 8-7), 4:10 p.m., 1st game

Cleveland (C.Carrasco 8-6) at Baltimore (Simon 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Francis 3-10) at Minnesota (Pavano 6-6), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (E.Santana 4-8) at Oakland (Harden 1-1), 7:35 p.m., 2nd game

Texas (C.Wilson 9-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-7), 10:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 8:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m., 1st game

Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m., 2nd game

That’s all the news for today.

CHICAGO, May 21 (UPI) — Alex Rios ignited a big fourth inning with a two-run homer Saturday that carried the Chicago White Sox to a 9-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Rios connected for a two-run blast off former White Sox pitcher Jon Garland (1-4) to begin the uprising, while Paul Konerko and Alexi Ramirez each added two-run singles as the Chisox evened their three-game set with the Dodgers at one win apiece.

Konerko went 3-for-5 with three RBI and Brent Lillibridge added a two-run clout in Chicago’s lop-sided victory.

Mark Buehrle (4-3) earned the win, limiting Los Angeles to two runs on seven hits over seven innings, walking none and striking out one.

Garland was roughed up for seven runs on 11 hits before getting the hook after 3 2/3 innings.

Jerry Sands hit a solo homer for the Dodgers.

Running low on time today, i’ll be back tomorrow hopefully with some more news.

Chicago White Sox’s Alex Rios, right, celebrates with A.J. Pierzynski after hitting a two-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Chicago. (AP)

CHICAGO (AP) — Mark Buehrle threw seven strong innings to become the career victories leader in interleague play, Paul Konerko drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2 on Saturday.

Buehrle (4-3) allowed seven hits and two runs to win for the third time in four starts, giving him his 24th interleague victory — breaking his tie with Jamie Moyer atop the career list. He struck out one, and didn’t walk anyone for the second time in three starts. Alex Rios and Brent Lillibridge homered in Chicago’s 15-hit attack, the fifth time this season the White Sox have had at least that many. They broke it open with a six-run fourth against former teammate Jon Garland (1-4). Garland allowed 11 hits and seven runs in 3 2-3 innings.

Alex Rios and Brent Lillibridge homered in Chicago’s 15-hit attack, the fifth time this season the White Sox have had at least that many. They broke it open with a six-run fourth against former teammate Jon Garland (1-4).

Garland allowed 11 hits and seven runs in 3 2-3 innings.

L.A. beat Chicago 6-4 in extra innings Friday night.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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By: AP Photo/Chris Carlson

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jake Peavy walks into the dugout after giving up two runs to the Los Angeles Angels during the third inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

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The Sox have designated Jeff Gray (shaking hands with A.J. Pierzynski) for assignment. (Reuters)

Not much else going on in the MLB planet today.