By The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Lonnie Chisenhall hit a pair of two-run homers and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 8-4 on Friday night.

Chisenhall, Cleveland’s rookie third baseman, set career highs with his two homers and four RBIs and the Indians snapped a four-game losing streak.

Ezequiel Carrera, Kosuke Fukudome, Shelley Duncan and Lou Marson had two hits apiece for the Indians. Carrera and Fukudome each drove in two runs.

Jeanmar Gomez (3-2) allowed two runs and six hits over six innings and improved to 3-0 with a 0.52 ERA in three starts since being recalled from Triple-A Columbus on Aug. 30.

White Sox starter Mark Buehrle (11-8) had his second straight rough outing, allowing seven runs and eight hits over 5 2-3 innings.

After entering the game just 3 for 22 with two homers against lefties this season, Chisenhall homered twice against Buehrle, who has won more games than any other southpaw in baseball over the last decade except for the Yankees’ CC Sabathia.

Chisenhall got the Indians on the board first, launching a first-pitch, drive over the picnic area in right field. The homer snapped a streak of five homerless games by White Sox pitchers.

The rookie third baseman went deep on an 0-2 pitch in the sixth to almost the same area in right, putting Cleveland ahead 4-2. That gave Chisenhall his first two-homer game and his first game with more than two RBIs.

Chisenhall duplicated the feat of his White Sox counterpart, third baseman Brent Morel, who had his first multihomer game in Chicago’s 8-1 win on Thursday night. He’s now hit three homers over his last three games, doubling his season total.

The Indians’ tacked on three more runs in the decisive five-run sixth. Carrera singled in a run, chasing Buehrle. Fukudome then singled in two runs off reliever Will Ohman, with both runs charged to Chicago’s starter. Continued…

Buehrle gave up seven earned runs for the second straight start after giving up four runs or fewer each of his 21 previous starts.

In the third, Juan Pierre doubled home Gordon Beckham and scored on Paul Konerko’s sacrifice fly, drawing the White Sox even at 2-all.

Beckham had two hits and scored two runs for the White Sox.

Notes

* The Indians recalled 1B Matt LaPorta from Triple-A Columbus on Friday. LaPorta started 87 games for Cleveland this season before being optioned to Columbus on Aug. 30.

* The White Sox placed utility player Brent Lillibridge on the 15-day disabled list because of a fractured fifth metacarpal in his right hand, suffered when he was hit by a pitch on Thursday. Lillibridge is out for the season.

* Cleveland’s Fausto Carmona (6-14) will take the hill on Saturday, looking to improve on the 10.47 ERA he’s posted in three starts against Chicago this season. He’ll oppose Phil Humber, who threw seven scoreless innings against Minnesota in his last start, his first after coming off the disabled list.

By The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Lonnie Chisenhall hit a pair of two-run homers and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 8-4 on Friday night.

Chisenhall, Cleveland’s rookie third baseman, set career highs with his two homers and four RBIs and the Indians snapped a four-game losing streak.

Ezequiel Carrera, Kosuke Fukudome, Shelley Duncan and Lou Marson had two hits apiece for the Indians. Carrera and Fukudome each drove in two runs.

Jeanmar Gomez (3-2) allowed two runs and six hits over six innings and improved to 3-0 with a 0.52 ERA in three starts since being recalled from Triple-A Columbus on Aug. 30.

White Sox starter Mark Buehrle (11-8) had his second straight rough outing, allowing seven runs and eight hits over 5 2-3 innings.

After entering the game just 3 for 22 with two homers against lefties this season, Chisenhall homered twice against Buehrle, who has won more games than any other southpaw in baseball over the last decade except for the Yankees’ CC Sabathia.

Chisenhall got the Indians on the board first, launching a first-pitch, drive over the picnic area in right field. The homer snapped a streak of five homerless games by White Sox pitchers.

The rookie third baseman went deep on an 0-2 pitch in the sixth to almost the same area in right, putting Cleveland ahead 4-2. That gave Chisenhall his first two-homer game and his first game with more than two RBIs.

Chisenhall duplicated the feat of his White Sox counterpart, third baseman Brent Morel, who had his first multihomer game in Chicago’s 8-1 win on Thursday night. He’s now hit three homers over his last three games, doubling his season total.

The Indians’ tacked on three more runs in the decisive five-run sixth. Carrera singled in a run, chasing Buehrle. Fukudome then singled in two runs off reliever Will Ohman, with both runs charged to Chicago’s starter.

Buehrle gave up seven earned runs for the second straight start after giving up four runs or fewer each of his 21 previous starts.

In the third, Juan Pierre doubled home Gordon Beckham and scored on Paul Konerko’s sacrifice fly, drawing the White Sox even at 2-all.

Beckham had two hits and scored two runs for the White Sox.

Notes

* The Indians recalled 1B Matt LaPorta from Triple-A Columbus on Friday. LaPorta started 87 games for Cleveland this season before being optioned to Columbus on Aug. 30.

* The White Sox placed utility player Brent Lillibridge on the 15-day disabled list because of a fractured fifth metacarpal in his right hand, suffered when he was hit by a pitch on Thursday. Lillibridge is out for the season.

* Cleveland’s Fausto Carmona (6-14) will take the hill on Saturday, looking to improve on the 10.47 ERA he’s posted in three starts against Chicago this season. He’ll oppose Phil Humber, who threw seven scoreless innings against Minnesota in his last start, his first after coming off the disabled list.

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Published: Friday, June 10, 2011 at 6:48 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, June 10, 2011 at 6:48 p.m.

Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko will miss his second straight game Saturday, sitting again due to soreness in his left wrist, casued by a minor medical procedure he underwent Friday to dislodge a loose fragment from his wrist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Adam Dunn will replace Konerko, getting his second straight start at first base.

The White Sox are going with the same lineup as Friday night as they try for a season-high, five-game winning streak. They’ll have to go through Tigers ace Justin Verlander to accomplish the feat.

Konerko had been expected to be available to come off the bench in Friday’s 6-4 win against the Tigers, but never entered the game.

Konerko, who is hitting .310 with 12 home runs, has been the team’s most consistent offensive threat all season.

Sahadev Sharma is a regular contributor to ESPNChicago.com.

CHICAGO (AP)—Paul Konerko(notes) was a late scratch from the Chicago White Sox’s
lineup Friday night after having a minor medical procedure to dislodge a loose
fragment in his left wrist.

Konerko, who is hitting .312 with 12 home runs and 44 RBIs, had the
procedure done late Friday afternoon at Rush University Medical Center. He will
be available to pinch-hit.

Adam Dunn(notes), who originally had the night off against Detroit left-hander
Andrew Oliver, will fill in at first base. Dunn is hitting .180 with five home
runs and 23 RBIs. Dunn is 0 for 38 against left-handers this season.

White Sox’s Gordon Beckham, left, makes a play at second base during the second inning of Friday’s 4-2 loss at Toronto. He was forced to leave the game in the third after being hit by a ball under the left eye on a throw from the outfield. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

It appears Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham has avoided serious injury.

A CT scan and X-rays on Friday revealed no fractures after Beckham was hit in the face by centre-fielder Alex Rios’s throw during the third inning of Friday night’s 4-2 loss at Toronto.

He hopes to play as soon as Monday while White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen told reporters he wasn’t sure when he’ll put Beckham back in the lineup, adding he didn’t expect the infielder to miss many games or go on the disabled list.

A bad bounce resulted in the ball travelling over Beckham’s glove and hitting him under the left eye.

Beckham, who passed a full eye exam, left the Rogers Centre Friday night with some swelling but didn’t suffer any vision damage.

“It looked like he fought [Manny] Pacquiao,” White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen told reporters. “He was lucky. I don’t want to say it hit him in the right spot, but it could have been worse.”

Veteran infielder Omar Vizquel, who shifted from third base to second after Beckham left Friday’s game, was scheduled to start Saturday’s afternoon contest at second.

Beckham is hitting .230 with four homers and 15 runs batted in this season.

CHICAGO (AP) — A.J. Pierzynski had a big hit and some heated words for Felipe Lopez.

Pierzynski hit a two-run double and Phil Humber pitched a career-high six innings to lead the Chicago White Sox over the sputtering Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Saturday in a game that got a little testy at the end.

Lopez appeared to take exception to an inside pitch from Chris Sale in the ninth inning, then flipped his bat in the lanky left-hander’s direction after hitting a solo home run.

When Lopez crossed home plate, he and Pierzynski went nose-to-nose and jawed at each other for a couple of seconds, but there was no pushing or shoving.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I just said hi,” said Pierzynski, who has often drawn the ire of opponents during his career. “He lives down the street from me in Orlando, so I was just asking him how his house was.”

Lopez was led away by Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon as he made his way toward the dugout. Sale finished up for his first save of the season.

“(Sale) kind of got him going a little bit. I’m certain he was not throwing at him at all. This kid could be a little wild. He’s got a whippy, great arm and he just left the ball in and it kind of woke Felipe up and he hit the next pitch,” said Maddon, who wasn’t happy with Lopez flipping the bat toward Sale. “That’s something you don’t want to see.”

Lopez said the bat was flipped unintentionally.

“I didn’t think they were throwing at me. I just play baseball like that. Whether they throw inside or high, I get back in the box,” Lopez said. “I didn’t mean to throw the bat like that. It was unfortunate. I wasn’t trying to do that. I know I didn’t do it on purpose.”

One day after Manny Ramirez abruptly retired rather than face a 100-game suspension for a second violation of baseball’s drug policy, the Rays dropped to 1-7.

“We didn’t play poorly, but we’re just not hitting,” Maddon said. “That’s why we’re in such a dilemma right now.”

After blowing a three-run lead in the ninth on Friday night in Tampa Bay’s only win of the season, the White Sox got a solid pitching performance led by Humber.

In his third career start and first for Chicago, Humber (1-0) allowed one run and four hits. He struck out four and walked two. The 28-year-old journeyman had previously pitched for the Mets, Twins and Royals before being claimed by the White Sox off waivers from Oakland on Jan. 18.

“Last year, I thought I turned the corner with Kansas City. They gave me a good opportunity and I felt like I got comfortable, finally,” said Humber, drafted No. 3 overall by the Mets in 2004. “I had plenty of chances. It’s just about relaxing, allowing yourself to get out of the way. A lot of the times I’ve put too much pressure on myself. Now I feel a lot more relaxed and let my ability work.”

Humber is filling the fifth spot in the rotation for Chicago while Jake Peavy rehabs a shoulder injury. Humber had made two relief appearances this season, allowing two runs over two innings.

Will Ohman and Sergio Santos each pitched a scoreless inning of relief before Sale closed it out against Tampa Bay’s struggling lineup.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen opted to go with Sale in the ninth after Matt Thornton blew Friday night’s game. Guillen took into account the number of pitches Thornton threw on Friday, but did say who closes will be determined on a daily basis by him.

“Thornton was beat up today,” Guillen said. “That’s what you’re going to see. I’m going to go with my gut feeling to see who throws the ball better. Obviously, Thornton is going to get the most opportunities, but in the meanwhile I’m the manager of this ballclub and I’m going to put the best guys out there.”

Rays starter Wade Davis (0-2) improved from his first start of the season, allowing two runs and five hits in six innings. In his previous outing, Davis gave up four runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings of a 5-1 home loss to Baltimore.

With the score tied at 1, Paul Konerko led off the fourth with a double. After Carlos Quentin struck out, Pierzynski walked and Mark Teahen drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Brent Morel gave the White Sox a 2-1 lead when he blooped a broken-bat infield single over Davis.

“I should’ve had it,” Davis said. “I took a glimpse to see if anyone was coming — didn’t want to have any collisions. I saw the ball. I had time to get there. I was thinking about the other guys coming in.”

The damage could’ve been a lot worse, but Davis got help from right fielder Sam Fuld, who made a spectacular diving catch on the warning track to rob Juan Pierre of at least three RBIs.

The White Sox added to their lead in the seventh. With the bases loaded and two outs, Pierzynski tagged reliever Jake McGee with a double over Fuld’s head in right to score two more runs.

After a leadoff walk to Dan Johnson in the second, Humber gave up an RBI double to Ben Zobrist.

Morel opened the third with a double off the left-field wall and scored on Gordon Beckham’s sacrifice fly.

NOTES: Guillen said there is no timetable on a return for DH Adam Dunn, who is recovering from an appendectomy. Dunn said Friday was the worst he’s felt since having the appendectomy, but on Saturday he felt better and was able to take a few swings in the cage at less than 100 percent. … Rays LF Johnny Damon tied Ramirez and Richie Ashburn (2,574) for 72nd place on the career hits list. … Konerko’s double in the fourth moved him past Nellie Fox into third place on the White Sox career list with 336.