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Sans Manager, Quentin Lifts ChiSox In Win Over Rangers

POSTED: 5:56 pm EDT July 23, 2008

(Sports Network) - Carlos Quentin homered twice as the Chicago White Sox overcame four errors, the ejection of manager Ozzie Guillen and a four-run deficit in a 10-8 victory over the Texas Rangers to take the rubber match in the three-game series.

Chicago's bullpen sent four pitchers out, allowing three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five. Octavio Dotel (4-4) pitched a perfect eighth while striking out two to earn the win.

In his major league debut, Clayton Richard allowed five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits and a walk while striking out seven across four innings as the White Sox won their second consecutive game. Bobby Jenks worked a scoreless ninth for his 19th save.

"This game should lift them up. After a performance like that our team should feel pretty good about themselves," Guillen said. "We were really bad early, but this was a huge comeback."

Quentin was 2-for-4 with four RBI and three runs scored while Jim Thome also went deep with a three-run blast. Orlando Cabrera was 2-for-3 with two runs scored for the AL Central's first place team.

Eddie Guardado (1-2) got the worst of the White Sox offense, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk in just two-thirds of an inning for the Rangers, who have lost five of their last eight games.

Kevin Millwood lasted just 1 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on two hits and a walk before leaving the game with a right groin strain. Texas used six pitchers in the loss, with only Josh Rupe lasting more than two frames. Rupe, who relieved Millwood, allowed no hits and two walks in 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

"We got the game to the guys that we depend on -- our late guys in the bullpen," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We got the ball to them and the bottom line is, they didn't get the job done."

Michael Young was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI while Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a two-run single to lead the Texas offense.

Trailing 8-5, the Sox took command with five runs in the eighth. Paul Konerko led off with a double and scored on an Alexei Ramirez base hit. Juan Uribe doubled two batters later to put men on second and third, setting up Cabrera's sacrifice fly, scoring Ramirez. A Nick Swisher walk chased Guardado in favor of C.J. Wilson, who gave up Quentin's American League-best 26th homer on one pitch.

Jenks allowed a leadoff walk in an otherwise perfect ninth to pick up the save.

Young's eighth home run, a solo blast, opened the scoring and gave Texas an early lead in the first.

Thome countered in the bottom of the inning with a three-run shot, his 19th, scoring Cabrera and Quentin, who led off with a single and was hit by a pitch with one out, respectively.

Ian Kinsler hit a two-out double that brought in a pair thanks to a Ramirez fielding error to tie the game in the second.

The Rangers scored twice in the fourth to reclaim the lead on RBI singles from David Murphy and Young to make it 5-3.

Hank Blalock's sacrifice fly one inning later scored Milton Bradley, who led off with a ground-rule double before advancing to third on a Marlon Byrd groundout.

Quentin's first homer of the game with one out brought the deficit back to two in the bottom of the inning.

The ChiSox were doubled up again on a Saltalamacchia two-RBI single in the seventh, making it 8-4.

A bizarre series of events in the seventh led to the ejection Guillen. A white object that appeared to be the size of a baseball was thrown on the field as Swisher faced Rangers reliever Jamey Wright. After Swisher discussed a called strike with home plate umpire Rob Drake, Guillen emerged from the dugout to argue. After multiple warnings from Drake, Guillen was ejected as another white object was thrown onto the field.

Swisher eventually walked, pushing Cabrera to second before Quentin grounded into a double play and moved Cabrera to third. Cabrera scored one batter later on a Jermaine Dye double.

Game Notes

Guillen was ejected for the third time this year...Quentin has five career multi-home run games, three of them coming this season...The teams are 3-3 against each other this season...Texas had won five of its last six rubber matches entering the game...Chicago outscored Texas 6-0 after Guillen's ejection.

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