WORKHORSE COLON PITCHES CHISOX PAST CUBS
14 K, 160-Pitch CG Effort Enables Rubber Game 'W'
CHICAGO, June 22 - Bartolo Colon struck out 14 batters, secured his fourth
complete game of the season, and picked up his ninth win in 12 decisions as the
Chicago White Sox snatched the rubber game of their three-game intercity,
interleague series with the Chicago Cubs, 6-1. The White Sox entered the
contest with an exhausted bullpen, so it was a given that Colon would be called
upon to work deep into the game, but Colon exceeded everyone's expectations,
throwing a major league season high 160 pitches. The four complete games
ties Colon with Roy Halladay of Toronto and Livan Herandez of Montreal for the
major league lead in that category.
Cubs starter Calos Zambrano matched Colon by holding his opponent to one run
through five innings. The White Sox scored in the top of the first when
Frank Thomas belted his major league leading 29th home run of the year with two
outs and the bases empty. The Cubs countered in the bottom of the fourth
when Colon lapsed into an inexplicable wild streak. With two outs and the
bases empty Colon walked Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou and Eric Karros to fill the
sacks. Lenny Harris then reached on a swinging bunt to the right side of the
infield, scoring Sosa to tie the game. Damian Miller struck out to end the
inning.
The White Sox blew the game open in the sixth. Willie Harris led off by
drawing a free pass and then stole second base. D'Angelo Jimenez dropped
down a sacrifice bunt, advancing Harris to third with one out. After
falling behind Frank Thomas 3-0, Zambrano walked him intentionally to set up a
possible inning-ending double play but Magglio Ordonez foiled the strategy by
lining a single to center. Harris scored to put the White Sox on top, 2-1,
and Thomas stopped at second. Zambrano then hit Carlos Lee with a pitch to
load the bases. Jose Valentin followed by looping a single to center,
scoring Thomas and Ordonez. Joe Crede struck out, but Miguel Olivo capped
the scoring by driving home Lee on a single to right. Colon struck out to
finally end the frame but the White Sox held a 5-1 lead.
The White Sox added a sixth run in the eighth. Crede tripled off reliever
Mike Remlinger, who was replaced by Kyle Farnsworth, but Olivo hit a sacrifice
fly to left and the lead was 6-1.
Colon, meanwhile, was mowing down the Cubs. He fanned eight batters
through four innings, including five in a row at one point--the second time
Colon has fanned five straight batters in a game this season--and 11 through
five frames. The 14 strikeouts overall is tops in a single game by an
American League pitcher this season. The previous high mark was 12, held
by Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite, both of the New York Yankees.
The Cubs and White Sox will meet again, at U.S. Cellular Field, for a three-game
series beginning June 28.
6/22/2003, CWS03-ChC03, Wrigley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 6 8 0 7 0 2003 Cubs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 9 0 White Sox AB R H BI AVG Cubs AB R H BI AVG Harris,W cf 4 1 1 0 .203 Grudzielanek 2b 5 0 1 0 .358 Jimenez,D 2b 2 0 0 0 .223 Martinez,R ss 3 0 0 0 .345 Thomas,F 1b 4 2 1 1 .282 Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rowand lf 0 0 0 0 .213 Patterson,C cf 3 0 1 0 .345 Ordonez,M rf 4 1 1 1 .337 Sosa,S rf 3 1 0 0 .230 Lee,Ca lf 3 1 1 0 .274 Alou lf 3 0 0 0 .270 Daubach 1b 0 0 0 0 .188 Karros 1b 3 0 0 0 .203 Valentin,Jo ss 4 0 1 2 .251 Harris,L 3b 4 0 2 1 .213 Crede 3b 4 1 2 0 .240 Miller,D c 3 0 1 0 .249 Olivo c 3 0 1 2 .224 O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0 .133 Colon p 4 0 0 0 .143 Zambrano,C p 2 0 0 0 .241 32 6 8 6 Hill,B ph 1 0 0 0 .250 Remlinger p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez,AS ss 1 0 0 0 .283 32 1 5 1 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Colon W 9-3 9.0 5 1 1 5 14 160 100 3.59 9.0 5 1 1 5 14 160 100 Cubs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Zambrano,C L 5-6 6.0 6 5 5 2 6 86 54 3.80 Remlinger 1.1 2 1 1 1 2 21 14 5.22 Farnsworth 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 19 11 3.21 9.0 8 6 6 4 10 126 79 CWS: Rowand inserted at lf in the 9th Daubach inserted at 1b in the 9th ChC: Hill,B batted for Zambrano,C in the 6th Gonzalez,AS inserted at ss in the 8th O'Leary batted for Miller,D in the 9th 2B-Patterson,C(26), Miller,D(8). 3B-Crede(1). HR-Thomas,F(29). RBI-Thomas,F(63), Ordonez,M(52), Valentin,Jo 2(46), Olivo 2(26), Harris,L(7). SB-Harris,W(6). K-Jimenez,D, Thomas,F 2, Valentin,Jo 2, Crede, Olivo, Colon 3, Grudzielanek, Martinez,R, Patterson,C, Sosa,S 3, Alou 2, Harris,L, Miller,D 2, Zambrano,C 2, Gonzalez,AS. BB-Harris,W, Jimenez,D, Thomas,F, Ordonez,M, Martinez,R, Patterson,C, Sosa,S, Alou, Karros. SH-Jimenez,D 2. SF-Olivo. HBP-Lee,Ca. HB-Zambrano,C. GWRBI: Ordonez,M Temperature: 93, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 12 MPH. Attendance: 39,030 Game Time: 2:51