GILLESPIE HITS FOR CYCLE IN CHISOX WIN

Ramirez, Viciedo Also Homer for Chicago

LOS ANGELES, June 3 (AP) - Connor Gillespie became the second big league player this season to hit for the cycle, leading the Chicago White Sox past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 at Dodger Stadium.  Gillespie's RBI double in the eighth completed the circuit, which was accomplished in the minimum four plate appearances.  Gillespie also scored twice and drove in three runs.

The Dodgers scored first in the bottom of the opening frame when Andre Ethier tripled off White Sox starter Hector Noesi and scored on Yasiel Puig's sacrifice fly.

Alexei Ramirez's seventh home run of the season, a solo shot, in the top of the second tied the game.  Gillespie followed with a triple off the wall in right-center that caromed past Ethier, but was stranded when Dan Haren retired the next three batters.

Los Angeles got the run back in the bottom of the second when Matt Kemp drew a one-out walk and scored on Chone Figgins' double.

But Chicago took the lead for good in the fourth in what initially appeared to be a quiet inning.  Haren retired the first two batters without incident but Gillespie singled and Dayan Viciedo launched a drive that landed in the bullpen in left field, giving the White Sox a 3-2 advantage.

Jose Abreu led off the top of the sixth with a base hit and, one out later, Ramirez forced him at second.  But Gillespie salvaged the inning with a long two-run homer that reached the pavilion in right field, making the score 5-2. 

Hanley Ramirez's one-out solo shot in the bottom of the inning cut the lead to 5-3 but the White Sox got the run back in the top of the eighth, courtesy of Gillespie and some bad defense.  Reliever Brandon League retired Gordon Beckham on strikes to open the inning but Abreu reached when League couldn't handle a comebacker.  Adam Dunn drew a walk to put runners on first and second and Ramirez flied to the edge of the warning track in left-center, with Abreu tagging and advancing to third.  Lefty J.P. Howell came on to face Gillespie but the Chicago third baseman foiled the strategy by lashing a double to right-center, scoring Abreu and chasing Dunn to third.  Viciedo grounded out to end the inning but the White Sox now led 6-3. 

Adrian Gonzalez's double in the bottom of the inning off Jake Petricka scored Hanley Ramirez with an unearned run to cut the lead to 6-4, but that was as close as the Dodgers came despite threatening in the ninth.  Ronald Belisario gave up a one-out walk to Dee Gordon which was followed by a single to Ethier, bringing the winning run to the plate, but he fanned Puig and got Ramirez on a grounder to second, ending the game and securing his third save of the season.

Gillespie is the first American Leaguer to hit for the cycle this season.  Charlie Blackmon of the Colorado Rockies is the only other player in the majors to accomplish the feat this season, doing so in a win over the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field on May 22.

6/3/2014, ChA14-LAN14, Dodger Stadium

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP

2014 White Sox         0  1  0  2  0  2  0  1  0     6  8  0     4  0

2014 Dodgers           1  1  0  0  0  1  0  1  0     4  8  1     9  0

White Sox            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Dodgers              AB  R  H BI   AVG

Eaton             cf  5  0  0  0  .286    Gordon,D          2b  5  0  2  0  .270

Beckham           2b  4  0  0  0  .211    Ethier            cf  4  1  2  0  .236

Abreu,J           1b  4  1  2  0  .339    Puig              rf  3  0  0  1  .272

Dunn,A            lf  3  0  0  0  .252    Ramirez,H         ss  5  2  1  1  .247

 Sierra           pr  0  0  0  0  .244    Gonzalez,Ad       1b  4  0  2  1  .283

Ramirez,Al        ss  4  2  1  1  .264    Kemp              lf  2  1  0  0  .236

Gillaspie         3b  4  2  4  3  .255    Figgins           3b  3  0  1  1  .315

 Belisario        p   0  0  0  0  .000    Butera            c   4  0  0  0  .198

Viciedo           rf  4  1  1  2  .223    Haren             p   2  0  0  0  .095

Flowers           c   4  0  0  0  .187     Turner,Ju        ph  1  0  0  0  .320

Noesi             p   2  0  0  0  .000     League           p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Webb,D           p   0  0  0  0  .000     Howell           p   0  0  0  0 1.000

 Konerko          ph  1  0  0  0  .195     Wright,J         p   1  0  0  0  .250

 Guerra           p   0  0  0  0  .000                         34  4  8  4

 Petricka         p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Garcia,Le        ph  1  0  0  0  .174

                     36  6  8  6

White Sox                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Noesi            W 4-2           5.1  5  3  3  2  4  93  55  4.88

Webb,D           H 7             0.2  0  0  0  0  0   4   3  7.31

Guerra           H 3             1.0  1  0  0  0  0   8   6  5.87

Petricka         H 2             1.0  1  1  0  2  1  25  13  6.23

Belisario        S 3             1.0  1  0  0  1  1  24  15  1.88

                                 9.0  8  4  3  5  6 154  92

Dodgers                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Haren            L 3-5           7.0  7  5  5  0  8  86  66  6.53

League                           0.2  0  1  0  1  1  11   7  2.74

Howell                           0.1  1  0  0  0  0   8   6  1.56

Wright,J                         1.0  0  0  0  0  1   9   7  4.50

                                 9.0  8  6  5  1 10 114  86

ChA: Konerko batted for Webb,D in the 7th

     Sierra ran for Dunn,A in the 8th

     Sierra moved to lf in the 8th

     Garcia,Le batted for Petricka in the 9th

     Garcia,Le moved to 3b in the 9th

LAN: Turner,Ju batted for Haren in the 7th

E-League. 2B-Abreu,J(11), Gillaspie(8), Gonzalez,Ad 2(18), Figgins(3).

3B-Gillaspie(2), Ethier(2). HR-Ramirez,Al(7), Gillaspie(1), Viciedo(9),

Ramirez,H(9). RBI-Ramirez,Al(23), Gillaspie 3(17), Viciedo 2(30), Puig(34),

Ramirez,H(32), Gonzalez,Ad(40), Figgins(7). SB-Ramirez,Al(5), Gordon,D(20).

K-Eaton, Beckham 2, Dunn,A 3, Viciedo, Flowers 2, Konerko, Puig, Gonzalez,Ad,

Kemp, Figgins, Butera 2. BB-Dunn,A, Ethier, Puig, Kemp 2, Figgins. SF-Puig.

PB-Flowers.

GWRBI: Viciedo

Temperature: 78, Sky: cloudy, Wind: left to right at 21 MPH.

Attendance: 35,817

Game Time: 2:45