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The first two games of the post-Eric Wedge era in Cleveland unfolded Wednesday with Wedge as manager.

What began so promisingly for the White Sox on Saturday night ended in disappointment, as Chicago squandered an early five-run lead and fell, 12-5, against Detroit at U.S. Cellular Field.

Chicago White Sox's Carlos Quentin, left, celebrates with Alexei Ramirez after hitting a three-run home run against the Detroit Tigers during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, Sept.

As much as people like to take pokes at him, Kenny Williams? track record is superb.

Ozzie Guillen takes Mark Buehrle out of Wednesday's game. Besides President Barack Obama, the only other guy who refuses to count the White Sox out of the playoff hunt sat in a dugout Wednesday at U.S. Cellular Field and delivered a nonconcession concession speech.

Mariners slip past White Sox Chicago White Sox's Alexei Ramirez slides in safely at home against the Seattle Mariners in the seventh inning Tuesday, Sept.

With 16 games remaining for the White Sox in the 2009 regular season, their biggest challenge to pulling off an improbable American League Central title run comeback simply becomes beating the proverbial baseball clock.

After tame pre- and postgame meetings with the media Friday, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen started Saturday with a question about juggling his lineup on a day-to-day basis -- the Sox have had 108 different lineups this season -- and began answering it very calmly.

Getting runners on base has not been the White Sox ? big problem this season. Getting the runners home has.

If the White Sox somehow make an improbable run back into American League Central contention, let alone win the division, then they can point to an A.J. Pierzynski seventh-inning at-bat during Tuesday's 6-3 victory at Safeco Field as a jumping-off point.

For the last three weeks the Angels have won with their pitching. On Saturday they lost with their defense, giving up one run on an error and another on a wild pitch to lose, 4-3, to the Chicago White Sox in 10 innings.

Ken Williams spoke deliberately Wednesday when discussing plans for 2010 while keeping his focus on the remainder of the 2009 season.

With a well-rested bullpen and a day off ahead, A's manager Bob Geren had no qualms about a short stint for starting pitcher Trevor Cahill and spreading some work around on Wednesday.

Three weeks ago, general manager Ken Williams gave an honest assessment if the White Sox failed in 2009.

A.J. Pierzynski hit a game-ending RBI double in the 13th inning, Scott Podsednik had four hits and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Wednesday night.

That's what batting coach Greg Walker was looking for from his White Sox offense during the team's dismal 11-game road trip through Boston, New York and Minneapolis.

Not only has Jon Rauch pitched well for the Twins going into Monday's series opener with the Blue Jays, but he's also impressed his manager in another way since coming to the Twins in a late-August trade.

Gordon Beckham and Paul Konerko hit consecutive home runs off Joe Nathan with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday to lead Chicago to a 4-2 win over Minnesota.

A.J. Pierzynski, Carlos Quentin and Alexei Ramirez all finished with two hits and a run batted in as the Chicago White Sox downed the Chicago Cubs, 5-0, in the makeup contest of an interleague game which was postponed on June 16.

Gordon Beckham and Paul Konerko hit back- to-back home runs to tie the game, and Alexei Ramirez's run-scoring single later proved to be the game-winner as the Chicago White Sox scored four times in the ninth to stun the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, in the finale of a three-game series at the Metrodome.

The Seattle Mariners activated third baseman Adrian Beltre from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday among three roster moves.