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Rookie Brian Anderson carried the White Sox's feeble offense for 11 innings. Fortunately for the Sox, teammate Tadahito Iguchi finally stepped up in the 12th inning by hitting a two-run homer for a 5-3 victory at Seattle.

The White Sox stretched their frustration in stunning form Tuesday night. Their agony started when closer Dustin Hermanson surrendered a game-tying home run to Michael Cuddyer with one out in the top of the ninth inning and became complete when Minnesota scored five runs off Jon Adkins in the top of the 16th for a 9-4 victory.

His status says fifth starter. His stature says ace. Jon Garland continued to do all the things the star of the staff should do in the White Sox's 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

His status says fifth starter. His stature says ace. Jon Garland continued to do all the things the star of the staff should do in the White Sox's 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

The White Sox provided plenty of entertainment Friday night. They held their second annual "Halfway to St.

Typically on GROTA we like to wax the baseball philisophical, but we do from time to time have the ability to actually use statistics to prove points.

The White Sox got back to the Central issue of this season Friday night. For the first time in nearly a month, they returned to playing their own AL Central.

The White Sox finished the 2005 season with Cliff Politte in the setup role after Dustin Hermanson and Bobby Jenks held those roles before taking over as closers.

During the White Sox's 2005 World Series season, Dustin Hermanson started as the set-up man to Shingo Takatsu.

The first half of the White Sox's season ended with Monday's 10-8 victory over Tampa Bay and with a role reversal from what has made them the best team in baseball.

It was a bad night for two pitchers the White Sox counted on and for those who are counting magic numbers.