Alberto Callaspo dressed quickly and raced out of the ballpark to meet his wife at the airport. Perhaps the error-prone second baseman couldn't wait to tell her the Kansas City fans weren't so mad at him any more. His two hits and three RBIs enabled the Royals to double their run total of the four previous games combined and beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4 Saturday. "Two really big hits," said Royals manager Trey Hillman. "We finally got some key hits and bunched some key at-bats together.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 4/6	CWS	PPD
Tue 4/7	CWS	KC 2 at CWS 4	W: Dotel L: Farnsworth
Wed 4/8	CWS	KC 2 at CWS 0	W: Greinke L: Floyd
Thu 4/9	CWS	KC 2 at CWS 1	W: Mahay L: Jenks
Mon 5/4	KC	CWS 0 at KC 3	W: Greinke L: Colon
Tue 5/5	KC	CWS 7 at KC 8	W: Cruz L: Broadway
Fri 5/29	KC	CWS 11 at KC 2	W: Richard L: Bannister
Sat 5/30	KC	CWS 5 at KC 3	W: Linebrink L: Cruz
Sun 5/31	KC	CWS 7 at KC 4	W: Thornton L: Bale
Thu 7/2	KC	CWS 4 at KC 1	W: Buehrle L: Chen
Fri 7/3	KC	CWS 5 at KC 0	W: Danks L: Greinke
Sat 7/4	KC	CWS 4 at KC 6	W: Hochevar L: Floyd
Sun 7/5	KC	CWS 3 at KC 6	W: Bannister L: Richard
Mon 8/17	CWS	KC 7 at CWS 8	W: Linebrink L: Colon
Tue 8/18	CWS	KC 5 at CWS 4	W: Meche L: Garcia
Wed 8/19	CWS	KC 2 at CWS 4	W: Contreras L: Greinke
Fri 9/18	CWS	KC 11 at CWS 0	W: Hochevar L: Buehrle
Sat 9/19	CWS	KC 3 at CWS 13	W: Peavy L: Hughes
Sun 9/20	CWS	KC 2 at CWS 1	W: Tejeda L: Garcia

Box Scores

White Sox (42 - 39) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Royals (34 - 46) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. S Podsednik, LF 4 0 0 0 1 2. A Ramirez, SS 4 1 2 0 0 3. J Dye, DH 4 1 1 2 0 4. P Konerko, 1B 4 0 2 0 0 5. R Castro, C 2 0 0 0 1 5. A Pierzynski, PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 6. C Getz, 2B 2 1 0 0 0 6. J Nix, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 7. G Beckham, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 8. D Wise, RF 4 0 1 1 0 9. B Anderson, CF 2 0 1 0 0 9. J Thome, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 9 4 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D DeJesus, LF 4 0 1 0 0 2. W Bloomquist, SS-RF 4 1 1 0 0 3. B Butler, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 4. J Guillen, RF 4 1 0 0 0 4. T Pena Jr., SS 0 0 0 0 0 5. M Teahen, 3B 3 1 1 1 1 6. M Jacobs, DH 2 1 1 0 0 6. B Pena, PH-DH 2 1 1 1 0 7. A Callaspo, 2B 3 1 2 3 1 8. M Olivo, C 3 0 0 0 1 9. M Maier, CF 2 0 0 1 0 Totals 30 6 7 6 4
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* G Floyd (L, 6-6) 5.1 4 5 5 3 4 4.33 M Thornton (BS, 3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2.76 O Dotel 1.2 1 1 1 1 3 3.34		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* L Hochevar (W, 4-3) 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 5.08 J Cruz (H, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 4.63 J Bale (H, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 6.57 J Soria (S, 11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1.83
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: A Ramirez (8), B Anderson (8) HR: J Dye (19), G Beckham (3)		BATTING 3B: A Callaspo (3) HR: B Pena (2) BASERUNNING SB: W Bloomquist (15), M Maier (4)

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Player News

White Sox A.J. Pierzynski (CHW) News: A.J. Pierzynski would like to remain a member of the White Sox, according to MLB.com. He said, "Hopefully, we have a great year as a team and they will be in a situation where they want to bring me back, because I would be all for it. We have not really talked about it, but everyone knows I would love to stay here and be a part of the White Sox for as long as I play."   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 24, 2009) Jermaine Dye (CHW) News: The Yankees are not interested in free agent outfielder Jermaine Dye, according to the New York Post.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 24, 2009) Jermaine Dye (CHW) News: According to Fox Sports, teams are interested in signing free agent outfielder Jermaine Dye as a first baseman, and he is amendable to the idea.   (Fanball - Mon. Nov 23, 2009)

Royals Coco Crisp (KC) News: The White Sox are interested in Royals outfielder Coco Crisp, according to the Chicago Tribune.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 24, 2009) Bryan Bullington (KC) News: Former first overall draft pick Bryan Bullington has signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals, according to MLB.com's Noah Coslov.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 24, 2009) Bryan Bullington (KC) News: Bullington has signed a minor league deal with the Royals, Bob Dutton of the KC Star reports.  (RotoWire - Tue. Nov 24, 2009)