On the day Jack McKeon manages his first game in his second stint with the Marlins, the 80 year old reminds us all that even at 80, he's never seen a Cubs World Series victory, but did manage one in his last go-around with the Fish, knocking off the Cubs in 2003 along the way.  But, on to more important facts, the Cubs fall into a hole down 3-0 at the end of the first from a Konerko 2 run shot, and a Quentin single.  Kid Castro goes 2 for 4 with 3 RBI and a solo shot, Carlos Pena hits a 3 run homer in the 6th and makes a nice fielding play later in the game to quell a Sox comeback, and Carlos Marmol finishes off Carlos Zambrano's "turnaround" game compared to last year's meltdown. Zambrano throws 8 innings and gives up 3 ER in the first, and that's it.  Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is ejected in the bottom of the 6th arguing an at-bat by Alexei Rameriz, and kicks Geovanny Soto's catcher's mask in the process, causing Soto to laugh at the outburst.

W: Zambrano (6-4), L: Floyd (6-7), SV: Marmol (15)
HR: Konerko (21), Castro (2), Pena (12)

Notes: Attendance of 36,005, was the lowest to date in the interleague Crosstown Classic series.

Konerko continues his hot-hitting ways by hitting his 5th HR in five games and his 11th in 20 games.  The Sox take a 2-1 lead into the 6th, with good pitching from stalworth Mark Buehrle and the Cubs lone run coming from another Carlos Pena HR, his 2nd of the series. Then bad weather forces a rain delay leaving the Cubs with runners on the corners and one out for the duration of the 1 hour, 44 minute rain delay. They did let the Cubs runners leave the field though when the groundscrew put the tarp on.  Aramis Ramirez ties the game with a SF in the 8th, and then the White Sox win it with a SF of their own by Brett Morel, after Samardzija gives up a double to Alexei Rameriz, and a AJ Pierzyski ground ball which moved Ramirez to 3rd base.

W: Crain (3-2), L: Samardzija (L, 5-3), SV: Santos (13)
HR: Konerko (22), Pena (13)

Notes: Buehrle was trying to win a MLB best 25th interleague win.  Adam Dunn struggles along going 0-4 with 2 strike-outs and a plethera of home crowd boos.  Attendance was not at full capacity for the second game (35,155) in a row as both teams are under .500 and struggling this year.

The White Sox take the rubber game and 2 of 3 from the Cubs in the first half of the 2011 Crosstown Classic, in whcih all 3 games were close and exciting.  Jake Peavy comes up from his latest rehab stint to get the win and pitches 5 1/3, giving up 7 hits and 3ER, while striking out 5, besting Doug Davis of the cubs with similar numbers (5 IP - 4R - 3ER).  AJ Pierzyski triples in two runs, yes, you read that right AJ legged out a triple and put the Sox up 2-0 in the bottom of the 4th. AJ scores on an infield hit towards Doug Davis by Brent Lillibridge to give the Sox a 3-0 lead.  The Cubs claw their way back, and Carlos Pena hits his 3rd homer of the series (one in each game), but the Cubs come up short and lose 4-3. Sergio Santos gets the save, his 14th of the year.

W: Peavy (3-1), L: Davis (1-6), SV: Santos (14)
HR: Pena (14)

Notes: Kid Castro picks up 2 more hits, giving him 2 hits in each of the first 3 games of the 2011 series.  
Attendance: 35,403.  AJ Pierzyski and Jake Peavy get into an argument on the field (taking notes from the Cubs in series past) and both properly cover it up in the media explaining that they were arguing over college football and who was the better hunter.

Aramis Ramirez hits his 300th HR of his career, the 131st player to do so (one day after Mark Texiera of the Yankees hits his 300th). Randy Wells gives up 2 runs in the first then keeps the White Sox at bay until the 7th when they score 4 runs on an Alexei Ramirez two run HR, and Juan Pierre triple to right field scoring Rios and Dunn. Edwin Jackson of the White Sox pitches 6 innings, gives up 5 hits, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.

W: Jackson (5-6), L: Wells (1-3), SV: Santos (18)
HR: Ramirez - CHW (8), Ramirez CHC (11)

Notes: Carlos Zambrano goes on the DL with a weak back ("When did he get it? About a week back" ba doom doom ching :), and Kerry Wood comes off the DL.  Marlon Byrd is close to returning from being hit in the face, and the seagulls have been patrolling his territory each game at Wrigley around 4-5 pm or so. Check out Kerry Wood's new charity: http://www.woodfamilyfoundation.org.  Attendance: 41,486, Wind 24 mph.

The White Sox extend their recent dominance over the Cubs with 1-0 win which gives the Sox 15 wins in their last 20 twenty meetings between the two teams, and 4 and 1 in the first 5 games this season.  Mike Quade gets ejected in the second inning after arguing a call in which he thought Gordon Beckham was off second base while turning a double play.  Matt Garza pitches 5 1/3 innings of no hit ball before Juan Pierre singles home Gordon Beckham leading to the games only run.  Phil Humber gets the win, leading to his 5th win in his last 6 games.  Humber's game stats, 7 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K's.   Cubs stats with runners in scoring position: 0-7 (C Pena 0-1, A Soriano 0-1, A Ramirez 0-2, S Castro 0-1, M Byrd 0-1, M Garza 0-1).  Sox turn three double plays in the first three innings, and Matt Garza pitches a complete game giving up only 4 singles and striking out 7.

W: Humber (8-4), L: Garza (4-7), SV: Thornton (3)
HR: None

Notes: Marlon Byrd returns from the DL after being hit in the face earlier in the season and is held hitless in 3 at bats.  Attendance: 42,165, Wind: 5 mph, Temperature at game time: 93 F.

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