The Chicago White Sox were leading the New York Yankees heading into the seventh inning but Jose Contreras ran into trouble and the Yankees score four runs on a grand slam and eventually went onto beat the White Sox 9-5. The White Sox gave up three home runs in the game as the pitchers couldn’t keep the ball in the park.
Contreras pitched 6.1 innings as he gave up seven hits and four earned runs. He was cruising until that seventh inning. Boone Logan, Octavio Dotel, and Matt Thornton let another four runs cross the plate as they pitched in relief of Contreras.
Juan Uribe had two RBI for the White Sox. A.J. Pierzynski, Paul Konerko, and Joe Crede all had one RBI each as well. Pierzynski’s RBI came off a solo home run in the ninth inning.
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