| • Box score • Play by Play • How they scored • Game story |
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| W: N. Cotts (W, 1-0); L: B. Lidge (L, 0-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HR: HOU: M. Ensberg (1). CWS: S. Podsednik (1), P. Konerko (1). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | ||||||||
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| C Biggio 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 |
| E Bruntlett 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| M Lamb PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| W Taveras CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .571 |
| L Berkman 1B-LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .429 |
| M Ensberg 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 |
| J Bagwell DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| J Lane RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .125 |
| C Burke LF-2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| B Ausmus C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| A Everett SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| J Vizcaino PH-SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Team totals: | 35 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
Individual Batting:
Doubles: Berkman (2), Ausmus (1)
Triples: Taveras (1)
Home runs: Ensberg (1, 2nd inning off Buehrle with 0 on, 0 outs)
RBI: Berkman 3 (5), Ensberg (1), Vizcaino 2 (2)
Sacrifice flies: Berkman (1)
Left in scoring position: Everett (2), Lamb (1), Ensberg (1), Biggio (1)
Team Batting:
Left on base: 4
Left in scoring position: 3
Hits with runners in scoring position: 10 at-bats, 4 hits
Base Running:
Stolen bases: Lane (1)
| Chicago White Sox | ||||||||
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| S Podsednik LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 |
| T Iguchi 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .125 |
| J Dye RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| P Konerko 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .375 |
| C Everett DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .429 |
| A Rowand CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| A Pierzynski C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| J Crede 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| J Uribe SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Team totals: | 35 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
Individual Batting:
Doubles: Uribe 2 (3), Rowand (1)
Home runs: Podsednik (1, 9th inning off Lidge with 0 on, 1 outs) , Konerko (1, 7th inning off Qualls with 3 on, 2 outs)
RBI: Crede (2), Podsednik (2), Uribe (2), Konerko 4 (4)
Left in scoring position: Iguchi (1), Everett (1), Podsednik (3), Pierzynski (2)
Team Batting:
Left on base: 5
Left in scoring position: 4
Hits with runners in scoring position: 10 at-bats, 2 hits
Base Running:
Stolen bases: Uribe (1)
Caught stealing: Everett (1 for season)
Pitching:
Hit by pitch: Dye (by Wheeler)
| Houston | |||||||
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| A Pettitte | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.00 |
| D Wheeler (H, 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40.50 |
| C Qualls (B, 1) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
| M Gallo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| B Lidge (L, 0-1) | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 |
| Chicago White Sox | |||||||
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| M Buehrle | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5.14 |
| C Politte (H, 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| B Jenks (B, 1) | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 |
| N Cotts (W, 1-0) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Individual Pitching | ||||||
| Houston | ||||||
| Name | Batters Faced | Pitches | Strikes | Ground Balls | Fly Balls | |
| A Pettitte | 25 | 98 | 65 | 9 | 7 | |
| D Wheeler | 5 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
| C Qualls | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| M Gallo | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| B Lidge | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chicago White Sox | ||||||
| Name | Batters Faced | Pitches | Strikes | Ground Balls | Fly Balls | |
| M Buehrle | 28 | 100 | 69 | 10 | 4 | |
| C Politte | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| B Jenks | 5 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| N Cotts | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Umpires | |
| Name | Position |
| Jeff Nelson | HP |
| Jerry Layne | 1B |
| Derryl Cousins | 2B |
| Gary Cederstrom | 3B |
| Angel Hernandez | LF |
| Joe West | RF |
| Play-By-Play |
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| Top of the 1st Out: Biggio flies out to CF. 1 out. |
| Out: Taveras grounds out to P. 2 outs. |
| Out: Berkman strikes out. 3 outs. |
| Bottom of the 1st Out: Podsednik flies out to RF. 1 out. |
| Out: Iguchi strikes out. 2 outs. |
| Hit: Dye hits a single to CF. 2 outs. |
| Out: Konerko strikes out. 3 outs. |
| Top of the 2nd Run scored: 1 run, home run by Morgan Ensberg (1). |
| Out: Bagwell grounds out to 3B. 1 out. |
| Hit: Lane hits a single to SS. 1 out. |
| Out: Burke flies out to RF. Lane holds on first. 2 outs. |
| Stolen base: Lane steals second. 2 outs. |
| Hit: Ausmus hits a single to 3B. Lane to third. 2 outs. |
| Bottom of the 2nd Out: Everett strikes out. 1 out. |
| Hit: Rowand hits a single to LF. 1 out. |
| Hit: Pierzynski hits a single to LF. Rowand to second. 1 out. |
| Run scored: 1 run, single by Joe Crede. Aaron Rowand scores from 2nd. |
| Run scored: 1 run, Juan Uribe grounds into fielder's choice. A.J. Pierzynski scores from 3rd. |
| Stolen base: Uribe steals second. 2 outs. |
| Out: Podsednik grounds out to 1B. 3 outs. |
| Top of the 3rd Out: Biggio grounds out to 3B. 1 out. |
| Hit: Taveras hits a triple to RF. 1 out. |
| Run scored: 1 run, Lance Berkman hits a sacrifice fly. Willy Taveras scores from 3rd. |
| Out: Ensberg strikes out. 3 outs. |
| Bottom of the 3rd Hit: Iguchi hits a single to LF. 0 out. |
| Out: Konerko grounds out to 2B. Iguchi to third. 2 outs. |
| Out: Everett grounds out to 3B. 3 outs. |
| Top of the 4th Out: Bagwell grounds out to 2B. 1 out. |
| Out: Lane grounds out to 1B. 2 outs. |
| Out: Burke grounds out to 1B. 3 outs. |
| Bottom of the 4th Out: Rowand flies out to RF. 1 out. |
| Out: Pierzynski strikes out. 2 outs. |
| Out: Crede grounds out to SS. 3 outs. |
| Top of the 5th Hit: Ausmus hits a double to 3B. 0 out. |
| Out: Everett strikes out. Ausmus holds on second. 1 out. |
| Out: Biggio grounds out to 2B. Ausmus holds on second. 2 outs. |
| Hit: Taveras hits a single to SS. Ausmus to third. 2 outs. |
| Run scored: 2 runs, double by Lance Berkman. Brad Ausmus scores from 3rd, Willy Taveras scores from 1st. |
| Out: Ensberg flies out to SS. 3 outs. |
| Bottom of the 5th Hit: Uribe hits a double to LF. 0 out. |
| Out: Podsednik flies out to CF. Uribe holds on second. 1 out. |
| Out: Iguchi hits a fielders-choice to P. Uribe out. 2 outs. |
| Pick off: Iguchi picked off. 3 outs. |
| Top of the 6th Out: Bagwell flies out to 3B. 1 out. |
| Out: Lane strikes out. 2 outs. |
| Out: Burke flies out to LF. 3 outs. |
| Bottom of the 6th Out: Dye flies out to RF. 1 out. |
| Out: Konerko flies out to RF. 2 outs. |
| Hit: Everett hits a single to CF. 2 outs. |
| Hit: Rowand hits a double to LF. Everett to third. 2 outs. |
| Out: Pierzynski flies out to SS. 3 outs. |
| Top of the 7th Out: Ausmus flies out to CF. 1 out. |
| Out: Everett flies out to 3B. 2 outs. |
| Out: Biggio strikes out. 3 outs. |
| Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: (P) Pettitte replaced by (P) Wheeler |
| Defensive Substitution: (2B) Biggio replaced by (2B) Bruntlett |
| Out: Crede flies out to 3B. 1 out. |
| Hit: Uribe hits a double to CF. 1 out. |
| Out: Podsednik strikes out. Uribe holds on second. 2 outs. |
| Play: Iguchi walks. Uribe holds on second. 2 outs. |
| Play: Dye hit by pitch. Iguchi to second. Uribe to third. 2 outs. |
| Pitching Change: (P) Wheeler replaced by (P) Qualls |
| Run scored: 4 runs, grand slam by Paul Konerko (1). Juan Uribe scores from 3rd, Tadahito Iguchi scores from 2nd, Jermaine Dye scores from 1st. |
| Hit: Everett hits a single to RF. 2 outs. |
| Caught stealing: Everett caught stealing. 3 outs. |
| Top of the 8th Pitching Change: (P) Buehrle replaced by (P) Politte |
| Out: Taveras flies out to RF. 1 out. |
| Out: Berkman strikes out. 2 outs. |
| Out: Ensberg grounds out to SS. 3 outs. |
| Bottom of the 8th Out: Rowand grounds out to 3B. 1 out. |
| Pitching Change: (P) Qualls replaced by (P) Gallo |
| Out: Pierzynski grounds out to 2B. 2 outs. |
| Out: Crede grounds out to 3B. 3 outs. |
| Top of the 9th Pitching Change: (P) Politte replaced by (P) Jenks |
| Hit: Bagwell hits a single to CF. 0 out. |
| Out: Lane strikes out. Bagwell holds on first. 1 out. |
| Play: Burke walks. Bagwell to second. 1 out. |
| Out: Ausmus grounds out to 1B. Burke to second. Bagwell to third. 2 outs. |
| Offensive Substitution: (SS) Everett replaced by (PH) Vizcaino |
| Run scored: 2 runs, single by Jose Vizcaino. Jeff Bagwell scores from 3rd, Chris Burke scores from 2nd. |
| Advanced base: Vizcaino to second. 2 outs. |
| Pitching Change: (P) Jenks replaced by (P) Cotts |
| Out: Lamb flies out to LF. 3 outs. |
| Bottom of the 9th Position Change: Lamb moves to 1B |
| Position Change: Berkman moves to LF |
| Position Change: Burke moves to 2B |
| Position Change: Vizcaino moves to SS |
| Pitching Change: (P) Gallo replaced by (P) Lidge |
| Out: Uribe flies out to CF. 1 out. |
| Run scored: 1 run, home run by Scott Podsednik (1). |
How they scored:
Astros second. Ensberg homered to left on the first pitch. Bagwell grounded out, third baseman Crede to first baseman Konerko. Lane infield single to short. Burke flied out to right fielder Dye. Lane stole second. Ausmus infield single to third, Lane to third. Everett struck out.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 1, White Sox 0.
White Sox second. Everett struck out. Rowand singled to left. Pierzynski singled to left, Rowand to second. Crede singled to right, Rowand scored, Pierzynski to third. Uribe grounded into fielder's choice, right fielder Lane to shortstop Everett, Pierzynski scored, Crede out. Uribe stole second. Podsednik grounded out, first baseman Berkman unassisted.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. White Sox 2, Astros 1.
Astros third. Biggio grounded out, third baseman Crede to first baseman Konerko. Taveras tripled to right. Berkman hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Rowand, Taveras scored. Ensberg struck out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. White Sox 2, Astros 2.
Astros fifth. Ausmus infield double to third. Everett struck out. Biggio grounded out, second baseman Iguchi to first baseman Konerko. Taveras infield single to third, Ausmus to third. Berkman doubled to left, Ausmus scored, Taveras scored. Ensberg lined out to shortstop Uribe.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 4, White Sox 2.
White Sox seventh. Bruntlett in as second baseman. Wheeler pitching. Crede fouled out to third baseman Ensberg. Uribe doubled to center. Podsednik struck out. Iguchi walked on a full count. Dye was hit by a pitch, Uribe to third, Iguchi to second. Qualls pitching. Konerko homered to left on a full count, Uribe scored, Iguchi scored, Dye scored. Everett singled to right. Everett was caught stealing, catcher Ausmus to second baseman Bruntlett, Everett out.
4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. White Sox 6, Astros 4.
Astros ninth. Jenks pitching. Bagwell singled to center. Lane struck out. Burke walked on four pitches, Bagwell to second. Ausmus grounded out, first baseman Konerko unassisted, Bagwell to third, Burke to second. Vizcaino pinch-hitting for Everett. Vizcaino singled to left, Bagwell scored, Burke scored. Vizcaino to second. Lamb pinch-hitting for Bruntlett. Cotts pitching. Lamb flied out to left fielder Podsednik.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. White Sox 6, Astros 6.
White Sox ninth. Lamb in as first baseman. Berkman in as left fielder. Burke in as second baseman. Vizcaino in as shortstop. Lidge pitching. Uribe flied out to center fielder Taveras. Podsednik homered to center on a 2-1 count.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. White Sox 7, Astros 6.
CHICAGO (AP) - One saved the game, the other won it.
Two electrifying home runs.
Two more wins and the Chicago White Sox can call themselves World Series champions for the first time since 1917.
When Paul Konerko's seventh-inning grand slam wasn't enough, Scott Podsednik homered off Brad Lidge in the ninth Sunday night to give Chicago a thrilling 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros and a 2-0 World Series lead.
''I don't think anyone in the ballpark was thinking about me hitting the ball out of the ballpark,'' Podsednik said.
One home run came from a big bopper, who hit 40 during the regular season. The other from Podsednik, who didn't get his first of the year until the postseason opener against Boston.
''I'm pretty crazy, so to speak, a little superstitious,'' Podsednik said. ''I'm using something different up there just about every week.''
Konerko homered on Chad Qualls' first pitch after yet another questionable umpiring call, this one a hit batter on Jermaine Dye, who admitted Dan Wheeler's pitch struck his bat. Konerko's homer erased a 4-2 deficit, sparking the crowd of 41,432 to life on a drizzly, dreary night and capped a momentous week.
''He's got nasty stuff, that guy,'' Konerko said. ''He threw it exactly where I was looking.''
A week earlier, Konerko was selected MVP of the AL championship series win over the Los Angeles Angels. Two days later, his wife gave birth to their first child, Nicholas.
It was Konerko's fifth postseason homer and the first Series slam since the Yankees' Tino Martinez in 1998.
''It's the second-best feeling I've had all week,'' he said. ''The baby born Tuesday night ... that's first for the week.''
When the Series resumes in Houston on Tuesday night, Roy Oswalt pitches for the Astros against Jon Garland.
''Well, we're not in a good spot,'' Houston manager Phil Garner said. ''They can't do anything wrong.''
Closer Bobby Jenks, who earned the Game 1 save after not pitching for 14 days, couldn't work his magic two nights in a row.
Jose Vizcaino, pinch-hitting for Adam Everett with two outs in the ninth, reached the burly reliever for a two-run, opposite-field single to left and Chris Burke just beat Podsednik's on-target throw to score the tying run, slapping the plate with his hand.
That brought up Podsednik, perhaps the most unlikely hero.
He didn't have any home runs in 507 regular-season at-bats.
''We're going to get this win,'' Konerko recalled of the mood in the dugout. ''I didn't think we thought it would be that quick or by a home run by him.''
Podsednik came up with one out in the ninth against Lidge, who hadn't pitched since losing Game 5 of the NL championship series against St. Louis, when he gave up a mammoth three-run homer to Albert Pujols in the ninth that teammates joked rose to airplane cruising altitude.
This one wasn't as long, but it was just as damaging.
Podsednik lofted a 2-1 pitch to right-center field, and players and fans craned to see whether it would clear the fence. When it did, for the 14th game-ending homer in Series history, Chicago players poured out of the dugout to greet Podsednik at the plate.
Lidge gave up just five homers during the regular season.
''I'm frustrated by it, but I'm not changing a darn thing,'' he said. ''I'm ready to get out there as quickly as possible.''
Andy Pettitte had put his hometown team in position for its first World Series win, leaving after six innings with a 4-2 lead built by Lance Berkman's three RBIs and Morgan Ensberg's solo homer.
Chicago pressured reliever Dan Wheeler on Juan Uribe's one-out double in the seventh and Tadahito Iguchi's walk, and the White Sox loaded the bases when Dye was awarded first base on a 3-2 pitch that umpires ruled hit his hand. Houston disputed the call and replays appeared to show the ball striking his bat.
''I thought in my heart I made the right call. I had it hitting him,'' baseball spokesman Pat Courtney quoted plate umpire Jeff Nelson as saying.
If it had been ruled a foul ball, the count would have remained full on Dye. But he took first, Qualls relieved and he left his first pitch over the plate. Konerko turned on it, and it went deep into the left-field bleachers.
''I'm not going to tell him I fouled it off,'' Dye said. ''Just go to first and, hopefully, we get a big hit and we did.''
It was 45 degrees when the game began, weather more suited to football than baseball. While rain held off in the early going, it began again in the fifth, just before Berkman doubled down the left-field line to break a 2-2 tie. For the rest of the game, many fans wore slickers and held up umbrellas in an attempt to stay dry.
Making his record 34th postseason start, Pettitte needed 54 pitches to get through the first three innings. He allowed two runs in the second on Joe Crede's opposite-field bloop RBI single to right - his 10th postseason RBI - and Uribe's popup to short right that bounced off the glove of backtracking second baseman Craig Biggio and fell for a run-scoring fielder's choice.
Ensberg led off the second with his first homer since Sept. 20 at Pittsburgh, and gave Houston its first lead of the Series. Willy Taveras tripled into the right-field corner in the third and made it 2-2 on Berkman's sacrifice fly.
''It's a tough loss,'' Biggio said. ''We've been through a lot of adversity all season long. We've been able to bounce back and come back.''
Notes: Florida's Alex Gonzalez hit the previous game-ending Series homer in Game 4 two years ago. ... The game began 7 minutes later, the first rain delay at the start of a Series game since Game 3 in 1993 at Philadelphia began 1:12 late. ... Commissioner Bud Selig didn't take his front-row seat until after the first inning. ... In the fourth, Pettitte pitched Houston's first 1-2-3 inning of the Series.