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CHICAGO (AP) -- Waiting for Juan, the New York Yankees showed
they can generate plenty of offense without him.
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And that's what they needed Saturday to finally beat the Chicago
White Sox, hanging on for a rainy 12-8 victory after building an
early nine-run lead. The victory ended New York's five-game losing
streak against Chicago.
"Those guys made it close. I just kept thinking, `Let's get
this over,' " said Bernie Williams, who had four of New York's 16 hits.
"They've been pretty hot right now, and we had to score as many
as we could. It was a tough game with the rain. It was just sort of
a slow day. We started at 12:30 after a long night last night."
With a tentative trade for Juan Gonzalez pending, the Yankees
rebounded from a 4-3 loss Friday night, when closer Mariano Rivera
blew a ninth-inning lead.
This time, Rivera got his 17th save in 20 chances but not before
another scare from the White Sox, who lost for just the fifth time
in 22 games overall.
Following a 33-minute rain delay in the eighth, Rivera relieved
with a 10-5 lead, the bases loaded and one out, giving up a
sacrifice fly to Frank Thomas and RBI single to Magglio Ordonez
before retiring Paul Konerko to end the three-run inning.
Rivera threw two wild pitches in the ninth, including one that
scored a run.
"We've been through tough times before. But we're a good team
and know how to recuperate," Rivera said. "It was important for
Joe (Torre), for me, for everybody to win.".
Ramiro Mendoza (7-3), who pitched a four-hit shutout at Comiskey
Park on May 25, allowed three runs and six hits in five-plus
innings, leaving when his shoulder got stiff in the sixth.
Mendoza has experienced the problem before and Torre said it's
fatigue related.
"He could have stayed out there. It's not something he can injure. It just gets uncomfortable at a certain point," Torre said.
"I don't know what is going on," Mendoza said. "I was
scared."
The Yankees scored in each of the first three innings and then
knocked out Kip Wells (4-6) during a four-run fifth.
Wells made a wide throw on Derek Jeter's first-inning comebacker
and it went for a three-base error. Paul O'Neill hit an RBI single,
raced to third on another single by Bernie Willliams and scored on
a reverse force double play, reaching the plate before Williams was
tagged.
"The bad throw seemed to come into effect," White Sox manager
Jerry Manuel said. "Kip seemed to unravel. It was kind of an
uphill battle all day."
Jorge Posada single in the second, advanced on Wells' wild pitch
and scored on Shane Spencer's double. Williams singled with two
outs in the third and scored on Tino Martinez's double.
Chicago got a run back in the bottom of the inning on singles by Carlos Lee and Herbert Perry, a sacrifice and Ray Durham's infield
out.
The Yankees drove out Wells in the fifth with three more singles
before Martinez hit a sacrifice fly, Posada an RBI double and
Spencer a broken-bat, two-run single off reliever Kevin Beirne.
Jeter hit an RBI double in the sixth and O'Neill a sacrifice fly
for a 10-1 lead. Ordonez hit his 15th homer for Chicago in the
bottom of the inning. Perry added a pair of run-scoring doubles,
the second scoring Lee just before the rain delay.
Mike Stanton came out to warm up after the delay but was immediately replaced by Jeff Nelson, who loaded the bases with walks to Durham and Jose Valentin, prompting Torre to turn again to Rivera.
Spencer got hit by a bases-loaded pitch in the ninth for his
fourth RBI, making it 11-7, and Scott Brosius added a fielder's
choice RBI.
Game notes
Chuck Knoblauch fielded three grounders and softly flipped
each throw to first, avoiding a throwing error that has plagued him
all season. ... Jose Vizcaino, who started at second Friday night,
got the call at third base so Scott Brosius could get a day off. ... The White Sox have seven players who have scored at least 40
runs and six with 40-plus RBI. ... Since returning from the
disabled list May 27, Jeter has hit safely in 22 of 25 games.
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Cleveland 8
Detroit 1
Detroit 14
Cleveland 8
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NY Yankees 12
Chi. White Sox 8
Kansas City 8
Oakland 3
Toronto 6
Boston 4
Seattle 2
Baltimore 1
Tampa Bay 9
Texas 7
Minnesota 11
Anaheim 5
St. Louis 6
Los Angeles 1
Philadelphia 8
Montreal 1
San Francisco 13
Houston 4
Cincinnati 11
San Diego 5
Florida 7
Chicago Cubs 4
Milwaukee 2
Atlanta 1
NY Mets 10
Pittsburgh 8
Colorado 4
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