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Thursday, Jul. 27 10:05pm ET
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Chicago White Sox are having such a great season, they're not even satisfied sometimes when they win. Herbert Perry and Chris Singleton hit two-run homers to help fuel an 18-hit attack Thursday night as the AL Central leaders beat the Anaheim Angels 6-5. Carlos Lee tied a career-best with his third four-hit game of the season and Brook Fordyce had three hits for the White Sox, who nearly blew a 6-0 lead because of shoddy defense. "I thought we were going to have a pretty comfortable win, but we kind of let them back into it and it got a little scary at the end," Perry said after the White Sox ended a mini-slide in which they had dropped five of six games. "I mean, we won, but it's an uneasy feeling. Right now we're a little bit tentative. I don't know whether it's because we have a big lead, or what it is, but we're not playing like we played a month ago. But I think every team goes through this once or twice during the year." Jon Garland (2-2) survived a shaky fifth inning by his middle infielders to get his first career victory against an AL team. The right-hander, who at age 20 years, 10 months, is the youngest pitcher in the majors, allowed four runs and five hits in six innings. Two of the runs off Garland were unearned, the result of shortstop Jose Valentin's fielding error during Anaheim's four-run fifth. The Angels, who failed to get a runner past second base in the first four innings, trimmed Chicago's lead to 6-4 in the fifth after loading the bases with no one out on two walks and a scratch single by Adam Kennedy off the glove of second baseman Ray Durham. Valentin was in a perfect position to start a double play after fielding Orlando Palmeiro's routine grounder, but fumbled the ball and tossed too late to Durham for the force on Kennedy as Troy Glaus scored. Darin Erstad, the major league hit leader, then lined a two-run single under Garland's glove, and Palmeiro scored when Valentin dropped the ball in his haste to turn what should have been an inning-ending double play on Mo Vaughn's grounder to Durham. But Garland got another ground ball from Tim Salmon, who represented the tying run. "I like the fact that he throws strikes and keeps the ball on the ground. We can't catch it, but he keeps it on the ground," Chicago manager Jerry Manuel said. "He showed great presence and showed the ability to step up in the face of adversity." Keith Foulke got three outs for his 19th save in 22 tries, after giving up a run on Kennedy's triple and Erstad's sacrifice fly. Perry homered for the third consecutive game, hitting his ninth of the season in the second after Lee's single. "I've been feeling pretty good as far as getting extension on the fastball and feeling like I can get to it," Perry said. "It's something I haven't been doing all year, but the last few games I've been staying back a little better." Fordyce followed with a single, advanced on a groundout and scored on a single by Valentin that gave Chicago a 3-0 lead. In the fourth, Fordyce recorded his second triple in 704 major league at-bats with a one-out drive near the top of the 18-foot high wall in right-center. He scored on a passed ball by rookie catcher Bengie Molina. Television replays clearly showed that a fan leaned over and touched Fordyce's drive. Salmon, the Angels right fielder, and manager Mike Scioscia unsuccessfully argued for the play to be ruled a double. Frank Thomas led off the fifth with a bloop single and scored on Singleton's eighth homer, which extended Chicago's margin to 6-0. It was Singleton's fourth hit in five career at-bats against Brian Cooper (4-5), and his second home run. Cooper was charged with six runs and 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings. In his last two outings, he has surrendered 12 earned runs and 20 hits over 7 2/3 innings. "They're a great hitting team and they definitely didn't miss any mistakes tonight," the rookie right-hander said. "To beat these guys, you have to be aggressive and go right at them and put them in a hole where they have to hit your pitches -- not vice-versa." Thomas left for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. Asked if the slugger was OK, Manuel said Thomas was fine and made no reference to any kind of injury. Game notesThe White Sox have won the opening game in 15 of their last 17 series. ... Erstad, 0-for-5 on Wednesday night at Texas, has gone hitless in consecutive games only once -- on May 5-6 at Seattle. ... Vaughn came up in the seventh with the tying runs on base, but struck out against left-hander Kelly Wunsch. ... Singleton's homer was the sixth Cooper surrendered in a span of 18 1-3 innings, after not allowing one in 28 1/3 innings over his previous four starts. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Chi. White Sox Clubhouse Anaheim Clubhouse RECAPS Tampa Bay 8 Kansas City 5
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