White Sox win streak ends at 4
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White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle during the first inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 23, 2009. Buehrle threw a perfect game for a 5-0 White Sox win. (Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune)
Its Tuesday, July 22 and the White Sox (36-65) look to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games tonight in Tampa against the Rays (52-49). Davis Martin is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Drew Rasmussen for Tampa Bay.
The White Sox clubhouse was closed to the media when the group of six reporters arrived following the South Siders’ 8-3 thumping of the Rays on Monday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Their celebratory noise after a season-high fourth straight victory,
Martin bounced back well with an eight-pitch third inning, inducing an inning-ending double play against All-Star Junior Caminero after an Aranda single. His offspeed pitches retired the Rays in order in the fourth, and he struck out Diaz with a changeup to get out of the fifth.