Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. White Sox 4, Seattle 3
When: 1:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 6, 2013
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 57°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 22461


White Sox 4, Mariners 3:
Alex Rios smashed a tiebreaking two-run homer as host Chicago defeated Seattle ace Felix Hernandez.

Conor Gillaspie went 2-for-3 and scored twice as the White Sox avenged Friday’s 10-inning loss to the Mariners. Chicago racked up four runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings against Hernandez (1-1).

Donnie Veal (1-0) retired three batters for his second big-league victory and Addison Reed struck out two in a flawless ninth for his third save.

The game was tied at one when Alejandro De Aza led off the sixth with a single and Rios hit a one-out homer well into the left-field stands. De Aza added a seventh-inning sacrifice fly to make it 4-1 before Seattle’s Michael Saunders hit an opposite-field two-run homer to left in the eighth to get the Mariners within a run.

The Mariners had two runners on later in the eighth before Jesse Crain entered and struck out Raul Ibanez and retired Justin Smoak on a grounder to end the inning.

GAME NOTEBOOK: White Sox starter Dylan Axelrod allowed one unearned run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings. … Hernandez was trying for his 100th career victory. … Chicago INF Jeff Keppinger went hitless in four at-bats and is 1-for-21 through five games.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Chi. White Sox
Felix Hernandez Player Dylan Axelrod
Loss W/L No Decision
6.1 IP 5.2
3 Strikeouts 3
6 Hits 3
5.68 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Seattle   Chi. White Sox
Michael Morse Player Conor Gillaspie
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
1 TB 4
.333 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 6 1 10 .182 13 8 2 3 0 1
Chi. White Sox 6 1 12 .214 10 5 4 2 0 1