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This and That, ALDS Game 1

The five runs scored by the White Sox tied for the second-largest inning in the team's postseason history. Chicago also scored five runs in third inning of Game 3 of the 1993 ALCS and in the fourth inning of Game 2 of the 1917 World Series. The record is seven runs, scored in the third inning of Game 1 of the 1959 World Series . . . The home run for Cranston, RI, native Paul Konerko in the third inning accounted for his first postseason hit. He was 0 for 9 for the White Sox in the 2000 ALDS and he hit into a run-producing forceout in the first Tuesday . . . Juan Uribe's homer in the fourth was the White Sox' third homer of the game, setting a club postseason record. Earlier A.J. Pierzynski and Konerko had homered . . . That number swelled to five when Scott Podsednik connected off Jeremi Gonzalez in the sixth and Pierzynski went deep again, off Bronson Arroyo in the eighth . . . Pierzynski became the second White Sox hitter to bash two homers in a postseason, joining Ted Kluszewski (Game 1, 1959 World Series) . . . In his regular-season start in Chicago on July 21, Clement was tagged for three homers. He also surrendered three Tuesday. In his first 17 starts, Clement gave up 6 homers. In his last 16, he has coughed up 15 gopher balls . . .

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