Rangerszone.com | Texas Rangers News, rangers Scores, Game Recaps & Commentary - <div>There definitely was a good-time feeling in the White Sox locker room, almost like turning back the clock. </div>Scott Podsednik returned for the first time since 2007 with two hits and scored the winning run as the Sox came back from a three-run deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers 4-3 Friday night before 23,836 at Rangers Ballpark. ''This feels good,'' said Podsednik, who was 2-for-4. ''Like I said earlier, I just wanted to come in and contribute something. And I did. I felt relatively comfortable. The battle will be not to try to press and do too much.'' Scott Feldman, the Rangers' 26-year-old right-handed starter, looked more like Cy Young than a career 8-13 pitcher. Through 5? innings, the only Sox batter to reach was Carlos Quentin, who singled with two outs in the fourth. But in the sixth, Chris Getz lined a soft two-out single to right, and Josh Fields followed with a single to center. After the runners moved up on a wild pitch, Quentin walked, and the Rangers went to the bullpen and lefty Derek Holland to face Jim Thome. Thome cleared the bases with a three-run double to tie the game at 3. The three RBI gave Thome 1,501 in his career, and the double extended his personal hitting streak against the Rangers to 10 games. With two outs in the top of the seventh, Podsednik, who joined the team Friday, beat out an infield hit to the right side. He took second on a Holland balk and scored when Fields tripled to center to put the Sox up 4-3. ''I knew if I could reach before the guys that followed, I could set the table,'' Podsednik said. ''We got a huge hit from Jim and a big two-out hit from Getz. And [Mark] Buehrle, he kept us in it.'' ''[Podsednik] puts some life in the dugout and the clubhouse,'' Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. ''He helps us play the game the way we think we can play it. I've always liked speed, the infield hit, a runner going from first to third. When you play with speed, you're attacking.'' Buehrle, off to his best start since 2000, improved to 4-0. After falling behind early, he shut the door to keep the Sox within striking distance. ''I made a couple of bad pitches early,'' Buehrle said. ''I knew I needed to hold them and let the offense come back. Pods has been here, and I had a little flashback on the bench, a good feeling -- just having him in the clubhouse makes us better.'' ''With Mark, you don't know if he wins or loses because he's always the same,'' Guillen said. ''Defense and pitching keep you in the game. JD [Jermaine Dye] took a double away with a great play and their big hitters coming up. ''The last couple games we got behind, and I thought, oh, God. But we battled back, [and] Buehrle did a tremendous job to hold them. I took him out mostly because he was sitting for quite a little while [in the top of the sixth], and we have those innings set up.'' The Sox got one shutout inning each from Octavio Dotel, Scott Linebrink and Bobby Jenks to close it out. Texas managed just one hit, a one-out double in the eighth by Michael Young, and a walk off the three relievers. Jenks picked up his sixth save. In the bottom of the first, Ian Kinsler smashed Buehrle's third offering into the left-field seats. His leadoff homer (on a 2-0 pitch) was his eighth of the season and second to lead off a game this year. The Rangers added two in the third when Elvis Andrus tripled to center and scored on Kinsler's sacrifice fly to center. With two outs, Young (3-for-4) singled and scored on Andruw Jones' double. Comment at suntimes.com. THE RECAP AT THE PLATE Two-out lefty power was the difference. First Jim Thome smashed a three-run double with two outs in the sixth to make it 3-3. And with two outs in the seventh, Scott Podsednik beat out an infield single, took second on a balk and scored on Chris Getz's triple. ON THE MOUND After allowing a leadoff homer and falling behind 3-0 in the third, Mark Buehrle (4-0) got through six innings and left in the seventh with a 4-3 lead. Octavio Dotel, Scott Linebrink and Bobby Jenks each had a scoreless inning. PIVOTAL POINT After mounting almost no offense until the sixth, the Sox loaded the bases with two outs. When Rangers starter Scott Feldman was lifted for lefty Derek Holland, Thome knotted it with his bases-clearing double. BOXSCORE WHITE SOX AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Getz 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .346 Fields 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .256 Quentin lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .256 Thome dh 4 0 1 3 0 2 .220 Dye rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .296 Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Pierzynski c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 AL.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Podsednik cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .500 Totals 35 4 9 4 2 4 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kinsler 2b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .323 Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .314 M.Young 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .315 An.Jones lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .333 Blalock dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256 N.Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 C.Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .205 Teagarden c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .160 Andrus ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .254 a-Dav.Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .094 Totals 33 3 8 3 1 4 WHITE SOX 000 003 100--4 9 0 Texas 102 000 000--3 8 0 a-grounded out for Andrus in the 9th. LOB-- SOX 6, Texas 6. 2B--Thome (2), M.Young (9), An.Jones (6). 3B--Getz (1), Andrus (2). HR--Kinsler (8), off Buehrle. RBI--Getz (6), Thome 3 (13), Kinsler 2 (22), An.Jones (7). SF--Kinsler. Runners left in scoring position-- SOX 3 (Thome, Konerko, Fields); Texas 2 (Blalock 2). Runners moved up--An.Jones. GIDP--Getz, N.Cruz. DP-- SOX 1 (Getz, AL.Ramirez, Konerko); Texas 1 (C.Wilson, Andrus, Teagarden, M.Young). WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Buehrle W, 4-0 6 7 3 3 0 2 81 3.30 Dotel H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 Linebrink H, 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 1.00 Jenks S, 6-6 1 0 0 0 1 1 19 2.00 Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Feldman 5.2 3 3 3 1 3 77 6.75 Holland 1 3 1 1 1 0 29 2.84 L, 0-1 BS, 1-1 O'Day 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 22 0.00 C.Wilson 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 5.91 Inherited runners-scored--Holland 3-3, O'Day 1-0. HBP--by Buehrle (Blalock). WP--Feldman. Balk--Feldman, Holland. Umpires--Home, Ted Barrett; First, Greg Gibson; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Tim McClelland. T--2:28. A--23,836 (49,170). HOW THEY SCORED Rangers FIRST Kinsler homered to left on a 2-0 count. One run. Rangers 1, White Sox 0. Rangers THIRD Andrus tripled. Kinsler hit a sacrifice fly, Andrus scored. Byrd flied out. M.Young singled. An.Jones doubled, M.Young scored. Two runs. Rangers 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX SIXTH AL.Ramirez grounded out. Podsednik struck out. Getz singled. Fields singled, Getz to second. On Feldman's wild pitch, Getz to third, Fields to second. Quentin walked on a full count. Holland pitching. Thome doubled, Getz scored, Fields scored, Quentin scored. Three runs. White Sox 3, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX SEVENTH Pierzynski grounded out. AL.Ramirez popped out. Podsednik infield single. On Holland's balk, Podsednik to second. Getz tripled, Podsednik scored. One run. White Sox 4, Rangers 3. TONIGHT: AT Rangers * 7:05, Ch. 9, 670-AM Sox starter: JOS? CONTRERAS 0-3, 6.75 ERA '08 vs. Rangers: 0-0, 15.75 Career vs. Rangers: 1-1, 8.69 How Rangers have fared: Ian Kinsler, 4-for-6; Michael Young, 2-for-12; Hank Blalock, 0-for-7 Rangers starter: BRANDON McCARTHY 2-0, 5.32 '08 vs. Sox : Did not face Career vs. Sox : Has not faced How Sox have fared: N/A

There definitely was a good-time feeling in the White Sox locker room, almost like turning back the clock.

Scott Podsednik returned for the first time since 2007 with two hits and scored the winning run as the Sox came back from a three-run deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers 4-3 Friday night before 23,836 at Rangers Ballpark.

''This feels good,'' said Podsednik, who was 2-for-4. ''Like I said earlier, I just wanted to come in and contribute something. And I did. I felt relatively comfortable. The battle will be not to try to press and do too much.''

Scott Feldman, the Rangers' 26-year-old right-handed starter, looked more like Cy Young than a career 8-13 pitcher. Through 5? innings, the only Sox batter to reach was Carlos Quentin, who singled with two outs in the fourth.

But in the sixth, Chris Getz lined a soft two-out single to right, and Josh Fields followed with a single to center. After the runners moved up on a wild pitch, Quentin walked, and the Rangers went to the bullpen and lefty Derek Holland to face Jim Thome.

Thome cleared the bases with a three-run double to tie the game at 3. The three RBI gave Thome 1,501 in his career, and the double extended his personal hitting streak against the Rangers to 10 games.

With two outs in the top of the seventh, Podsednik, who joined the team Friday, beat out an infield hit to the right side. He took second on a Holland balk and scored when Fields tripled to center to put the Sox up 4-3.

''I knew if I could reach before the guys that followed, I could set the table,'' Podsednik said. ''We got a huge hit from Jim and a big two-out hit from Getz. And [Mark] Buehrle, he kept us in it.''

''[Podsednik] puts some life in the dugout and the clubhouse,'' Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. ''He helps us play the game the way we think we can play it. I've always liked speed, the infield hit, a runner going from first to third. When you play with speed, you're attacking.''

Buehrle, off to his best start since 2000, improved to 4-0. After falling behind early, he shut the door to keep the Sox within striking distance.

''I made a couple of bad pitches early,'' Buehrle said. ''I knew I needed to hold them and let the offense come back. Pods has been here, and I had a little flashback on the bench, a good feeling -- just having him in the clubhouse makes us better.''

''With Mark, you don't know if he wins or loses because he's always the same,'' Guillen said. ''Defense and pitching keep you in the game. JD [Jermaine Dye] took a double away with a great play and their big hitters coming up.

''The last couple games we got behind, and I thought, oh, God. But we battled back, [and] Buehrle did a tremendous job to hold them. I took him out mostly because he was sitting for quite a little while [in the top of the sixth], and we have those innings set up.''

The Sox got one shutout inning each from Octavio Dotel, Scott Linebrink and Bobby Jenks to close it out. Texas managed just one hit, a one-out double in the eighth by Michael Young, and a walk off the three relievers. Jenks picked up his sixth save.

In the bottom of the first, Ian Kinsler smashed Buehrle's third offering into the left-field seats. His leadoff homer (on a 2-0 pitch) was his eighth of the season and second to lead off a game this year.

The Rangers added two in the third when Elvis Andrus tripled to center and scored on Kinsler's sacrifice fly to center. With two outs, Young (3-for-4) singled and scored on Andruw Jones' double.

Comment at suntimes.com.

THE RECAP

AT THE PLATE

Two-out lefty power was the difference. First Jim Thome smashed a three-run double with two outs in the sixth to make it 3-3. And with two outs in the seventh, Scott Podsednik beat out an infield single, took second on a balk and scored on Chris Getz's triple.

ON THE MOUND

After allowing a leadoff homer and falling behind 3-0 in the third, Mark Buehrle (4-0) got through six innings and left in the seventh with a 4-3 lead. Octavio Dotel, Scott Linebrink and Bobby Jenks each had a scoreless inning.

PIVOTAL POINT

After mounting almost no offense until the sixth, the Sox loaded the bases with two outs. When Rangers starter Scott Feldman was lifted for lefty Derek Holland, Thome knotted it with his bases-clearing double.

BOXSCORE

WHITE SOX AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Getz 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .346

Fields 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .256

Quentin lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .256

Thome dh 4 0 1 3 0 2 .220

Dye rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .296

Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317

Pierzynski c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254

AL.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .203

Podsednik cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .500

Totals 35 4 9 4 2 4

Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Kinsler 2b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .323

Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .314

M.Young 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .315

An.Jones lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .333

Blalock dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256

N.Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263

C.Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .205

Teagarden c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .160

Andrus ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .254

a-Dav.Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .094

Totals 33 3 8 3 1 4

WHITE SOX 000 003 100--4 9 0

Texas 102 000 000--3 8 0

a-grounded out for Andrus in the 9th.

LOB-- SOX 6, Texas 6. 2B--Thome (2), M.Young (9), An.Jones (6). 3B--Getz (1), Andrus (2). HR--Kinsler (8), off Buehrle. RBI--Getz (6), Thome 3 (13), Kinsler 2 (22), An.Jones (7). SF--Kinsler.

Runners left in scoring position-- SOX 3 (Thome, Konerko, Fields); Texas 2 (Blalock 2). Runners moved up--An.Jones. GIDP--Getz, N.Cruz.

DP-- SOX 1 (Getz, AL.Ramirez, Konerko); Texas 1 (C.Wilson, Andrus, Teagarden, M.Young).

WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Buehrle W, 4-0 6 7 3 3 0 2 81 3.30

Dotel H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00

Linebrink H, 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 1.00

Jenks S, 6-6 1 0 0 0 1 1 19 2.00

Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Feldman 5.2 3 3 3 1 3 77 6.75

Holland 1 3 1 1 1 0 29 2.84

L, 0-1 BS, 1-1

O'Day 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 22 0.00

C.Wilson 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 5.91

Inherited runners-scored--Holland 3-3, O'Day 1-0. HBP--by Buehrle (Blalock). WP--Feldman. Balk--Feldman, Holland.

Umpires--Home, Ted Barrett; First, Greg Gibson; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Tim McClelland. T--2:28. A--23,836 (49,170).

HOW THEY SCORED

Rangers FIRST Kinsler homered to left on a 2-0 count. One run. Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

Rangers THIRD Andrus tripled. Kinsler hit a sacrifice fly, Andrus scored. Byrd flied out. M.Young singled. An.Jones doubled, M.Young scored. Two runs. Rangers 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX SIXTH AL.Ramirez grounded out. Podsednik struck out. Getz singled. Fields singled, Getz to second. On Feldman's wild pitch, Getz to third, Fields to second. Quentin walked on a full count. Holland pitching. Thome doubled, Getz scored, Fields scored, Quentin scored. Three runs. White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX SEVENTH Pierzynski grounded out. AL.Ramirez popped out. Podsednik infield single. On Holland's balk, Podsednik to second. Getz tripled, Podsednik scored. One run. White Sox 4, Rangers 3.

TONIGHT: AT Rangers

* 7:05, Ch. 9, 670-AM

Sox starter: JOS? CONTRERAS 0-3, 6.75 ERA

'08 vs. Rangers: 0-0, 15.75

Career vs. Rangers: 1-1, 8.69

How Rangers have fared: Ian Kinsler, 4-for-6; Michael Young, 2-for-12; Hank Blalock, 0-for-7

Rangers starter: BRANDON McCARTHY 2-0, 5.32

'08 vs. Sox : Did not face

Career vs. Sox : Has not faced

How Sox have fared: N/A