Castro leads home run parade as ChiSox extend home win streak

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07/30/2010 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ramon Castro homered twice and Juan Pierre stroked a two-run double, as the Chicago White Sox beat Seattle, 9-5, to sweep a four-game series and extend their home winning streak to 11 games.

Paul Konerko and Carlos Quentin clubbed back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning for the White Sox, who won for the 18th time in their last 19 games at U.S. Cellular Field.

Ichiro Suzuki doubled three times and scored three runs for Seattle, which finished 1-9 against Chicago this season.

Ichiro doubled to begin the game and scored on Casey Kotchman's one-out double. Kotchman drove in Ichiro again, this time on a sacrifice fly in the third inning.

The White Sox loaded the bases with no outs against David Pauley (0-3) in the bottom of the third on two singles and a walk. Pierre then ripped a double down the left-field line to tie the game. Omar Vizquel followed with a run- scoring single and Chicago led 4-2 after Alex Rios grounded into a double play.

In the fourth, Castro homered to left field for a 5-2 advantage.

The Mariners got a run back in the sixth on a Michael Saunders RBI single, but Castro went deep again in the home half and Vizquel contributed a run-scoring single later in the inning to make it 7-3.

J.J. Putz, who had made a club-record 27 consecutive scoreless appearances, replaced Chicago starter Freddy Garcia (10-4) to begin the seventh and gave up an RBI double to Ichiro, who scored on a wild pitch to trim the deficit to 7-5.

Konerko and Quentin restored the four-run cushion by going back-to-back in the bottom of the inning. Konerko homered in all four games of this series.

Game Notes

Chicago is an MLB-best 33-11 since June 9...The White Sox recorded their first four-game home sweep of the Mariners since turning the trick from September 15-18, 1983...The Mariners have dropped eight straight road games against the White Sox...The last time the White Sox won at least 11 in a row at home was a 13-game streak from July 1-August 5, 1989 at Comiskey Park...Garcia gave up three runs on seven hits over six innings...Pauley allowed four runs and six hits in 2 2/3 innings...Konerko has 25 home runs this season.

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