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	Slugger hits No. 493

White Sox 5, Royals 2

Jim Thome's first-inning RBI double gives Chicago a 1-0 lead. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

Thome's homer

Richar's homer

Konerko's homer

By Alex Gyr / MLB.com

Jim Thome continued his march to 500 with his 493rd career homer, a two-run shot in the third to help give Javier Vazquez and the White Sox a second straight victory over the Royals. Vazquez upped his record to 11-6. Danny Richar and Paul Konerko also homered.

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Series at a glance:

Mon. 08/20: CWS 4, KC 3
Tue. 08/21: CWS 5, KC 2
Wed. 08/22: KC 7, CWS 6

Kansas City (55-70)
Lost 3

Chi White Sox 5, Kansas City 2

Chi White Sox (56-69)
Won 2

August 21, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	0
Chi White Sox	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	5	8	1

Standings thru 8/21/07 | Gameday | Royals Stats | White Sox Stats

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Gathright, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.364
Grudzielanek, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.304
DeJesus, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.270
Butler, DH	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	.299
Gload, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.302
Brown, RF	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	.235
Gordon, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	4	.243
Buck, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231
a-German, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.271
Pena, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.264
b-Smith, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211
Totals	32	2	7	2	2	6	15
a-Struck out for Buck in the 9th. b-Flied out for Pena in the 9th.
BATTING TB: Grudzielanek; DeJesus; Gload 2; Brown 2; Pena. RBI: Brown 2 (50). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: DeJesus; Pena. SF: Brown. GIDP: Buck; Gordon. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING DP: (Grudzielanek-Pena-Gload).

Chi White Sox	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Owens, CF	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.249
Fields, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.245
Thome, DH	4	1	2	3	0	1	0	.263
Konerko, 1B	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	.270
Pierzynski, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.269
Dye, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.245
Podsednik, LF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.257
Erstad, LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.268
Uribe, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222
Richar, 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.200
Totals	31	5	8	5	2	7	9
BATTING 2B: Thome (15, Nunez), Podsednik (9, Nunez), Fields (11, Nunez). HR: Thome (21, 3rd inning off Nunez, 1 on, 1 out), Richar (3, 4th inning off Nunez, 0 on, 2 out), Konerko (24, 8th inning off Gobble, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Fields 2; Thome 6; Konerko 5; Dye; Podsednik 2; Richar 4. RBI: Thome 3 (66), Richar (9), Konerko (68). 2-out RBI: Richar. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Richar. GIDP: Pierzynski. Team LOB: 4. FIELDING E: Uribe (15, throw). DP: 2 (Uribe-Richar-Konerko, Richar-Uribe-Konerko).

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Nunez (L, 2-1)	4.0	6	4	4	2	4	2	3.00
Bale	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.66
Gobble	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.18

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Vazquez (W, 11-6)	6.0	5	2	1	2	3	0	3.66
Logan (H, 9)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.28
Wassermann (H, 3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21
Myers	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.66
Bukvich	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.70
Thornton (H, 16)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.18
Jenks (S, 35)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.82

Vazquez pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
Myers pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Bukvich pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP: Gathright (by Vazquez), Buck (by Vazquez).
Pitches-strikes: Nunez 89-52, Bale 48-30, Gobble 13-7, Vazquez 102-68, Logan 9-7, Wassermann 6-4, Myers 1-1, Bukvich 1-1, Thornton 1-1, Jenks 14-11.
Ground outs-fly outs: Nunez 5-3, Bale 2-5, Gobble 0-2, Vazquez 12-3, Logan 1-1, Wassermann 0-1, Myers 0-0, Bukvich 0-0, Thornton 2-0, Jenks 0-1.
Batters faced: Nunez 19, Bale 10, Gobble 4, Vazquez 27, Logan 3, Wassermann 1, Myers 1, Bukvich 1, Thornton 1, Jenks 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Logan 1-0, Bukvich 1-0, Thornton 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B: Adam Dowdy. 2B: Alfonso Marquez. 3B: Chuck Meriwether.
Weather: 80 degrees, clear.
Wind: 11 mph, In from RF.
T: 3:01.
Att: 35,309.

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