MILWAUKEE—As far as Casey McGehee is concerned, facing Carlos Marmol is more of a fistfight than a baseball game.This time, McGehee came up with a knockout punch for the Milwaukee Brewers.McGehee hit a two-run, two-out single off Marmol in the ninth, rallying the Brewers to a 3-2 victory over the Cubs on Tuesday night.It was another wasted effort for hard-luck Cubs starter Ted Lilly, whose last win came at Miller Park on April 24. Lilly has gone eight straight starts without a win since then despite pitching fairly well. He was dominant Tuesday, allowing one run and four hits over eight innings while striking out eight.Corey Hart hit his 15th home run of the season for Milwaukee, putting his team in position to win it in the ninth.Facing Marmol with runners on second and third and the Brewers trailing by one, McGehee rolled a slow-motion single up the middle to score Rickie Weeks and Prince Fielder and give Milwaukee a much-needed home victory over their NL Central rivals.Marmol (1-1) had converted six straight save opportunities.Miller Park’s giant electronic scoreboard began to malfunction in the seventh inning and went blank — but it didn’t really matter, as neither team was putting up any big numbers.The game was scoreless going into the eighth after strong starts by Lilly and Milwaukee’s Yovani Gallardo.Kosuke Fukudome hit a two-out single off Brewers reliever Carlos Villanueva, then stole second base. Villanueva walked struggling slugger Derrek Lee, and Tyler Colvin smacked a single to right to score Fukudome and give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.But the lead wouldn’t last, as Hart led off the Brewers’ half of the eighth with a homer into the seats in left to tie the game.Facing Brewers reliever John Axford (2-1) in the ninth, back-to-back singles by Koyie Hill and Starlin Castro gave the Cubs runners on first and third with one out. Pinch hitter Alfonso Soriano hit a grounder to shortstop and Hill scored on the play, giving the Cubs a 2-1 lead. Marmol came in and hit Weeks with a pitch, then got Carlos Gomez to pop out on a bunt attempt. Weeks stole second and the Cubs intentionally walked Fielder, bringing up Ryan Braun. Castro then made an impressive play on a broken-bat grounder to get Braun, giving the Brewers runners on second and third with two outs, McGehee delivered, handing the first game of the series to the Brewers.It was another strong outing for Gallardo, who held the Cubs scoreless through seven innings before yielding to reliever Villanueva. Gallardo gave up four runs and two walks while striking out seven, but was taken out of the game after his pitch count reached 110.Gallardo lost his first two starts of the season but hasn’t lost since, becoming the bright spot in an otherwise shaky Brewers rotation.It was the continuation of a trying road stretch for the Cubs, who finished a series in Houston on Sunday, went to Pittsburgh to make up a rainout on Monday, then came to Milwaukee for the beginning of a three-game series.

NOTES—Still fighting a sore thumb, Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez did not start Tuesday…..Milwaukee reinstated RHP David Riske from the 60-day disabled list. Riske underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last June…..LaTroy Hawkins was transferred to the 60-day disabled list…..The Cubs are 8-13 in one-run games this season.

The steady stream of praise for Armando Galarraga came from all over during the past week, with teammates, opponents and fans hailing his all-but-perfect performance.Even Hugo Chavez had some kind words.The Venezuelan president congratulated his countryman, said he once dreamed of being a major leaguer and even told Galarraga: “I’m proud of what you do.” Nearly perfect in his previous outing, Galarraga was far from it this time.He was long gone when Brennan Boesch and Carlos Guillen hit back-to-back homers in a six-run seventh to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 7-2 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday.The centerpiece of a national story when a blown call against Cleveland last week spoiled a perfect game, Galarraga had a relatively uneventful night. He gave up a leadoff single to Juan Pierre in the first after being cheered on his way to the mound and allowed two runs and seven hits while throwing 104 pitches in five innings.The past week, he said, has been “very crazy.” Now, he’s being held up as a positive role model.Mark Kotsay hit a two-run homer off Galarraga in the fourth, but the Tigers got an RBI single from Guillen against Gavin Floyd in the sixth to pull to 2-1. Then, they knocked around Matt Thornton and Scott Linebrink to get the win after dropping two of three at Kansas City over the weekend.The Tigers had runners on first and second with one out when Ryan Raburn drove a double to right off Thornton. Gordon Beckham took the cutoff from Carlos Quentin and threw wildly trying to get Raburn at second, allowing Johnny Damon to score the go-ahead run.Thornton (2-3), who has been scored on in three straight outings, intentionally walked Miguel Cabrera. Boesch then drove his sixth homer over the center-field wall after striking out in his first three at-bats, making it 6-2, and Guillen knocked his third out to right off Linebrink to make it a five-run game.That made a winner of Brad Thomas (3-0), who pitched two scoreless innings.Floyd, who has been anything but perfect this season, allowed six hits in six innings while striking out a season-high eight and walking two. But it was more of the same for the struggling White Sox.Galarraga was less than spectacular coming off a performance that turned him into an instant celebrity. Who will forget that? It would have been the 21st perfect game overall and third in the majors this season.Then, in a flash, he was simply smiling at his misfortune and heading back to the mound after first-base umpire Jim Joyce emphatically called the Indians’ Jason Donald safe even though replays showed he was clearly out.What happened after that made it even more memorable.Galarraga, who was covering first base, refused to lash out at the umpire, and a devastated Joyce apologized to the pitcher in person.Then came an outpouring of support for both player and umpire, not to mention calls to expand the use of instant replay.

NOTES—Tigers Manager Jim Leyland said Magglio Ordonez told him he didn’t want to risk pulling his oblique so he sat out. … White Sox analyst Ken “Hawk” Harrelson was honored for his nearly 25 years in the Sox television booth during a pregame ceremony in which he received a crystal microphone. The team announced it will name the broadcast level at U.S. Cellular Field the “Hawk Harrelson Broadcast Level” and place a plaque commemorating his contributions to the organization outside the television and radio broadcast booths. “The more I think about it, the more emotional I get,” Harrelson said.

PITTSBURGH—Carlos Silva’s stomach gave out early, and he lost his game legs trying to run the bases. His right arm? Nothing wrong with that.Silva extended the best start by a Cubs pitcher in 43 years by allowing one run over seven innings, Ryan Theriot scored four times and the Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Monday.Theriot was in a 7-for-46 slump before reaching base five times on a double, single, two walks and a force play that resulted from Silva’s slowness. Geovany Soto added an RBI double against Dana Eveland (0-1) as the Cubs won for the second time in seven games overall.Silva (8-0) gave up four hits, struck out five and walked one in his first start against Pittsburgh since 2003, all while pitching with an apparent case of the stomach flu that resulted in several hurried trips to the restroom.He threw 102 of them, 75 for strikes, while becoming the first Cubs starter to go 8-0 since left-hander Ken Holtzman was 9-0 in 1967.Or, exactly what the Cubs haven’t been in PNC Park, which they visited for the second time in six days because of a rain-out Wednesday. After starting 0-5 there, they avoided going winless in Pittsburgh over an entire season for the first time since the franchises initially met in 1887.The announced crowd of 12,768 represented the tickets sold for Wednesday’s game, but there were only 3,000 or so in the stands — including 141 in the upper deck — when the newly acquired Eveland threw his first pitch for Pittsburgh.The crowd was so quiet at times, individual conversations could be heard in the stands. The atmosphere will be much different Tuesday when the Pirates oppose the much-hyped Stephen Strasburg before a sold-out ballpark in Washington.Jeff Baker had a sacrifice fly in the first and an RBI double in the third, when the Cubs might have added more runs if the 250-pound Silva had run the bases better. Silva singled on a fly ball that reached the right-field wall on one bounce, yet he held up at first.Silva then was thrown out at second on Theriot’s fly ball to short right field. Silva was forced to hold up until he determined whether the ball would be caught.The Pirates, held to one hit over the first four and down 3-0, loaded the bases in the fifth following Bobby Crosby’s one-out double, but Silva got Andrew McCutchen to fly out.Eveland, acquired on waivers from Toronto despite having a 16.39 ERA in his last three starts, gave up three runs and six hits over five innings, failing to record a strikeout.Marlon Byrd had run-scoring singles in his final two-bats and Derrek Lee added another in the ninth. Sean Marshall got the final five outs for his first save in two opportunities and the second of his career.

NOTES—Pittsburgh hasn’t swept any opponent at home in a season series lasting as many as six games since going 6-0 against the Giants in 1984…..The Pirates are 7-2 against the Cubs, 16-32 against the rest of the NL……This is the eighth time in 124 seasons the Cubs have won only once in Pittsburgh.

The Blackhawks are a win away from the Stanley Cup for the first time since they had a three games to two edge on Montreal in 1971(and lost games six and seven). Six different Hawks scored(Dustin Bufuglien had a pair)and that led to a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.The Hawks lead the Stanley Cup Finals three games to two with game six in the Wachovia Center Wednesday night. The Blackhawks completely dominated the first period. After an early missed power play try, the Hawks had another chance at 11:16 when Scott Hartnell went for High sticking. The Hawks capitalized a minute and a second later when Brent Seabrook scored off assists from Troy Brouwer and Kris Versteeg. Just better than a few minutes later on a delayed Philadelphia penlty, Dave Bolland got a tip in off a Brent Sopel shot at 15:26 and Kris Versteeg beat Michael Leighton with a writer from 40 feet away into the lower right hand corner at 18:15 to make it 3-0 after one period. The Blackhawks outshot the Flyers 13-7 in the opening period. As one might expect, Peter Laviolette switched goalies with Brian Boucher replacing Leighton to being the second period and the Flyers responded by taking advantage of a good opening shift that saw Hartnell score off a rebound that was just sitting off the Antti Niemi’s right at :32. But the Hawks answered with Patrick Kane converting a Patrick Sharp pass at 3:13. The Flyers again got back to within a pair at 4:38 when Kimmo Timonen’s slap shot from the left point eluded a screened Niemi. But,, the Blackhawks again responded when the hated Chris Pronger was sent off for hooking at 15:18 and Byfuglien tipped in a Jonathan Toews shot at 14:45 to make it 5-2,which it was heading into the second intermission.The Flyers again tried to make a game of it when James Van Riemsdyk scored past a down and out Niemi at 6:36,but the Hawks held their ground until Sharp took a feed from Kane and slapped on past Boucher at 16:08. Simon Gagne scored for Philly at 17:24,but Boucher was quickly pulled and Byfuglien bagged an empty netter :31 later to complete the scoring.

NOTES—Michael Jordan(wearing a Toews sweater)was in attendance and of course got a great ovation…..Attendance was 22.305….The Blackhawks outshot the Flyers 28-26.

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HOUSTON—Cub killer Carlos Lee hit a two-run homer and Pedro Feliz added a two-run single, helping the Houston Astros to a 6-3 victory over the Northsiders on Sunday.It was enough to give Houston the win, and to make Mills feel good about the Astros’ 10-game trip that starts Monday in Colorado.Brett Myers (4-3) pitched well into the seventh inning, scattering eight hits while allowing only two earned runs and striking out six. He left with two out and two on, but reliever Wilton Lopez got the final out of the inning to end the threat. Matt Lindstrom pitched the ninth to earn his 13th save in 16 chances.The four runs constituted a rare outburst for the Houston offense against Randy Wells (3-4), who entered the game 2-0 in three career starts against the Astros and had not allowed an earned run against them in 20 2/3 innings.Wells left after only 5 1/3 innings and hasn’t won since April 30. His trouble started in the first inning, when Wells allowed three runs. Michael Bourn got a bunt single and Jeff Keppinger extended his hitting streak to eight with a line single to right, before Lance Berkman drove in a run with a single to right. Keppinger was thrown out trying to reach third, but Lee followed with his eighth home run for a 3-0 lead.Lee has 87 RBI against the Cubs, second most among active players.Starlin Castro’s sacrifice fly gave Chicago a run in the second. Marlon Byrd singled to start the inning, went to second on a walk to Aramis Ramirez, took third on Mike Fontenot’s fly to center and scored on Castro’s fly.Byrd doubled in the fourth and scored on Koyie Hill’s two-out single to deep right field. Fontenot was thrown out trying to go from first to home plate on the play.

NOTES—The Cubs will play three games in three days in three different stadiums. After playing at Houston, they fly to Pittsburgh for a makeup game on Monday before heading to Milwaukee for a series against the Brewers. … The Cubs’ Derrek Lee has a 58-game streak without an error, his longest run since the 2007 season, when he went 62 games. … The Cubs are 3-23 when scoring three or fewer runs and 22-7 when scoring four or more.

Carlos Quentin hit a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning to lead the White Sox to a 8-7 comeback victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer, his 17th of the season, and Alex Rios was 2 for 3 with three runs scored for the White Sox, who came back from an early 6-2 deficit to improve to 2-4 on a nine-game homestand.The White Sox also got Mark Buehrle off the hook after he had another rough outing.J.J. Putz (1-2) struck out two in a scoreless seventh to get the win, and Bobby Jenks pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 10 chances.With the score tied at six in the seventh, Juan Pierre led off with a single off Indians reliever Tony Sipp (0-2). Sipp was lifted after a sacrifice bunt by Omar Vizquel.Indians reliever Jensen Lewis came in and walked Rios and Konerko to load the bases. Indians manager Manny Acta brought in left-hander Rafael Perez, who got Mark Kotsay to fly out to shallow center field. Then with two outs, Quentin hit Perez’s 0-2 pitch up the middle to score Pierre and Rios and give the White Sox an 8-6 lead.Buehrle allowed six runs over three innings on eight hits. He left after throwing 95 pitches. Since last season’s perfect game against Tampa Bay, the left-hander has given up five or more runs in 12 of 25 outings.Lou Marson hit a three-run homer and Austin Kearns had three hits for the Indians.With an early 6-2 lead, Indians starter Jake Westbrook was on his way to his first decision in nine starts against the White Sox, but he couldn’t hold the lead. Westbrook gave up a double to Rios in the fourth inning, and Rios’ scored on Quentin’s single. Alexei Ramirez and Gordon Beckham hit back-to-back singles off Westbrook in the fifth. Ramirez scored on Vizquel’s sacrifice fly, and Rios followed with a RBI single. After a walk to Konerko, Kotsay followed with a RBI single to tie it 6-6.The White Sox won for only the fourth time in 12 games against the Indians this season.White Sox reliever Matt Thornton allowed a double off the left-field wall to Kearns in the eighth and Jhonny Peralta drove him in on a single.Westbrook pitched 4 2/3 innings and gave up six runs and seven hits.Buehrle struggled for the second straight outing. With one out in the first inning, Buehrle allowed a single to Shin-Soo Choo, a double to Kearns and a two-run single to Peralta. Shelley Duncan followed with a double to right-center to score Peralta from first.Buehrle is having trouble commanding all of his pitches.After getting the first two outs in the third inning, Buehrle walked Luis Valbuena and allowed a single to Matt LaPorta. Marson then broke out of an 0 for 18 slump with a three-run shot to make it 6-2. It was his first home run since Sept. 28, 2008, with Philadelphia.

NOTES—Acta said there has been no greater influence in his coaching career than John Wooden. “Be patient, work hard, and control your emotions. I’m a big believer in that,” Acta said. “Everything I do is following his lead on how to lead people and how to try to get guys to approach a team-first mentality.” … Indians 2B Mark Grudzielanek left the game with tightness in the right hamstring. … Cleveland’s last three-game sweep of the White Sox in Chicago came on May 15-17, 1999.

HOUSTON—Lou Piniella finally decided to see what the youngsters could do for the Cubs, and, they delivered.Tyler Colvin hit a two-run home run and Koyie Hill had a two-run double as the Cubs snapped a four-game losing streak with an 8-5 victory over Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros on Saturday night.Aramis Ramirez also homered and drove in two runs for the Cubs, but it was Colvin and Hill who made a big difference while each making their 15th starts of the season. The loss ended Houston’s four-game winning streak, tied for its longest this season.Ryan Dempster (4-5), who had lost five of his last six decisions, allowed six hits and three earned runs over 6 1/3 innings. He struck out seven. Oswalt (3-8) fell behind early on Ramirez’s second-inning homer. Ramirez added a run-scoring single in the fourth, and a sacrifice fly by Alfonso Soriano gave the Cubs a 3-2 lead after four innings.Consecutive doubles by Derrek Lee and Marlon Byrd provided the Cubs with another run in the sixth.Colvin hit his sixth homer in the seventh. Hill extended the lead with a two-run double in the eighth off Jeff Fulchino.Jeff Keppinger extended his hitting streak to seven games with his first homer of the season in the third for the Astros. Humberto Quintero homered in the seventh and added an two-run double in the ninth.Oswalt pitched seven innings and allowed nine hits, six earned runs and had one walk and one strikeout.Lance Berkman had an RBI single in the first, but the lead held only until the bottom half, when Ramirez slugged his 269th career homer over the left-field fence.Dempster had control problems in the first. He walked leadoff man Michael Bourn, who stole second and went to third on Keppinger’s grounder. Dempster then went to a 3-0 count against Berkman, who singled up the middle to score Bourn. Dempster had a full count on Hunter Pence, who grounded out to end the inning.Astros manager Brad Mills was impressed with the Cubs’ offense.Piniella also liked what he saw.

NOTES—Lee and Soriano each need one home run to reach 300. … Houston has the highest comeback percentage in the majors. They’ve rallied to win in 13 of their 21 victories, a .619 percentage. … Hunter Pence ranks second in the NL with 12 infield hits. … Oswalt started his 283rd game as an Astros pitcher, moving him into third place on the all-time list, one more than Nolan Ryan.

A matchup against Jake Peavy works out just fine for rookie Mitch Talbot.Austin Kearns had an RBI single in the fourth inning and scored on a balk, and Talbot pitched seven strong innings to help the Cleveland Indians beat the White Sox 3-1 on Saturday night.For the second straight time this season, Talbot (7-4) outpitched Peavy. Talbot allowed one run on six hits. He struck out five and walked three.The rookie right-hander has won all three of his starts against the White Sox with a 1.57 ERA. Talbot held the White Sox to just two runs over seven innings in a win over Peavy on May 25. Talbot threw his first career complete game in a 6-2 home win over the Sox on April 16.Russell Branyan added an RBI single off White Sox reliever Matt Thornton in the eighth inning for the Indians, 8-3 against the White Sox this season. The Indians are 13-30 versus all other opponents.With the White Sox quickly falling in the standings, White Sox general manager Kenny Williams may go in sell mode, and if he does, Peavy believes he may be one of the players that Williams tries to move.Peavy, who initially turned down a trade to the White Sox in last season while with the Padres, waived his no trade clause before last season’s trade deadline. Peavy is signed through 2012 with a club option for 2013. He is due $15 million this season, $16 million in 2011 and $17 million in 2012.Peavy (4-5) pitched seven inning and allowed two runs on six hits. He struck out three and walked one.Chris Perez pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Kerry Wood pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save in five opportunities.The White Sox are 1-4 on their nine-game homestand and fell to a season-low nine games under .500. The offensive woes continue for the White Sox, beaten 10-1 by Justin Masterson and the Indians on Friday. Masterson snapped an 11-game losing streak and won his first game since Aug. 20, 2009.After the game, Ozzie Guillen called his club, “a very bad hitting team.” Peavy was perfect through the first three innings, but was done in with a poor fourth inning. Trevor Crowe and Shin-Soo Choo hit back-to-back singles in the fourth. After a three hit game on Friday, Kearns followed with a RBI single to left. Juan Pierre had trouble picking up Kearns’ ball and Choo tried to take third, but was tagged out while sliding into third. Kearns ended up taking second on the throw. During Branyan’s at-bat, Peavy threw a wild pitch, allowing Kearns to move to third. Three pitches later, Peavy made a motion to the mound and stopped, resulting in a balk called by home plate umpire Lance Barksdale to score Kearns.The White Sox got a run back in the bottom half, Alex Rios led off with an infield hit and stole second. With two outs, Rios scored from second on Ramon Castro’s single.

NOTES—The White Sox had their first crowd over 30,000 since Opening Day. The announced attendance was 30,864. … Crowe, playing center, made a diving catch on Rios’ ball in the seventh inning. … Travis Hafner broke out of a 0 for 24 slump with a double in the ninth.

HOUSTON—Lance Berkman and the Houston Astros took advantage of Carlos Zambrano’s control problems to finally get a little run support for Felipe Paulino.Paulino struck out seven in eight effective innings, Berkman drove in two runs and the Astros beat Zambrano and the Cubs 3-1 on Friday night for their fourth straight win.Paulino (1-7) allowed one run and five hits to record his first victory since Oct. 1 at Philadelphia. The Astros averaged 1.97 runs in the first 10 games started by the 26-year-old right-hander this season, the lowest support in the majors for any regular starter.Led by Berkman and Michael Bourn, who had three hits and scored twice, Houston finally managed to get Paulino some runs.Matt Lindstrom pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 12th save after blowing his previous two chances.Paulino improved to 1-1 with a 1.61 ERA in his last four starts, and the Astros were relieved they finally produced for him.The Cubs have lost four in a row and scored only one or two runs in six of their last seven games.Lou Piniella promised changes for Saturday’s game, including putting rookie Tyler Colvin in the lineup.Zambrano (1-4) allowed three runs and six hits over 4 1/3 innings in his first start since April 20. The $91.5 million right-hander was moved to the shaky bullpen after opening the season with a 1-2 record and a 7.45 ERA in four starts.Zambrano was 2-0 with a 0.90 ERA in four previous starts against the Astros, including a no-hitter in September 2008, but he struggled with his control early on, leading to a short outing.Bourn led off the first with a single, advanced on Jeff Keppinger’s groundout and scored on Berkman’s drive to the left-field corner. Left fielder Alfonso Soriano threw the ball to the infield in time for the Cubs to catch Berkman in a rundown between first and second.Houston loaded the bases when Zambrano gave up a double to Carlos Lee and two-out walks to Cory Sullivan and Geoff Blum. Pitching coach Larry Rothschild visited the mound, and Pedro Feliz popped up to end Zambrano’s 34-pitch inning.Paulino escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third when Aramis Ramirez fouled out to Berkman to end the inning.The Cubs had a scare in the fifth when rookie shortstop Starlin Castro was shaken up sliding into third on Zambrano’s bunt up the third-base line. Third baseman Feliz threw out Zambrano and catcher Humberto Quintero ran to third to take the throw from first. Quintero and Castro collided, and Castro stayed down as Piniella and the Cubs’ medical staff came out to check on him.Castro remained in the game and scored on Marlon Byrd’s double to the left-field corner. He had scrapes and cuts on his right forearm and left shoulder, but said he was OK.Bourn singled in the bottom half, stole second and scored on Keppinger’s single. Bourn leads the NL with 18 stolen bases.Piniella then replaced Zambrano with left-hander Tom Gorzelanny, who was making his first relief appearance after nine starts this season. Berkman drove Gorzelanny’s first pitch off the left-field scoreboard for a double to give Houston a 3-1 lead.Paulino struck out at least one hitter in every inning between the fourth and the eighth. Bourn helped Paulino with a sharp defensive play in the seventh, chasing down Mike Fontenot’s drive to the warning track in left-center.

NOTES—The Cubs are 3-23 when scoring three runs or less. … Sullivan started in right field in place of Hunter Pence. Pence was hitting .395 with three homers in his last 11 games, but had a .227 lifetime average against Zambrano. Pence replaced Sullivan in the fifth to face Gorzelanny. … Piniella adjusted his upcoming rotation after Wednesday’s game in Pittsburgh was postponed until Monday. RHP Ryan Dempster (3-5, 3.72 ERA) will start Saturday’s game and RHP Randy Wells (3-3, 4.40 ERA) is slated to start Sunday’s finale. Carlos Silva (7-0, 3.12 ERA) will start the makeup game against the Pirates.

 Cleveland’s manager and players knew, Indians fans knew, the media knew. Justin Masterson? He insists he wasn’t aware of how bad his losing streak was.Masterson (1-5), acquired from Boston last July 31 in the Victor Martinez trade, said he had gained some confidence with his solid outing at Yankee Stadium his last time out. Still, he hadn’t won in 17 starts since beating the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 20.The streak-buster wasn’t pretty — five hits, six walks and two hit batters in 5 2/3 innings — but it finally gave the last-place Indians some good news.They would have had a perfect game pitched against them Wednesday if not for an umpiring mistake. They were routed by Detroit the next day. And a few hours before Friday’s game, All-Star centerfielder Grady Sizemore underwent season-ending knee surgery.The trip to the South Side came along at just the right time. The Indians are 7-3 against the White Sox, 13-30 against everybody else.In losing for the ninth time in its last 13 home games, the Sox fell to 23-31.In games after victories, the White Sox are 4-19.John Danks (4-5) took a 1-0 lead into the sixth but couldn’t get out of the inning. Shin-Soo Choo doubled, Austin Kearns walked and Russell Branyan singled before Jhonny Peralta — who had four hits and four RBI — doubled off the left-field wall to put Cleveland ahead.After Branyan was thrown out at home on Travis Hafner’s grounder, Duncan hit an RBI double and Luis Valbuena chased Danks with a run-scoring single to make it 4-1.Danks, who allowed four runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings, is 1-5 with a 5.05 ERA since going 3-0 with a 1.55 ERA in April. He has a 3-6 career record against the Indians, including 0-4 at home.The only run off Masterson came on Alexei Ramirez’s homer, but the White Sox had multiple baserunners every inning against him.In the sixth, Masterson walked Mark Kotsay on four pitches and hit Carlos Quentin with a 2-1 delivery, but A.J. Pierzynski grounded into a double play on the next pitch. After Ramirez walked, reliever Frank Herrmann made his major league debut and got Gordon Beckham to fly out.Herrmann was called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Columbus, where he had a 0.31 ERA and finished with a scoreless streak of 27 1/3 innings.The 26-year-old right-hander immediately helped the AL’s most-generous bullpen (5.58 ERA entering Friday), retiring all four batters he faced. Jensen Lewis and Rafael Perez followed with a scoreless inning each.Peralta made it 6-1 in the seventh with another two-run double. In the eighth, Kearns had a two-run homer and Trevor Crowe added a two-run triple.

 NOTES—To make room for Herrmann, the Indians designated RHP Jamey Wright for assignment. The 35-year-old righty was 1-2 with a 5.48 ERA in 18 relief appearances…..Paul Konerko got the night off. Going into Friday, he was tied for the AL lead with 16 HRs but he has a career .182 average against Masterson. Kotsay, his replacement, drew three walks…..The Indians’ record for most losses in a row by a pitcher is 13, by Guy Morton in 1914.