Sox beat Rockies, but fall to Crew

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SCOTTSDALE—Lastings Milledge Milledge hit a pair of home runs and drove in three runs, helping a White Sox split-squad beat the Colorado Rockies 12-6. Milledge led off the game with a sharp single against Ubaldo Jimenez, one of the toughest pitchers in the National League last year. He later scored the first run Jimenez allowed in nine innings. Then he hit the first home run Jimenez has allowed this spring.Paul Konerko had three hits, including a double, and drove in a run for the White Sox, who had lost four of their last five. Ramon Castro and Jordan Danks each had two RBIs.Jimenez allowed seven runs on eight hits in 4 1-3 innings. He also walked four and struck out two.Tony Pena made his sixth appearance and his first start for the White Sox, giving up a run on three hits in two innings. He walked one and struck out one.Mike McKenry hit a three-run homer and Todd Helton, Jonathan Herrera and Cole Garner each drove in a run for the Rockies.Jimenez was particularly upset about issuing a two-out walk to pitcher Jeff Marquez just ahead of Milledge’s two-run shot in the fourth that broke a 3-all tie.

PHOENIX—Shawn Marcum Marcum pitched three solid innings in a 4-0 Brewers victory over a White Sox split-squad before departing because his shoulder just didn’t feel right.Marcum threw two perfect innings and allowed only Alexei Ramirez’s leadoff single in the third. He said his shoulder started to tighten up between the second and third innings, akin to tightening he has felt both earlier this spring and in the past.Milwaukee already is without right-hander Zack Greinke, who fractured a rib playing pickup basketball, and Manny Parra, who has been slowed by muscle tightness in his back.Other ailing Brewers include Rickie Weeks (hamstring), Ryan Braun (strained rib cage muscle) and Corey Hart (left oblique).Milwaukee did get Carlos Gomez back on Thursday. The speedy center fielder, who had been out with a sore back, went 2 for 2 with a double and scored a run.White Sox starter Edwin Jackson allowed four runs in the first, then pitched shutout ball for the next four innings. He gave up nine hits, struck out seven and walked none.

NOTES—Braun, who ran into a wall during batting practice on Saturday, got the day off after returning to the lineup Wednesday night. … Brewers OF Chris Dickerson also got the day off after colliding with San Francisco’s Pedro Alvarez on Monday. … Brewers closer John Axford pitched a scoreless fifth inning. “He said he was going to try and come out with a different attitude than he thinks he had,” Roenicke said. … Jackson singled in the fifth, one of the Sox five hits, and said manager Ozzie Guillen told him he was happy he survived injury-free. … Guillen’s lineup featured every regular except Paul Konerko.