November 12, 2001

Black Sox Make It a One-Game Playoff

CHICAGO, IL - The Chicago Black Sox, returning to their home field for another must-
win game, have forced a Game Seven against the Kansas Law Dogs thanks to today's
6-4 win.  Kansas starter Jeff D'Amico, given four full days of rest, followed up his
stellar Game Two start by allowing four earned runs on eight hits through just five
innings of work.  Chicago starter Rick Helling (1-1) kept his team in the game, 
allowing two runs through six innings, and a committee of six Chicago relievers 
closed out the final three frames.

The scoring began in the second inning when D'Amico allowed base hits to the first
three batters he faced, resulting in Chicago's first run of the game.  Scott Rolen
then brought home another run with a sac fly.  With one out, Helling pushed both
runners into scoring position with a sac bunt, but Delino DeShields whiffed to end
the inning.

The following inning, Chris Stynes put Kansas on the board with a leadoff homer off
Helling.  But Chicago catcher Hundley saw that run and raised him one with a two-run
blast that followed a Richard Hidalgo double.  That put Chicago in the lead 4-1.

Kansas scored a run in the fifth on a sac fly to make it a two-run ballgame.  But 
with D'Amico being pulled for a pinch hitter in the top of the sixth, Dan Reichert
took over in the bottom half of the inning and watched as Rolen launched a two-run
blast to give his team a 6-2 lead.

In the Kansas half of the seventh, Chicago starter-turned-ELDS-reliever Rick Reed
allowed a one-out triple to Ivan Rodriguez.  He then walked the bases loaded before
getting Carl Everett to ground into an inning-ending 4-6-3 double-play.

The next inning, Kansas once again stranded a runner on third when pinch hitter J.D.
Drew struck out against Chicago reliever Roberto Hernandez.

Former Salem cult hero Hipolito Pichardo then entered the game for the Black Sox to
start the ninth.  Pichardo served up a base hit to leadoff hitter Rodriguez.  He 
then gave way to lefty Greg Swindell, who yielded a double to Luis Gonzalez, putting
runners a the corners.  Jermaine Dye then plated a run with a ground ball to first.
Everett followed with an RBI single to make it a 6-4 game.  Then, with one out and
the tying run at the plate, Chicago closer Paul Wilson got Troy Glaus to pop out to
the infield, and David Segui to ground out to short to end the game.