BOXSCORE: 2012 Chicago White Sox At 2012 Houston Astros             8/15/2012

  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Rasmus CF         4  0  0  0 .180     J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  0  1 .256  
  G.Dobbs DH          3  0  0  0 .269     I.Desmond SS        4  1  1  1 .289  
  A.Hechavarria SS    3  0  0  0 .304     S.Hairston DH       4  1  1  1 .272  
  T.Plouffe 2B        2  0  0  0 .228     G.Stanton RF        4  1  3  1 .357  
  M.Teixeira 1B       3  0  0  0 .213     T.Frazier 3B        4  1  2  1 .265  
  M.Machado 3B        3  0  0  0 .242     M.Wieters C         4  0  1  1 .274  
  K.Nieuwenhuis LF    3  0  0  0 .247     O.Infante 2B        4  1  3  0 .305  
  R.Barajas C         2  0  0  0 .201     J.Hamilton LF       4  1  1  0 .264  
A-C.Ransom PH         1  0  0  0 .171     F.Freeman 1B        4  1  1  1 .248  
  M.Cabrera RF        3  0  0  0 .292                                          
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         Totals      27  0  0  0                 Totals      37  7 13  7

A-Pinch Hit For Barajas In 9th Inning

White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1
Astros.......... 0 0 4  0 1 2  0 0    -  7 13  1

White Sox (36-84)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Sale LOSS(6-7)          6      11   7   7   0   7   1   3.92
D.Thayer                  2       2   0   0   0   3   0   6.75
Totals                    8      13   7   7   0  10   1

Astros (69-48)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Blackley WIN(1-0)       9       0   0   0   1   9   0   0.00
Totals                    9       0   0   0   1   9   0

ATTENDANCE- 38,872 DATE- Thursday, August 15th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Jerry Meals, Larry Young, Rob Drake
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 1  Astros: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1  Astros: 1
ERRORS- M.Machado, O.Infante
DOUBLES- G.Stanton-2(32nd), O.Infante(27th), F.Freeman(20th)
TRIPLES- T.Frazier(6th)
HOME RUNS- S.Hairston(17th)
RBIs- J.Ellsbury(15th), I.Desmond(44th), S.Hairston(45th), G.Stanton(85th),
      T.Frazier(38th), M.Wieters(54th), F.Freeman(61st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Hamilton(1st)
WALKS- T.Plouffe
STRIKE OUTS- C.Rasmus-2, G.Dobbs, A.Hechavarria, T.Plouffe, M.Machado,
             K.Nieuwenhuis-2, M.Cabrera, J.Ellsbury, I.Desmond-2, G.Stanton,
             T.Frazier, M.Wieters-3, J.Hamilton, F.Freeman
GIDP- M.Machado, T.Frazier
2-out RBI- G.Stanton, T.Frazier, M.Wieters
RLISP 2-out- J.Hamilton, M.Wieters
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 0 for 0  Astros: 4 for 10
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Omar Infante robbed Rod Barajas of a base hit.

Travis Blackley(1-0) thrilled the fans at US Cellular Field as he crafted a
no-hit masterpiece against the lifeless Chicago White Sox.  The Houston
Astros won by a final score of 7 to 0.

Blackley had overwhelming stuff tonight.  He simply never gave the Chicago
batters a decent pitch to drive.  He had excellent control, walking only one.
The tension built to a fever pitch.  After the 8th inning everybody in the
ballpark was anticipating what would happen in the 9th.  Houston had 13 hits
for the night.  

Chris Sale(6-7) was tagged with the loss.  He allowed Houston 7 runs in 6
innings of work.  When asked how his stuff was out there, Blackley looked a
bit incredulous (as did this reporter) and replied 'A bit better than
average, I'd have to say'