Indians throw this one away

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Coming off the field, the Chicago White Sox appeared a little dazed. None more than Paul Konerko.
Konerko hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning Saturday as the White Sox rallied for a rare late-inning win, 7-4 over the Cleveland Indians in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Konerko, mired in a season-long slump, hit his first homer with runners on base in 2003 to give the White Sox their first win in 41 games when trailing after the eighth.
"We'll take anything we can get to get us out of this funk," White Sox manager Jerry Manuel said. "Sometimes it just takes one little break."
Catching a break
The White Sox got theirs in the ninth when they scored two runs with two outs to tie it 4-4 on a throwing error by Indians closer Danys Baez.
Reliever Damaso Marte (3-1) got the win, and Tom Gordon earned his 100th career save as the White Sox snapped a four-game losing streak overall and a six-game slide against the Indians.
Gordon is the 14th pitcher with 100 career wins and saves.
"It means a lot," Gordon said. "But right now we just need to win ballgames."
Finishing the rally
Magglio Ordonez opened the 10th with a double off Terry Mulholland (1-2), and Carlos Lee singled before Konerko, who came in batting .184, hit a 3-1 pitch onto the home run porch in left for his sixth homer and first on the road since April 9.
Konerko stranded runners in the sixth and eighth.
"It's a big lift for us and a big lift for him," Manuel said. "He's had some struggles, but he came through."
Even with the clutch homer, Konerko is batting .174 in his last 16 games.
"I threw everything out the window," said Konerko, who gave up any personal goals months ago. "I'm just trying to help this team, and make a difference."
Indians rookie starter Jason Stanford was one out away from his first major league win when Baez fielded Roberto Alomar's high hopper and threw it down the right-field line.
In the ninth, Baez gave up a single to Carl Everett and walked Joe Crede before Miguel Olivo sacrificed. Baez retired Jose Valentin on a fly to left and it appeared he'd closed out the White Sox when Alomar chopped one down into the dirt.
But the ball hung in the air long enough that Baez had to rush his throw, and he fired wide of first, letting both runners score.
"I knew right away I could beat it out," said Alomar, whose two errors led to two Cleveland runs. "I didn't think he was going to throw the ball."
Strong pitching
Stanford limited the White Sox to one run and four hits in six innings of his second career start. Despite his solid outing, he was sent back to Triple-A Buffalo following the game.
"It's a little disappointing," Stanford said about not getting the win. "But we battled."
Milton Bradley had two RBIs, and Coco Crisp three hits off White Sox starter Mark Buehrle, who pitched into the eighth inning and remained unbeaten in six starts.
Between games, the Indians recalled right-hander Jake Westbrook to start the 7:05 p.m. game against Chicago's Mike Porzio, recalled Friday night so he could make his first start this season.
Stanford took a one-hit shutout into the sixth when the White Sox got three straight singles and pulled to 3-1 on Lee's two-out RBI single.
Stanford, though, got Konerko on a fly to deep left for the final out.
The White Sox closed to 3-2 in the eighth against reliever David Riske, whose wild pitch allowed Frank Thomas to advance to second. He scored on Lee's two-out double.
But Riske got Konerko to ground out to end the inning.
Cleveland scored in the bottom half when Bradley and Jody Gerut executed a double steal, and Alomar let catcher Olivo's throw bounce off his glove and into center for an error.
Bradley's two-run double gave the Indians a 2-0 lead in the first. Ben Broussard made it 3-0 in the fourth with a sacrifice fly.
Buehrle gave up four runs -- two earned -- and eight hits in 7 1/3 innings.
Notes
Jacobs Field has hosted 11 previous day-night doubleheaders, including a three-team one on Sept. 25, 2000, when the White Sox and Minnesota Twins visited the Jake on the same day.
In addition to sending down Stanford, the Indians designated RHP Jose Santiago for assignment and purchased the contract of RHP Rafael Betancourt from Buffalo. Earlier, they placed OF Matt Lawton on the 15-day disabled list with a dislocated right middle finger.
CHICAGOCLEVELAND
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E--RAlomar 2 (3), Sorensen (1), DBaez (1). DP--Chicago 1. LOB--Chicago 8, Cleveland 7. 2B--MOrdonez (24), Lee (18), Bradley (28), Sorensen (1). HR--Konerko (5). SB--Bradley (15), Gerut (2). CS--Crisp (3). S--Olivo. SF--Broussard.
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Gordon S,2100013
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Boyd2-300010
Riske1 1-311001
DBaez112011
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WP--Riske. Umpires--Home, John Hirschbeck; First, Darren Spagnardi; Second, Bill Welke; Third, Rob Drake. T--3:00. A--24,163.