ACLS SATURDAY Garcia leads Chicago to win

Freddy Garcia pitched the White Sox's third complete game in a row.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Freddy Garcia made it three in a row for the Chicago White Sox.
Garcia pitched a six-hitter, Paul Konerko homered in the first inning for the second straight night and Chicago beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-2 Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in the AL championship series.
"Our pitching has set the tone for us all season long," Konerko said.
Garcia nearly duplicated Mark Buehrle's five-hitter and Jon Garland's four-hitter, making the White Sox the first team to pitch three straight complete games in the postseason since the 1973 New York Mets.
"I tried to follow those guys," Garcia said of his rotation mates.
Angels in a slump
The Angels are batting .177 in the series, with 22 hits.
"It's half them and half us," Angels infielder Adam Kennedy said. "They've got some great pitchers, but at the same time, we stink right now at the plate."
Of course, there were a couple of lucky breaks from the umpires sprinkled in. A checked swing in the first inning, a catcher's interference call that wasn't made in the second and a pick-off play in the fifth all went against Los Angeles.
"I don't think the umpiring in this game is why we're behind 3-1," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
A.J. Pierzynski also homered for the White Sox, his third of the postseason, and Joe Crede added a two-run single in the eighth off Esteban Yan. That was more than enough offense for Chicago -- its pitchers have given up just eight runs in the series and 17 in seven postseason games.
"This is beyond what I was expecting," White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper said. "It's pretty amazing. I don't know, maybe I should stop being amazed by these guys."
Garcia pitched for the first time since the division series clincher against Boston on Oct. 7, and the first time since his daughter Sophia was born Wednesday. He needed just eight pitches to get his first four outs.
With two on in the first, Konerko checked his swing on a 2-2 pitch in the dirt, and first-base umpire Ed Rapuano ruled he didn't go around.
Konerko connects
Konerko deposited Santana's next offering into the left-field seats for his fourth postseason homer and a 3-0 lead.
Los Angeles closed to 3-1 in the second on Benji Molina's soft RBI single and had runners at the corners with one out when Steve Finley pulled the ball between first and second. Pointing toward the plate as he ran up the first-base line, Finley claimed Pierzynski's mitt nicked his bat.
But plate umpire Ron Kulpa didn't call it, and Chicago turned an inning-ending double play, with shortstop Juan Uribe's relay just beating Finley to the bag.
After Scot Shields relieved in the fifth, his pickoff attempt appeared to beat Scott Podsednik at first. Rapuano ruled the runner slid in ahead of Darin Erstad's tag. Scioscia, in the dugout, shook his head.
Podsednik swiped second and scored on Carl Everett's two-out single for a 6-2 lead.
CHICAGOLOS ANGELES
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Pdsdnk lf2210Figgins 3b4000
Iguchi 2b4100OCbera ss4000
Dye rf5100Izturis ss0000
Knerko 1b4113VGrero rf4000
CEvrtt dh3122GAndsn lf4110
Rwand cf4110Erstad 1b3110
Przyns c4111DVnon pr0000
Crede 3b4022Ktchm dh4021
Uribe ss3000BMolna c3011
SFinley cf3010
AKndy 2b3000
Totals33888Totals32262
Chicago301110020--8
Los Angeles010100000--2
E--FGarcia (1), OCabrera (1). DP--Chicago 1, Los Angeles 1. LOB--Chicago 5, Los Angeles 4. 2B--Rowand (2), Kotchman (1). 3B--Podsednik (1). HR--Konerko (2), Pierzynski (1). SB--Podsednik 2 (2), Dye (1). CS--Crede (1).
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
FGarcia W,1-0962215
Los Angeles
ESantana L,0-14 1-336532
Shields1 2-320011
Donnelly100011
Yan232212
HBP--by ESantana (Iguchi). Umpires--Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Ed Rapuano; Second, Randy Marsh; Third, Jerry Crawford; Left, Doug Eddings; Right, Ted Barrett. T--2:46. A--44,857.