Thome’s homer gives Chicago White Sox 1-0 win
CHICAGO, Sept. 30 (UPI) — ‘s seventh-inning homer Tuesday lifted the
Chicago White Sox to a 1-0 playoff victory over the Minnesota Twins
for the American League Central title.
(12-9) gave up just two hits with four strikeouts and three walks over
eight shutout innings for the White Sox, who needed the one-game
playoff victory to snare the division.
Losing pitcher (11-11) gave up just four hits and one run in 6 1/3
innings. The Twins had lost two of three at home to the Kansas City
Royals to close the regular season when another win would have
clinched the division.
The White Sox will play the AL East champion in the ALDS starting
Thursday at St. Petersburg, Fla.
The win ensures that both Chicago baseball clubs will play in the
post-season for the first time since 1906, when the White Sox defeated
the 116-win Cubs in six games.
Davis fired Kiffin without pay via telephone and explained the issues
he had with his former coach in a Tuesday news conference.
“I called Lane and told him that he no longer is the head coach of the
Oakland Raiders, and I was dismissing him with cause,” Davis said.
Davis said Kiffin’s firing was not performance-based, because he knew
he had hired an inexperienced coach in Kiffin.
Cable, 43, is the fifth coach in the past six seasons for Oakland.
Cable joined the Raiders as offensive line coach prior to the 2007
season after a one-year stint in the same position for the Atlanta
Falcons.
The move came one day after Haslett replaced , but the Rams still lost
to Buffalo 31-14.
“(Bulger) is going to be the quarterback and he will be the starting
quarterback for the rest of the year unless something happens,”
Haslett said. “I talked to (Bulger) and (Green) about it, and it is
more of a gut feeling on my part.”
Bulger passed for 519 yards and two touchdowns, with two interceptions
through the first three games. In July 2007, the Bulger was signed to
a six-year, $65 million extension that made him the highest paid
player in franchise history.
STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 30 (UPI) — Wimbledon champion Venus
Williams highlighted Tuesday’s action at the $650,000 Porsche Tennis
Grand Prix with an easy opening-round win.
In other Tuesday action, Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland defeated Czech
Sandra Zahlavova 6-3, 6-2 and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka beat
Hungarian Agnes Szavay 7-5, 6-3.
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