Morning Box Score

By Matt Motyka in News on Aug 12, 2009 3:00PM

Sox Top Mariners
The White Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Tuesday, winning in dramatic comeback fashion. John Danks allowed just one run through eight stellar innings on the hill, but his offensive counterparts had only produced two hits to that point in the ballgame. Enter Alexei Ramirez in the top of the ninth, who stroked a letter-high fastball over the wall in left to plate three runs for Chicago. Bobby Jenks picked up his 23rd save of the season, and the Sox picked up a game on Detroit, who lost to the Red Sox. The Sox and the Mariners play the rubber game tonight at 9:10.

Phillies Foil Cubs
The Cubs went 12 innings deep with the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday night, but found themselves on the losing end of a 4-3 final score. Jake Fox and Alfonso Soriano each produced a run in the third, while Rich Harden coasted through his first five innings. It was in the sixth that Harden gave up a two-run dinger to Jimmy Rollins, and Philly then took a 3-2 lead in the eighth after Carlos Marmol hit a batter and walked three others. Milton Bradley knotted it in the ninth with a one-out, RBI single, but the Cubs couldn’t close the door. Fast forward to the top of the 12th, where Kevin Gregg served up a solo shot to Ben Francisco to give Philly their final lead of the night. Philadelphia escaped with just three hits to their credit, compared to the Cubs’ 10. Game two is at 7:05 tonight.