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The White Sox defeated the Indians 10-6 at US Cellular Field on Tuesday night, but the bigger story was Paul Konerko.  Konerko had a career-night – going 3 for 4 with 3 HR’s, 7 RBI’s and 3 runs scored.  Konerko is now hitting .301 on the 2009 MLB schedule and has quietly put together a solid season – 16 HR’s, 57 RBI’s, 38 runs scored and an on-base percentage of .354.

The 3 HR’s and 7 RBI’s in one game were career highs for Konerko.  Konerko became the 1st White Sox player to hit 3 HR’s in one game in US Cellular Field and he was the 12th player to do it all-time.  His 1st HR came in the 2nd inning and tied the game at 1.  The White Sox were trailing 3-1 in the 6th inning when his Grand Slam pushed the White Sox ahead for good 5-3.  Konerko capped off a 4-run 7th inning for the White with a 2-run HR.  All of his shots were “no-doubters”.

Konerko will look to pull off an improbable repeat at US Cellular Field against the Indians Aaron Laffey on Wednesday night.  Stay tuned…

Jermaine Dye and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back home runs in the 2nd inning of the White Sox 10-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.  It marked the 300th career home run for each player.  Pretty cool way to reach the 300 home run plateau with your own teammate matching the same feat on consecutive at-bats.

The White Sox brought out the whipping sticks against the Tigers during their 2009 home opener at Comerica Park.  Dye finished the day going 3 for 5 with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored.  Konerko finished the day going 4 for 5 with 4 RBI’s and 2 runs scored.  Carlos Quentin hit 2 home runs of his own in the 4th and 6th innings and had 4 RBI’s and 3 runs scored.  Every White Sox player who took an at-bat got a hit.

The White Sox were fortunate to have the big offensive outburst, as starter Gavin Floyd struggled for much of his 5 innings.  Floyd needed 98 to pitch enough innings to qualify for the win.  He gave up 6 earned runs on 5 hits and 7 walks.