Yankees  2    White Sox  3

Recap: Chicago WSox vs. NY Yankees

Sports Network | July 31, 2009

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Dewayne Wise's two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Chicago White Sox past the New York Yankees, 3-2, in the opener of a four-game set from U.S. Cellular Field.

Gordon Beckham picked up a pair of hits and drove in a run for the White Sox, who snapped a three-game losing skid.

Matt Thornton (5-2) got the win despite being saddled with a blown save, allowing a run and two hits over 1 1/3 relief frames. Starter Gavin Floyd went the first 7 2/3 innings, scattering four hits and a run with a career-best 10 strikeouts.

"I just tried to make pitches and got some strikeouts today," said Floyd. "I tried to keep us in the lead, with a 1-0 lead you have a small window for error."

Nick Swisher homered and Johnny Damon drove in the other run for the Yankees, who had won three of four coming in.

Phil Hughes (4-3) was charged with the deciding run over two full innings. Andy Pettitte turned in a solid start, yielding five hits and two runs -- one earned -- over 6 1/3 innings.

"We're now inning when I pitch right now and that's frustrating for sure," said Pettitte.

In the home ninth against Hughes, Jim Thome and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back one-out singles. Phil Coke was called on and got A.J. Pierzynski to fly out. Wise, though, followed by lacing a single to center that plated pinch-runner Scott Podsednik with the winning run.

The White Sox picked up the game's first run in the home third, as Chris Getz led off with a base hit and scored on Beckham's two-out double.

New York countered in the sixth, as Jose Molina led off with a ground-rule double and scored two batters later on Damon's two-bagger.

Chicago forged ahead in the seventh thanks to some shoddy defense from the visitors.

Thome reached to start the frame when Pettitte failed to cleanly field his bouncer near the mound. Pierzynski added a one-out infield hit, then Hughes got the call. Carlos Quentin stepped in and hit into what could have been a double-play ball, but Robinson Cano uncorked a bad throw to first and Thome scored for a 2-1 White Sox lead.

Thornton looked like he'd lock down the game in Chicago's favor until Swisher launched a two-out, solo homer in the ninth to tie the game.

The start of the game was delayed for one hour, four minutes by rain...New York won five of seven from Chicago last year.