Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 9, 2010 1:00PM

Sox Stumble Against Tigers
The White Sox struggled to get any offense going and the Tigers rode a big fourth inning to a 5-1 victory last night. An Omar Vizquel solo shot gave the Sox an early 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth but the Tigers cracked the game open with four runs in the bottom of the inning off of Sox starter John Danks, who fell to 13-10 on the season. Overall, the Sox only managed four hits on the night off of Jeremy Bonderman: Vizquel's homer and three singles, not the kind of offensive performance the team needed. Meanwhile, the Twins won their sixth straight, extending their AL Central lead to 5.5 games. The Sox play the Tigers once more this afternoon before returning home (12:05 p.m., CSN).

'Stros Shutout Cubs
There wasn't much of anything to cheer about last night at Wrigley as the Astros shut out the Cubs 4-0 to take the three game series. The Cubs only managed five hits on the night off of Houston's Brett Meyers while the Cubs' Randy Wells gave up all four runs to the Astros over six innings of work. The Cubs are off today before hitting the road to Milwaukee for a weekend series that starts tomorrow night (7:10 p.m., WGN)

Fire, Toronto Play To Draw
A key game that could have greatly helped the Fire's playoff chances ended up a scoreless draw when the final whistle blew at Toyota Park last night. The Fire had the best chance to score on the night in the 48th minute when Freddie Ljungberg had a one-on-one with Toronto's goalie but his shot went wide right. Overall, the Fire had six shots on goal to Tornoto's three. Next up for the Fire is a trip to Philadelphia for a match against Philadelphia this Saturday (5 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel).