Sox on late show

Sox on late show

Posted by scotgreg on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 17:48

The White Sox have a rare night game today, their first in the Cactus League since 2004.
It's a good pitching matchup, with Mark Buehrle opposing Kansas City's Zack Greinke, the American League's reigning Cy Young Award winner. The game starts at 9:05 p.m. (Chicago time) and Hawk Harrelson and Darrin Jackson are scheduled to be reunited on the Comcast SportsNet TV broadcast.
Here is the Sox' starting lineup vs. the Royals:
Juan Pierre - LF
Omar Vizquel - SS
Paul Konerko - 1B
Andruw Jones - CF
Mark Kotsay - DH
Ramon Castro - C
Alejandro De Aza - RF
Brent Lillibridge - 2B
Jayson Nix - 3B
Couple of notes: Don't have K.C.'s lineup for tonight, but look for ex-White Sox players Scott Podsednik, Chris Getz, Josh Fields and Brian Anderson in Royal blue.
*This is Buehrle's second start of the spring. In his debut, the left-hander pitched 2 innings vs. the Dodgers on March 5, allowing 1 unearned run on 3 hits.
*Keep an eye on Lillibridge and Nix, who didn't appear to receive manager Ozzie Guillen's harsh verbal memo at the end of last season.
Guillen wants both hitters to put the ball in play instead of trying to hit home runs.
So far this spring, Lillibridge is batting .235 and he has 5 strikeouts in 17 at-bats. Nix is much better at .353, but he's fanned 8 times in 17 ABs.