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CHICAGO -- Jake Peavy struck out the first two batters of the game Friday in the home opener for the Chicago White Sox. He then waited nearly 10 minutes before throwing his next pitch against the defending AL Central champion Detroit Tigers. The delay? Detroit star Miguel Cabrera pointed out to umpires that the batters box was not lined up properly. So the original lines were wiped out and a plate was brought in from centre field to put in some new ones. "It wasnt a big deal," Peavy said. Peavy took a one-hit shutout into the seventh, survived a two-run homer from Delmon Young and the White Sox beat the Tigers 5-2 Friday in Robin Venturas home debut as manager. "I couldnt tell you how many people were here today. You have to get to that place where its you and (catcher) A.J. (Pierzynski)," Peavy said. "The focus and concentration level will take your game to another level. Thats what the game is, channeling the emotion and adrenaline you have, but at the same time realizing the situation what the count is and that thought process. " Detroit manager Jim Leyland agreed that the rare re-do of the batters box wasnt significant. "It was up too far. It was all right, but it was just up too far, so they had to move the line back," Leyland said. "The batters box was fine but they had moved it up too far, it wasnt in line with the plate the way it was set up, so they just changed it. No big deal." Cabrera declined to discuss the batters box incident that he started. "I dont want to talk about that. We lost," he said. Chicago won, thanks to a couple of stellar defensive plays. Dayan Viciedo, who made the switch to left field this spring, homered and had a key diving catch and shortstop Alexei Ramirez made a nice stop and flip to start a double play that ended another Detroit rally. With the White Sox ahead 3-0, Peavy walked Cabrera and Youngs two-out, two-run homer finished him in the seventh. Alex Avila singled off reliever Will Ohman and Jhonny Peralta followed with a double against Addison Reed before Viciedo made a diving catch of Andy Dirks sinking liner to finish the inning. In the eighth, Ramirez made a nice stop on Cabreras grounder and shovelled to second, starting an inning-ending double play after the Tigers had runners at first and third. "These guys were awesome today. The play from Alexei and the play from Dayan saved the game ultimately," Peavy said. Viciedo hit his first homer with two outs in the fifth to break up a scoreless duel between Peavy and Max Scherzer (0-1). Paul Konerko had an RBI single with two outs in the sixth and then just barely beat the throw home to score on A.J. Pierzynskis triple into the right-field corner, making it 3-0. Brent Morel hit an RBI single for Chicago in the eighth after Young misplayed Alejandro De Azas fly ball into a triple. Morel eventually scored on a wild pitch by Brayan Villarreal. Hector Santiago pitched the ninth for his third save in as many chances. Peavy, whose stint with Chicago has been since slowed by injuries since coming to the White Sox in a trade with San Diego late in the 2009 season, allowed only two hits. He struck out eight and walked one in 6 2-3 innings. "He has that ace presence on the mound. And I think inside our clubhouse, he does, too," Ventura said. "He no longer has, maybe, the 97 (mph fastball), but as far as location hes stretching it back and forth now, instead of just raring back and throwing it. Hes becoming more comfortable being a pitcher and spotting it, taking a little off here and there. He still knows how to pitch." Peavy retired the first 10 batters before Brennan Boesch singled sharply to right with one in the fourth. Scherzer (0-1), who gave up eight hits and seven runs in just 2 2-3 innings in his first start this season against the Red Sox, was much more effective in his second outing. Scherzer struck out 11, walked one and allowed five hits and three runs in six innings. NOTES: The teams combined to strike out 25 times -- 15 by White Sox batters, including four by Adam Dunn. ... Ventura became the sixth straight White Sox manager to win his debut at U.S. Cellular Field. He and Konerko got loud ovations during introductions. ... The announced sellout crowd was 38,676. ... Tigers INF Brandon Inge could rejoin the club Saturday after an injury rehab (groin) rehab for Triple-A Toledo. ... Adam Wilk (0-0) goes for Detroit on Saturday against Gavin Floyd (0-1). ...... Former major league pitcher Kevin Hickey, who was a batting practice pitcher and pregame instructor with the White Sox, remains hospitalized in Texas undergoing tests. 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"From here to the Olympics is the best four months for an athlete because you feel like a rock star." The team was finalized the previous evening at Olympic Park Pool. The Canadian Olympic Committee organized Mondays spectacle to officially welcome the swimmers onto the 2012 Olympic team. They were greeted by blue-clad employees of RBC Royal Bank, an Olympic team sponsor, upoon disembarking the bus.dddddddddddd COC president Marcel Aubut, Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay and team assistant chef de mission Sylvie Bernier praised and encouraged their efforts. Swimmers about to compete in their first Games were still getting used to the idea. "For the people that have just made the team, I think it will set in in about a week from now," said Victorias Ryan Cochrane, who won a bronze medal in freestyle at the 2008 Summer Games. "Its a bit of a settling down period. Cochrane is a again a medal threat in long-distance freestyle. Swimming Canadas stated goal is three medals and getting athletes in 13 to 15 finals. The team has a training camp scheduled for later this month in Phoenix. Theres a lot of work to do before that, said veteran Brent Hayden of Victoria. "Everybody is going to go back home to their programs and figure out where theyre going to find more speed and theyre going to get a real good block of training," he said. |
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