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Podsednik's walk-off homer gives White Sox 2-0 lead
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-24 16:37
HIT BAT
In the bottom of the seventh, the White Sox appeared to catch another break
when the home plate umpire ruled that Jermaine Dye was hit by a pitch that
television replays revealed had struck his bat.
That loaded the bases and extended the inning to allow Konerko to launch the
first pitch he faced over the left field wall.
There were two questionable calls that went Chicago's way in the American
League Championship Series, which the White Sox won 4-1 over the Los Angeles
Angels.
Houston had taken the lead in the fifth on a two-out, two-run double by Lance
Berkman that looked like it might be enough to send the series to Houston all
square at one game apiece.
The Astros, who have never reached a World Series in the franchise's 44-year
history, are tough to beat in Houston where noisy fans in the enclosed stadium
give the team a big home-field advantage.
Making a first appearance in the Fall Classic since 1959, the White Sox last
won the World Series in 1917.
The teams fly to Houston for a workout day on Monday and Game Three on
Tuesday features Astros' 20-game winner Roy Oswalt taking on Chicago's 18-game
winner Jon Garland.
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