White surrendered consecutive two-run doubles to rookie
Rocco Baldelli
and
Aubrey Huff
in the top of the sixth inning as the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
snapped Chicago's eight-game winning streak with a 10-6 victory.
Baldelli drove in four runs for the
Devil Rays
, who improved to 11-11 in July after losing 21 of 26 games in June.
"I think it would be huge that we could finish this month and go into August and September and put together a nice little run," Baldelli said. "You can't change what we've done in April, May and June. We can still get better and post some good numbers the rest of the year."
The
White Sox
erased a 5-1 deficit in the fifth on Alomar's three-run homer and an RBI single by Ordonez.
But White (1-2), who replaced starter
Mike Porzio
in the fourth, gave back the lead in the sixth.
"We extended
Rick White
tonight,"
White Sox
manager
Jerry Manuel
said. "We are still playing good baseball, we just couldn't score and hold to the end."
With one out and runners at second and third, Chicago intentionally walked
Carl Crawford
. White got rookie
Antonio Perez
to fly out to shallow right field, but Baldelli and Huff followed with doubles to give Tampa Bay a 9-5 lead.
"It was a nice night offensively for us, it really was,"
Devil Rays
manager
Lou Piniella
said. "Rocco had a big hit for us with two outs and Huff had another one."
Porzio also struggled in his fourth career start, allowing four runs in 3 1/3 innings. He gave up a sacrifice fly to Baldelli in the first, a two-run homer to
Julio Lugo
in the second and a solo shot to Baldelli in the third as the Tampa Bay built a 4-0 lead.
After the game, the
White Sox
returned Porzio to Class AAA Charlotte and recalled righthander
Matt Ginter
.
Chicago failed to take advantage of Kansas City's loss and remained four games behind the first-place Royals in the American League Central.
"It is always good to gain ground," Alomar said. "It's big loss for us, but tomorrow we have to come back and win."
Mark Malaska
(1-0) retired two batters to record his first major league win. He got All-Star
Carl Everett
to ground out with two runners on in the fifth.
"That feels good that (Piniella) would have the confidence in me in that situation and I was happy that I was able to get the job done in that situation," Malaska said.
Three Tampa Bay relievers combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings, with
Jesus Colome
getting the last six outs for his first career save.
After closing to 9-6 in the sixth on
Roberto Alomar
's RBI single, the
White Sox
put two men on in the eighth, but Colome replaced
Travis Harper
and retired the next three hitters.
Crawford and Huff had three hits apiece for Tampa Bay, while
Roberto Alomar
and
Carlos Lee
extended their hitting streaks to 10 games for the
White Sox
.
Tampa Bay's
Matt Diaz
recorded his first major league hit, a single in the sixth.