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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008: White Sox Shut Out Royals, Danks Winner
In an impressive outing, John Danks whitewashed the Kansas City Royals 10-0.

"I'm getting a lot more downward movement instead of side to side. That side-to-side stuff can get hit a long way," said Danks, who is throwing with more of an overhand motion.

"It's not rocket science. It was just a little adjustment, but that's all it took."

The Chicago (A) hurler held Kansas City scoreless, allowed 2 hits, chalked up 5 strikeouts and yielded 2 walks.

This season Danks has worked 125.1 innings with 96 strikeouts en route to a 6-6 record and a 5.67 ERA.

Monday, August 4th, 2008: Grudzielanek Gets Number 2000!
It was a great day for Mark Grudzielanek of the Kansas City Royals -- but not a perfect day.
He became the latest player to reach the 2000-hit mark, but his team lost the game.
The 38-year-old second baseman got his historic hit in Kansas City's 9-4 loss to Chicago (A).

"It was a very special game for me, but not a good one for the team," said Grudzielanek after the game. Commenting on his achievement to reporters, he told them, "2000 hits are a lot. It puts you in a very select group. You have to hit well over a lot of seasons to do this. It's a good feeling to have your name in the record books with the other guys who have reached this level."

He finished the day with 3 hits in 5 at-bats.

A check of his lifetime stats shows Grudzielanek has a career .289 average with 2002 hits, 387 doubles, 38 triples, 88 home runs and 641 RBIs. To date he has scored 936 runs, walked 354 times and stolen 131 bases.

Friday, August 1st, 2008: AL Announces Outstanding Batter Award
Paul Konerko is on a tear! After posting a .325 average in July, the Chicago (A) first baseman took home the American League Batter of the Month award handed out earlier today.

He cracked 27 hits with 10 home runs and 29 RBIs and scored 23 runs. The 32-year-old also collected 21 free passes and posted a .453 on-base percentage.

So far this season Konerko has 35 home runs and a .294 batting average.

Team Leaders AVG

J. Fields

.289