2008 State of the Sox

Sept. 20: Royals 5, White Sox 2

Jermaine Dye came extremely close to hitting his first home run of the month, one that would've tied the game while giving Joakim Soria a rare blown save.

Instead, it landed in Mark Teahan's mitt just short of the wall in left.  Too little, too late for the Sox, who were stymied by Kyle Davies for seven innings until Alexei Ramirez ruined the shutout bid with his second homer in as many games.

Davies outpitched Gavin Floyd handily.  Floyd, who followed Mark Buehrle in throwing on short rest, gave up three homers, including an inside-the-park job to David DeJesus.  The ball richocheted off the right field wall a split-second before Dye did, and the ball bounded away for an easy round-tripper.

Record: 85-69 | Box score | Play-by-play