Teahen triples home go-ahead run for White Sox

[April 20, 2010]  TORONTO (AP) -- Mark Teahen tripled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 on Monday night, snapping Toronto's five-game winning streak and spoiling the Blue Jays' home opener.

Mark Kotsay led off the 11th with a pinch-hit single off Jeremy Accardo (0-1) and was replaced by pinch runner Omar Vizquel. Teahen followed with a triple to right center.

Teahen, who tied the game with a ninth-inning homer off Jason Frasor, finished 3 for 5 with three RBIs. He also singled home a run in the sixth.

Matt Thornton (1-0) worked two scoreless innings and Bobby Jenks pitched around a pair of two-out walks, getting Adam Lind to strike out and earning his second save.

The White Sox snapped a 10 game losing streak in Toronto, winning here for the first time since June 1, 2007.

Andruw Jones hit his first two home runs of the season off Toronto left-hander Brian Tallet, giving him 390 for his career and moving him into a tie with Graig Nettles for 50th on baseball's career list.

Jones opened the scoring with a two-run shot in the second off Tallet, tying him with Johnny Bench, then added a solo drive in the sixth, giving him his 38th career multihomer game.

John Buck answered Jones' first homer with a two-run blast in the bottom of the second that landed in the fourth deck in left.

Jones and Carlos Quentin each hit RBI singles in the top of the third but Toronto scored four in the bottom half. Lind hit a two-run single and Vernon Wells followed with a two-run homer to center, his fifth.

After Jones' leadoff homer cut it to 6-5 in the sixth, former Blue Jay Alex Rios singled, stole second and scored on Teahen's two-out hit, tying it at 6-all.

Lind drew a four-pitch, bases-loaded walk off reliever Randy Williams in the bottom half, but the Blue Jays couldn't hold the lead as Frasor blew his second save of the season.

Tallet allowed six runs and eight hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out three.

Jake Peavy allowed seven runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings, raising his ERA to 8.44 after two starts. He walked three and struck out two.

Rios was booed or jeered every time he came to the plate or made a play. He grinned and slapped hands with manager Ozzie Guillen when he was booed during the pregame introductions, then turned from side to side and tipped his cap as he took his place along the first base line. He finished 3 for 5 with a stolen base.

NOTES: Attendance was 46,321. ... Toronto placed 2B Aaron Hill (right hamstring) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 8, and called up OF Jeremy Reed from Triple-A Las Vegas. ... The Blue Jays marked Opening Day by honoring 14 Canadian medalists from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Gold medal-winning freestyle skier Alex Bilodeau threw out the first pitch.

[Associated Press]

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.