BEAT GOES ON SIROTKA, VALENTIN HELP WHITE SOX KICK OFF JULY RIGHT WHERE THEY ENDED AMAZING JUNE_BY BOUNCING BOSTON AT COMISKEY

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: July 2, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

White Sox 7 Red Sox 2 Meet the new-version South Side Hit Men; Go-Go White Sox.

They bang the ball around, as they did again Saturday in gaining another lopsided victory against the Boston Red Sox-this time 7-2 before 28,006 at Comiskey Park.

When they're not clubbing the ball, they're the Go-Go Sox, scoring from first on a single, the way catcher Mark Johnson did in the third inning for the first White Sox run.

"We've been playing like that all year," said Johnson, who drew a walk from Red Sox rookie starter Paxton Crawford (0-1) and then raced home on Ray Durham's single to right ...

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