Scott Podsednik and Gordon Beckham had four RBIs apiece and the Chicago White Sox finished with 17 hits Saturday in a 14-4 rout of the New York Yankees.
In beating New York for the third straight game, the White Sox scored six times in the second against A.J. Burnett and added six more in the eighth.
Burnett (10-5), who’d won his previous five decisions, twice walked No. 9 hitter Jayson Nix with the bases loaded, forcing in two runs.
Chicago lefty John Danks (9-7) worked six-plus inning for the win, giving up seven hits and four runs.
Podsednik, who’d snapped an 0-for-16 slump Friday, had a two-run single in the second and drew Chicago’s third bases-loaded walk, off reliever Phil Coke in the eighth. Beckham hit two-run doubles in the second and the eighth, and Nix finished with four walks and a double.
The White Sox had six of their hits in the second inning against Burnett (10-5).
A.J. Pierzynski, Carlos Quentin and Chris Getz all singled to load the bases before Nix drew a walk on a close pitch to force in a run. Podsednik followed with a two-run single, Beckham delivered his first two-run double to right and Jermaine Dye had an RBI single for the 6-0 lead.
The Yankees got two back in the third as Jerry Hairston Jr., acquired Friday in a trade with the Reds, walked, Derek Jeter doubled and Mark Teixeira had a two-out, two-run single.
But Nix came up again with the bases loaded in the fifth and drew another walk to force in the seventh run and finish Burnett, who gave up 10 hits and seven runs in 4 2-3 innings.
New York loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth but managed only one run. That came on Hairston’s fielder’s choice on a soft liner that dropped in front of left fielder Quentin. Quentin made a nice fake as if he were going to catch the ball and then was able to field it and throw to third to force Jorge Posada.
Danks gave up a single to Jeter and walked Nick Swisher to start the seventh and was replaced by Tony Pena. Alex Rodriguez had an RBI infield single to cut Chicago’s lead to 7-4.
NOTES: Jake Peavy arrived in Chicago to meet his new teammates and hold a news conference. He said he would confer with the White Sox’s training staff after the game to determine a rehab plan as he recovers from an ankle injury that landed him on the disabled list in mid-June. … New York starter Joba Chamberlain will have his next start pushed back until Thursday. “It’s part of the ongoing plan with working things out with Joba,” manager Joe Girardi said, adding that Chamberlain could be skipped in the rotation later this season to help control his innings. … White Sox SS Alexei Ramirez missed his third straight game with a sprained ankle but could return by Wednesday.