Peavy's shutout lifts White Sox over Nationals

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06/19/2010 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jake Peavy had his best outing in a Chicago White Sox uniform, as the right-hander tossed the fourth shutout of his career in a slim 1-0 victory over the Washington Nationals.

Peavy (6-5), whose earned-run average is still a robust 5.07, retired 20 straight hitters going into the ninth and survived a leadoff walk in the final frame to pick up his first shutout since August 23, 2005.

The former National League Cy Young Award winner allowed just three hits and two walks while fanning seven for the Sox, winners of five straight and nine of 10 overall.

Carlos Quentin drove in Omar Vizquel for the game's lone run.

J.D. Martin (0-3), in his fourth start since being recalled to the majors, was the hard luck loser, giving up one run on eight hits with no walks and six strikeouts through six innings in Washington's fifth straight loss.

The Sox got the only run they needed in the fourth, when Vizquel led off with a single, moved to second on a groundout and came home on Quentin's two-out base hit to left.

The Nationals had their first two hitters of the game reach on singles, but Peavy got out of the inning unscatched by striking out Ryan Zimmerman and getting consecutive flyouts from Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham.

Peavy cruised after Roger Bernadina's one-out single in the second, retiring the side in order for six straight innings.

A 10-pitch eighth upped his workload to just 88 pitches heading to the ninth. Nyjer Morgan worked a walk to open the final frame and was sacrificed over to second.

Zimmerman, though, struck out for the fourth time, and Josh Willingham popped out to second after Adam Dunn was intentionally walked to put the go-ahead run on first.

Game Notes

Peavy has made 17 starts with Chicago since being acquired in a trade with San Diego last year. He has eight career complete games...Nationals manager Jim Riggleman was ejected by home plate umpire Sam Holbrook in the eighth inning...A.J. Pierzynski had three of Chicago's nine hits...Sean Burnett, Miguel Bastista and Tyler Walker each threw a scoreless inning of relief for the Nationals...Chicago goes for the three-game interleague sweep on Sunday with Freddy Garcia on the mound opposite Washington's John Lannan.

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Will he or won't he?  Now that the Dallas Cowboys have a new head coach in Wade Phillips, the big question will be: Does Terrell Owens stay with the team.

Jerry Jones continues to suggest that Terrell Owens will remain with the team.

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Arizona Cardinals 60-1


Atlanta Falcons 50-1


Baltimore Ravens 15-1


Buffalo Bills 50-1


Carolina Panthers 18-1


Chicago Bears 10-1


Cincinnati Bengals 15-1


Cleveland Browns 100-1


Dallas Cowboys 15-1


Denver Broncos 15-1


Detroit Lions 100-1


Green Bay Packers 50-1


Houston Texans 100-1


Indianapolis Colts 6-1


Jacksonville Jaguars 30-1


Kansas City Chiefs 30-1


Miami Dolphins 40-1


Minnesota Vikings 75-1


New England Patriots 10-1


New Orleans Saints 18-1


New York Giants 20-1


New York Jets 30-1


Oakland Raiders 100-1


Philadelphia Eagles 18-1


Pittsburgh Steelers 10-1


Saint Louis Rams 60-1


San Diego Chargers 6-1


San Francisco 49ers 75-1


Seattle Seahawks 20-1


Tampa Bay Buccanneers 75-1


Tennessee Titans 40-1


Washington Redskins 50-1

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