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Article: Rowand rides to rescue for White Sox In Rowand's dirt-bike crash last autumn in California, he broke two ribs and his left scapu-la and needed surgery.
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- June 29, 2003
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By the time the White Sox' D'Angelo Jimenez swatted his single in
the ninth in-ning Saturday to beat the Cubs 7-6 at U.S. Cellular
Field, some major stage-setting al-ready had occurred.
Specifically, Sox center fielder Aaron Rowand had belted a two-
run home run with two outs in the eighth inning to tie the score 6-
6.
Take that tater away, and Jimenez's winning hit wouldn't have been
a winning hit.
Everybody started jumping," Jimenez said of Rowand's smash,
because we tied the game."
And a tie means the home team has the advantage. And lately for
the White Sox, that means they're going to win.
We have a nice feeling right now," Jimenez said.
Why not?
Victories in six of their last eight ...