Williams calls for change; Sox romp over Tigers 15-3

The White Sox played one of their best games of the season at U.S. Cellular Field on Wednesday night.

In their 15-3 win over the Tigers, the Sox broke the game open with 7 runs on 8 hits in the fourth inning, both season highs. They added 7 more runs in the eighth, and Freddy Garcia came through with another solid start while upping his team-high win total to 6.

It was the type of all-around effort White Sox general manager Kenny Williams expected from the start of the season.

Unfortunately for the Sox, the win appears to be a textbook case of too little, too late.

"Some changes need to take place," a somber Williams said before the game. "I don't know what and I don't when but some changes need to take place. Things aren't happening the way that we envisioned and when they don't happen the way you envision you've got to make an adjustment."

Between now and the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline, look for Williams to move players like A.J. Pierzynski, Bobby Jenks, J.J. Putz and possibly Paul Konerko, Mark Buehrle, Jake Peavy and Carlos Quentin.

"I guess I'm not so much on my own timeline as I am on other clubs' timelines," Williams said. "It's still the early part of June and a lot of clubs are trying to figure their situations out and determine whether they're in it or not in it or what kind of money they have to spend. There are a lot of variables that go into the mix so even if I want to do something, it's not always in my control.

"And even if something does arise, you always run the risk of, particularly in our case where there's a lot of desirable players that people seem to want ... why we can't put it together is a mystery to me. But other teams seem to want our players so I have to gauge whether something that comes along sooner is better off for our mix and chance to get in it or wait and be a little patient until July when kind of all the information is in and people are bidding against one another for our players."

A perennial buyer during his first nine seasons as GM, Williams is still trying to accept the fact he's in sell mode.

"It is what it is," he said. "I have to listen. It's not that I want to, but I'm not blind."

Williams said he's not planning on rebuilding the White Sox with young players.

"We're not talking about tearing something down," Williams said. "If we do something it will be along the lines of shuffling the deck with the expectation that we're going to add impact guys to help us win."

Garcia continued to do just that Wednesday, getting plenty of run support while holding Detroit to 3 runs on 7 hits in 7 innings.

"We put a lot of good at-bats together," said Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. "And what can I say about Freddy? He's a guy out there showing another way to get people out. He's not afraid of anyone."

<p class="factboxheadblack">Scot Gregor's game tracker</p>

<p class="News">White Sox 15, Tigers 3</p>

<p class="News"><b>Bats go boom:</b> The Sox scored 7 runs in two different innings (fourth, eighth), the first time that's happened since April 23, 1981.</p>

<p class="News"><b>Tiger killer:</b> Freddy Garcia allowed 3 runs innings and improved to 12-2 (3.20 ERA) in his last 15 starts vs. Detroit.</p>

<p class="News"><b>There goes Gehrig:</b> Omar Vizquel's single in the fourth inning was his 2,723rd career hit, good for 55th place on the all-time list. He had been tied with Lou Gehrig.</p>

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