Pierzynski about to be able to veto any trade

Get him while he's hot.

That would be White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who just happens to become a 10-and-5 player on Monday.

And with 10 years in the major leagues and five with the same team (Sox), Pierzynski gains the power to veto any trade.

So maybe White Sox general manager Kenny Williams should just ship Pierzynski cross-town to the rival Cubs post haste.

"They need a catcher?" manager Ozzie Guillen jokingly asked after Pierzynski sparked the Sox' win over the Cubs - ironically by the score of 10-5 Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field - by going 4-for-5 with a solo home run and 3 RBI. "I'll take five guys for him right now. I said five. I can't say (which ones), I'll get in trouble. For some reason he plays better when we play against the Cubs. In the big games, the playoffs, A.J. shows up and plays well."

With his big day, Pierzynski is now batting .329 with 4 HRs and 17 RBI in 19 career games at Wrigley.

Guillen said Pierzynski doesn't need to worry about being traded, before Monday or down the road. But at the same time, Williams on Wednesday said the time is right to make some changes.

Since then, the White Sox have won three straight.

Not only does Pierzynski want to finish out the season with the Sox, he'd love to sign a new contract and avoid impending free agency.

"I'd be lying if I said it didn't," Pierzynski said when asked if all the trade talk was bothering him. "I'm a human being and every person goes through it and I've said I just want to get to Sunday (night) so it will all go away. And we're one day closer. Hopefully, this can get us on a roll and we can end up celebrating here and having a good end of the year."

Pierzynski has gone 5-for-8 with 2 homers and 4 RBI over his last two games, raising his average from .219 to .237.

"Every time I think I've got something figured out, I go 0-for-5 so I don't want to speak too soon," he said. "I just want to put together good at-bats and try to put solid swings on the ball and I feel I've been doing that lately."

Mr. 100: White Sox starter Jake Peavy wasn't happy with the pitch he made to Alfonso Soriano with one on and no outs in the second inning.

Twice shaking off catcher A.J. Pierzynski, Peavy threw a 1-2 fastball right down the middle and Soriano homered to tie the game at 2-2.

Other than that, Peavy was sharp. The right-hander pitched 7 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits while evening his record at 5-5. It was also Peavy's 100th career win.

"I don't think it's the best outing this year, but I certainly made pitches, threw strikes," Peavy said. "I had a good game plan going in. I had some history with a lot of guys. I knew what we needed to do. I obviously made a bad pitch to Soriano. Other than that it was pretty smooth. Obviously when your team scores 10 runs, you take your chances."

Enjoying the rivalry: Alex Rios played for the White Sox against the Cubs on Sept. 3 of last season, which was rescheduled after an earlier rainout.

The center fielder enjoyed Friday's 10-5 win much more, especially after going 4-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBI.

"It's pretty fun," Rios said. "It's my second game against the Cubs and it's exciting, super exciting. You have people cheering for the Cubs and the White Sox and it's loud and fun."