Getz gets the picture: Sox stay on the move

Chris Getz is still in his first full major-league season with the White Sox, but he's already catching on.

"I don't think anybody was anticipating much, and at the last second, we make a huge move," Getz said, referring to the Sox acquiring Jake Peavy in a trade from the San Diego Padres Friday afternoon. "It's sad to see Clayton (Richard) go, he's a good friend of mine. But we got a great player and it makes things exciting."

With general manager Kenny Williams running the show, you never know what kind of moves the White Sox are going to make.

In the past week alone, Williams traded Brian Anderson to Boston for Mark Kotsay, optioned Josh Fields to the minor leagues, pulled Bartolo Colon from the starting rotation and put him on the disabled list and then pulled off the Peavy blockbuster.

The action during the White Sox' 10-5 win over the Yankees in front of 38,228 at U.S. Cellular Field Friday night was equally fast and furious.

After a shaky start - New York scored 3 runs in the first inning off D.J. Carrasco, who stepped in for Richard - the Sox went to work.

"We know we have a pretty good team and we're going to be in the game all the way to the ninth inning, no matter what the score," Getz said.

After falling behind early, the offense finally broke out and the White Sox took a 4-3 lead off Yankees starter Sergio Mitre in the second inning.

But in a back-and-forth game, the score was tied at 5 before the Sox went in front for good on Carlos Quentin's RBI double in the fifth ining.

In the seventh, Getz padded the lead with a 2-run single and Jayson Nix later stole home on a double-steal with Getz.

"Finally, the offense comes alive," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "That's very, very important. We struggled for almost a week. Our offense did a tremendous job, and we were running the bases and being aggressive."

Making his first start since Sept. 3, 2005, Carrasco failed to cover first base and Derek Jeter capitalized with a single leading off the game.

New York had Carrasco on the ropes early, but the right-hander settled down somewhat while allowing 5 runs on 9 hits in 4 innings.

"I was a little nervous," Carrasco said. "It's been over three years since I started a big-league game, but it was good. I wasn't as effective as I wanted to be, but those guys (offense) came back and definitely helped me out."

Scot Gregor's game tracker

White Sox 10, Yankees 5

Friday's grade: B+. The Sox initially looked distracted by the Jake Peavy trade, but they settled down and the offense went to work against four mediocre N.Y. pitchers.

Four more: A.J. Pierzynski had his third 4-hit game of the season, raising his batting average to .311.

First for Pena: Reliever Tony Pena pitched 2 scoreless innings and earned his first win for the White Sox.

Still searching: Mark Kotsay has scalded the baseball, yet the outfielder/first baseman is 0-for-12 since joining the White Sox on Wednesday in a trade from Boston.

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