White Sox split a pair

Lastings Milledge hit a pair of home runs and drove in 3 runs to help the White Sox split-squad beat the Colorado Rockies 12-6 Thursday in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Paul Konerko had 3 hits, including a double, and drove in a run for the Sox, who had lost four of their last five. Ramon Castro and Jordan Danks each had 2 RBI.

Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez gave up his first runs of the spring, allowing 7 runs on 8 hits in 4 innings. He walked four and struck out two.

Tony Pena made his sixth appearance and his first start for the White Sox, giving up a run on 3 hits in 2 innings. He walked one and struck out one.

In Phoenix, Shawn Marcum pitched 3 solid innings in a 4-0 Milwaukee Brewers victory over a White Sox split-squad before departing because his shoulder just didn’t feel right.

“If it were the regular season, especially August, September, I’d pitch through it and wouldn’t say a word,” he said.

Marcum threw 2 perfect innings and allowed only Alexei Ramirez’s leadoff single in the third. He said his shoulder started to tighten up between the second and third innings, similar to tightening he has felt both earlier this spring and in the past.

White Sox starter Edwin Jackson allowed 4 runs in the first, then pitched shutout ball for the next 4 innings. He gave up 9 hits, struck out seven and walked none.

“It’s always good when you have an outing with no walks,” he said. “It means you at least were challenging the hitters and making them put the ball in play. I’ll take my chances when they have to put the ball in play.”