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Before starting their series with the Dodgers, the Chicago White Sox honored two members of their 2005 World Series championship team who now play in Los Angeles.
One of those players, Jon Garland, will make his first start at U.S. Cellular Field in four years Saturday opposite ex-teammate Mark Buehrle, who will try to continue his interleague dominance.The White Sox produced a video tribute for the return of Garland and infielder Juan Uribe, who threw out the final baserunner in the World Series six seasons ago to end Chicago's 88-year championship drought."You're either well-liked or you did something special or were a part of something special," Garland told the White Sox's official website. "I like to think I was all of that."Uribe didn't have a pleasant first game against the White Sox, going 0 for 3 before leaving in the seventh inning with a strained left hip flexor. The Dodgers had five hits at that point in the game but finished with 12 in a 10-inning, 6-4 comeback victory.Dodgers reserve Russ Mitchell, batting .125 on the season, ended Chicago closer Sergio Santos' scoreless streak at 22 2/3 innings with a two-out homer to tie the game in the ninth. Los Angeles (21-25) tacked on three more runs to win it in the 10th."This is a big win for us, we've been waiting for that big hit, we've been talking about it," Mitchell said. "Hopefully this is a time for us to get on a roll and get back into it."The victory was only the Dodgers' second in seven games overall, but their season-high third straight on the road. Garland (1-3, 3.55 ERA) will try to keep that run going against his former team, which has won nine of 13 overall and three of four at home following a 1-10 stretch there.Garland, who played his first eight major league seasons in Chicago, enters this game winless in his last four starts despite a respectable 3.24 ERA. He's received three total runs of support in his last three outings and suffered the loss in a 2-1 defeat to Milwaukee on Monday.Garland did not get a decision in his only previous start against the White Sox (20-26), a 4-3 loss for the Los Angeles Angels on May 15, 2008.Chicago's recent success is thanks in large part to a 2.82 staff ERA over the last 13 games. Buehrle (3-3, 4.07) is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in three starts this month after going 1/3 with a 5.12 ERA in April.The left-hander is 9-0 with a 1.73 ERA in his last 12 interleague starts, the best interleague record in the majors since the beginning of the 2008 season.He's also 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA in his last two matchups with the Dodgers, but hasn't faced them since 2008.He'll face a Dodgers team that has eight players on the disabled list, including Casey Blake and Rafael Furcal. Andre Ethier is mired in a 1-for-25 slump as Major League Baseball investigates photos of him making an obscene gesture toward a photographer before Monday's loss to Milwaukee.