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Royals trade Teahen to White Sox for Getz, Fields

CHICAGO (AP) Mark Teahen has a new team and a new city. Happily for him, he's got his old position back.

The Kansas City Royals sent Teahen to the White Sox on Friday and Chicago will find a home for him at third base.

"That's really my comfort position," Teahen said. "It's huge. The past three years I haven't known where I'm going to play and the past 24 hours I haven't know what city I'm going to play in." (MORE)

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Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chi White Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	7	0
Detroit	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	x	5	12	0

W: Verlander (19-9) L: Danks (13-11) S: Rodney (37)

Det HR: Raburn 2 (16) Ordonez (8)

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Final Boxscore

Central Division
Team	W	L	Pct	GB
X-Minnesota	87	76	.534	-
Detroit	86	77	.528	1
Chicago	79	83	.488	7.5
Cleveland	65	97	.401	21.5
Kansas City	65	97	.401	21.5

Full Standings

Leaders
AVG:	S. Podsednik	.304
HR:	P. Konerko	28
RBI:	P. Konerko	88
SB:	S. Podsednik	30
W:	M. Buehrle	13
ERA:	J. Danks	3.77
Saves:	B. Jenks	29
K:	G. Floyd	163

General Batting (Rank)
AVG:	.258 (21)
Runs:	724 (19)
Hits:	1410 (24)
Home Runs:	184 (8)
Stolen Bases:	113 (9)
OBP:	.329 (20)
SLG:	.411 (18)
Total Bases:	2248 (18)

General Pitching (Rank)
Earned Run Average:	4.14 (7)
Runs Allowed:	732 (21)
Saves:	36 (23)
Strikeouts:	1119 (17)
OpBA:	.261 (13)
OBP:	.325 (8)
SLG:	.414 (12)
Run Support:	4.53 (18)

Last Results
Date	Opp	Final
10/4	@ Det	L 3-5
10/3	@ Det	W 5-1
10/2	@ Det	W 8-0
9/30	@ Cle	W 1-0
9/30	@ Cle	L 1-5
9/28	@ Cle	W 6-1
9/27	vs. Det	W 8-4
9/26	vs. Det	L 5-12
9/25	vs. Det	W 2-0
9/23	vs. Min	L 6-8
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Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
11/9/2009	O. Dotel	Declared Free Agency
11/6/2009	J. Dye	Declared Free Agency (buyout of mutual option)
11/5/2009	R. Castro	Declared Free Agency
11/5/2009	M. Kotsay	Signed ( 2010)(one-year extension)
11/5/2009	S. Podsednik	Declared Free Agency
11/5/2009	M. Teahen	Traded From Kansas City (w/cash for INFs Chris Getz & Josh Fields)
10/21/2009	A. De Aza	Acquired Off Waivers From Florida
10/8/2009	D. Wise	Refused Minor League Assignment - Free Agent
10/7/2009	D. Wise	Outrighted to Minors
10/6/2009	F. Garcia	Signed ( 2010)(team option exercised)

Injuries
Date	Player	Status
9/30/2009	D. Carrasco	Hamstring injury (day-to-day)
9/30/2009	O. Dotel	Neck injury (day-to-day)
9/30/2009	T. Flowers	Left game - Bruised elbow (day-to-day)
9/23/2009	B. Jenks	Pulled calf muscle (day-to-day)
9/17/2009	G. Floyd	Hip inflammation (day-to-day)