CHICAGO – Jim Thome homered in the seventh inning for the only hit off rookie Anthony Reyes, sending Freddy Garcia and the Chicago White Sox to a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Reyes, recalled from Triple-A Memphis before the game, retired his first 13 batters against a team that had 33 runs and 40 hits in the first two games of the series.

In just his fourth major league start, the 24-year-old Reyes (1-1) tossed a one-hitter that wasn’t good enough for a victory. He struck out six and walked none, throwing 90 pitches in his first career complete game.

Jermaine Dye became Chicago’s first baserunner in the fifth, reaching third on an error when center fielder So Taguchi couldn’t catch his fly ball. that finished a three-game sweep

Garcia (9-4) allowed four hits in eight innings, retiring 13 straight during one stretch. But his effort was overshadowed for the first 6 1-3 innings by Reyes, who mixed pitches and changed speeds.

Bobby Jenks got his 21st save in 22 chances with a scoreless ninth.

Thome drove the first pitch he saw with one out in the seventh deep into the right-field bleachers for his AL-leading 24th homer, sending most of the sellout crowd of 39,509 into a frenzy.

Guillen served a one-game suspension handed down earlier in the day by the commissioner’s office because Chicago reliever David Riske hit the Cardinals’ Chris Duncan with a pitch after both benches had been warned Tuesday night.

In a separate penalty Thursday, Guillen was also fined by commissioner Bud Selig and ordered to attend sensitivity training for using a slur in a tirade against a Chicago sports columnist this week.

The Cardinals welcomed the return of Pujols. The star slugger came off the disabled list and played for the first time since straining a muscle on his side June 3. Pujols played first base and went 0-for-4.

With one out in the fifth, Dye sent a long drive to right-center that sent Taguchi running to the fence. Taguchi, playing center after Jim Edmonds was a late scratch with a mild concussion, got there in time, jumped for the ball and, as it hit his glove, he dropped it for an error as Dye went to third.

But Reyes escaped as A.J. Pierzynski lined out to shortstop and Joe Crede fouled out on a great play by Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who fell over the cushioned railing near Chicago’s dugout to make the catch.

Dye made a spectacular, over-the-shoulder catch of Hector Luna’s long liner to right in the fifth, holding onto the ball after he hit the fence with a thud. He stayed down for several minutes but stayed in the game after a visit from acting manager Joey Cora and trainer Herm Schneider.

Notes: The Cardinals put left-hander Mark Mulder on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left shoulder and sent Duncan to Triple-A Memphis. … The White Sox are 8-1 this season in interleague play.

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