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CHICAGO -- Michael Pineda will try to carry his June mastery into a new month, as the New York Yankees aim to win their three-game series against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.After posting a 6.33 ERA in April and a 7.52 ERA in May, Pineda went 1-1 with a 2.75 ERA in six June starts with 49 strikeouts in 36 innings. The key to his improvement has been his slider.Were really confident on the mound because when this pitch is there, weve got a lot of (strikeouts). Weve got a lot of (swing-and-misses), Pineda (3-7, 5.24 ERA) told MLB.com after he struck out a season-high 12 in six innings against the Texas Rangers on Thursday in his last start.The strikeout total was the second highest of his career.I thought he was really impressive, Yankees manager Joe Girardi told MLB.com. It might have been, and probably was, his best start of the year.The right-hander is 1-2 with a 2.37 ERA in three career starts against the White Sox, and Wednesday marks his first meeting with the team this season. Despite not winning his last four starts overall, Pineda has allowed seven earned runs and struck out 37 in those 23 1/3 innings. In five of his last six starts, he has struck out at least eight. Pineda most recently won on June 7, holding the Los Angeles Angels to three runs in seven innings. Hell pitch on an extended five days of rest Wednesday.The Yankees (41-42) improved to 3-2 against the White Sox this season after winning 9-0 with a season-high 20 hits on Tuesday night. New York has been no closer than 5 1-2 games to the top spot in the American League East since April 28.Its starting pitching and offense that really has to pick up for us to be successful, Girardi said Tuesday.For the White Sox (43-41), right-hander Miguel Gonzalez (1-4, 4.88 ERA) is scheduled to start. He allowed three runs (two earned) in a season-high seven innings against Houston on Friday in his last start.I thought all of my pitches were pretty good, pretty decent, Gonzalez told the Chicago Tribune. (Catcher Alex Avila) did a great job back there like always. It was just a tough one to swallow. Itspart of the game.Gonzalez is 3-4 with a 4.14 ERA in 13 career starts against the Yankees, and he made all but one of them when he was a member of the Baltimore Orioles. He received a no-decision in his last start against New York, giving up three runs in 4 2/3 innings on May 15.The White Sox have won four straight series and 10 of their last 15 games. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Portia Woodman ran behind the posts for yet another try, then dropped to her knees and cried.She wept because she believed she cost her New Zealand side victory against Australia in the first Olympic gold-medal match in womens rugby sevens.Australia won the final 24-17 Monday, scoring two tries while Woodman was in the sin-bin at Deodoro Stadium.The feeling of letting my team down, thats what got to me the most, Woodman said.The womens games biggest star, she was also the outstanding individual of the competition for scoring in all six of her matches -- 10 tries in all, including two hat tricks. But late in the first half, she instinctively reached out behind her on defense to stop an Australian pass, causing a deliberate knock-on. She didnt wait for the referee to brandish the yellow card, running off the field immediately to serve two minutes on the sideline.I knew instantly (thered be a yellow card), she said. It wasnt intentional, it was just a mistake, just a reaction, the ball was there.While she was stewing with seconds to go in the half, Australia tapped the penalty, and went ahead 10-5 thanks to an overlap try to Evania Pelite where Woodman would have been patrolling.Even without Woodman to start the second half, New Zealand seemed to have Australia pinned in its own half. Woodman was out for more than two minutes but couldnt go back in until there was a break in play, and was watching as Australias Charlotte Caslick broke out and Ellia Green ended up scoring a converted try for 17-55.ddddddddddddThat was still within New Zealands comeback ability, but Woodman dropped the kickoff ball -- I didnt brush (the yellow card) off as quickly as I wanted to -- giving over possession which Australia ultimately used to score from a Caslick tap-and-go, effectively sealing the gold medal at 24-5 with less than four minutes to go.After scoring the last try of the final, and falling to her knees, Woodman was comforted by teammates, who were also emotional. Woodman was one of several players who won the Sevens World Cup in 2013, and the New Zealand Rugby Union poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into their preparations. Winning New Zealands first Olympic medal in a team sport in 40 years was only a little consolation.Its hard when you came for that gold, and it wasnt the performance that we really wanted, Woodman said. Its a huge honor no matter what. Our mission for our team is to inspire the world with the black jersey, and weve done that. The world knows now that womens rugby is the real deal.Woodman, the daughter and niece of All Blacks, switched from netball to rugby four years ago, and with power, pace and fancy footwork has become the all-time leading try-scorer with 119 in the four years of the womens world sevens series.She was not finished with the Olympics.Oh yeah. I want to come back again in four years, she said. Im not feeling like this again, thats for sure. ' ' '