Garland Goes From North Side to South

In his first full season as a professional, Jon Garland is getting a taste of baseball’s business side.

Garland, City Section 4-A Division player of the year in 1997 for Kennedy High, was traded Wednesday by the Chicago Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for reliever Matt Karchner.

Garland was 4-7 with a 5.03 earned-run average in 19 games with the Rockford (Ill.) Cubbies of the Class-A Midwest League. The right-hander allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings in a 10-3 victory over Ft. Wayne on Tuesday.

The Cubs selected Garland with the 10th pick of the draft last year, gave him a $1.465 million signing bonus and assigned him to rookie league in Mesa, Ariz. He finished 3-2 with a 2.70 ERA in 10 games.

Karchner is 2-4 with a 5.15 ERA and 11 saves in 32 games for the White Sox.

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Scanning Tuesday’s box scores:

Triple A--Derek Wallace (Chatsworth High, Pepperdine) picked up his 14th save by recording two outs in Norfolk’s 4-3 victory over Indianapolis.

Class A--Third baseman Dennis Konrady (Pepperdine) had three hits, including a double, in Kinston’s 8-2 victory over Danville. . . . Frederick right-hander Josh Towers (Hueneme, Oxnard College) struck out six and walked none in nine innings but lost to Lynchburg, 4-3.