"Many fans were asleep late Tuesday night when Paul Konerko became the 13th player to get 2,000 hits while wearing a White Sox uniform. What he liked most about the eighth-inning hit is that it tied the game.

For nostalgia's sake, it was similar to his first career hit, a line drive to the opposite field in right as a Los Angeles Dodger in 1997.

Konerko was seven homers away from his next milestone, 400 homers. He would become the sixth active player with 2,000 hits and 400 homers, joining Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero and Jim Thome.

"It was nice to tie the game there [4-4], and you definitely want it in a winning fashion,'' Konerko said after the Sox lost 5-4 to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. "It is what it is. I'm one of those guys where round numbers are nice and all, but you're always thinking about the next one. It would have been nice to win, but it wasn't in the cards.''

Konerko said he thought about all-time hits leader Pete Rose after he got the hit."