KANSAS CITY -- Dylan Axelrod found himself in a familiar place when he entered Friday nightSaturday mornings marathon White Sox game.A little more than five years ago, Axelrod, then a pitcher at UC Irvine, was the only pitcher available for the Anteaters, who played Cal State-Fullerton.Just like the June 18, 2007 contest, Axelrod emerged victorious early Saturday after he delivered two scoreless innings in a 9-8 White Sox victory over the Kansas City Royals. Alexrod pitched 4 13 scoreless innings for Irvine in 2007,who prevailed in 5 hours, 40 minutes. The White Sox beat the Royals in a tidy 5:23.It was the same situation, Axelrod said. I pitched four innings and finished the game and I was like the last guy with no one else left.Axelrod threw 31 pitches in the White Sox second-half opener, which leaves his status for Tuesday in Boston up in the air. White Sox manager Robin Ventura said Saturday hes not certain whether the team will start Axelrod of flip-flop him with Philip Humber, who is set to come off the disabled list and start on Wednesday.Its subject to change, but its pretty much the same right now, Ventura said. Especially with Axe going last night, seeing how hes feeling. (Swapping the pitchers is)possible right now. Again, were just going by how theyre feeling and setting them up.Axelrod said he had a strange feel in the seventh inning of Fridays game that he might be needed. After Hector Santiago recorded the final out of the 11th inning, Axelrod received approval from pitching coach Don Cooper to prepare, just in case.We had used quite a few guys already, Axelrod said. Just like weird thoughts started entering my mind, like it might happen. And then once Hector went in, I asked Coop, Should I go down there? You think you guys are going to need me? There were several times Ventura was certain the White Sox wouldnt be around long enough to need Axelrod. The White Sox had the bases loaded and no outs in the ninth inning but only forged a tie against Royals closer Jonathan Broxton.And White Sox relievers got out of several tricky situations, including Santiago retiring Mike Moustakas on a slow grounder in the 11 th inning with the bases loaded.I know we found ourselves defensively in situations where we didnt like the situation we were in, and somehow we got out of it, Ventura said. Thats part of the game I think is fun. Even though it doesnt look good. You can get out of it. Theres no clock for them to run it out.