PHOENIX (AP) _ Jose Valentin didn't want to leave Milwaukee. Now that he's with the White Sox, he's showing the Brewers what they're missing.

Valentin tripled, singled and scored twice as Chicago won its seventh straight spring training game, beating the Brewers 6-5 Friday.

Valentin was traded to Chicago during the winter along with right-hander Cal Eldred for pitchers Jaime Navarro and John Snyder. He also tripled in Chicago's first meeting with the Brewers earlier this month. He has 10 extra-base hits this spring.

The Brewers tried to reduce a glut of middle infielders and pick up some starting pitching by moving Valentin, who had spent his entire major league career with Milwaukee. Now the Brewers are strapped for depth in the middle, and Valentin is cementing his place as the White Sox's starting shortstop.

"When I was there, I wanted to be there," Valentin said. "I thought I could help the team win and be successful. Now that I'm here, I want to be here."

Valentin's triple started the White Sox's three-run fourth inning. In the fifth, he stole second base, chatted with Brewers shortstop Mark Loretta and eventually scored on Charlie Hayes' two-run throwing error.

The White Sox scored their six runs on two RBI infield singles, a wild pitch from Brewers starter Scott Woodard, Hayes' error, and an RBI single by Chris Singleton.

The Brewers scored four runs in the first inning off Chicago starter James Baldwin, but he calmed down and got his first victory of the spring after four straight no-decisions.

In the first, Jeromy Burnitz hit a two-run double high off the center-field wall and Geoff Jenkins extended his hit streak to eight games with a two-run homer to right. But the Brewers didn't score again until the ninth, when Damon Hollins hit an RBI single before Lou Collier tapped out to end the game.

Hayes, who reported to Milwaukee's camp Thursday after being released by the Mets on Monday, started at third base and hit cleanup for the Brewers, going 1-for-4.

Scott Woodard, projected as the Brewers' No. 1 starter, allowed 10 hits and five earned runs in five innings, though the White Sox never mounted a sustained rally against him.

Notes: Frank Thomas, in his second game back from resting a sore ribcage, went 0-for-4 and didn't hit the ball hard. ... The Brewers optioned pitcher Jeff D'Amico to Triple-A Indianapolis. D'Amico, who pitched in Milwaukee's final game of the 1999 season after missing nearly two years because of arm injuries, is having a strong spring and likely will rejoin the Brewers soon. ... Snyder, who is recovering from a mildly strained rib cage muscle, pitched one scoreless inning for the Brewers' Class A Beloit team Friday.