Black Sox Blog

On Tuesday the White Sox were without Jim Thome who was serving a 1 game suspension for “inappropriate behavior” during an argument with an umpire against Detroit which eventually got Thome thrown out of the game.  Even without their big slugger, the Sox still beat the Oakland A’s 4-1 behind a great pitching performance by John Danks on his 23rd birthday.  Danks pitched seven and two-thirds shutout innings and only gave up five hits and struck out four.  Despite only five hits in the game, the Sox put up four runs behind Carlos Quentin’s three-run homer in the fourth inning.  Joe Crede also tacked on an insurance run in the fifth with a two-out RBI single that put them up four to zero at the time.  Bobby Jenks came in and was lights out to assure the win for the Sox and acquire his fifth save of the season.  The Sox travel to Baltimore tomorrow for a two game series before heading out to Tampa Bay to take on the Rays.