22 (Tigers); 21 (Twins)

He's baaack! Jose Contreras pitched his second consecutive eight-inning, one run game, to lead the White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the L.A. Angels. Bobby Jenks picked up his 40th save of the season, but not before allowing hits to the first two batters he faced -- making it six in a row that have hit safely against him over the last two games. The Sox used three of their four hits for the to game to score all their runs in the fifth inning. A.J. Pierzynski doubled in Jim Thome, who had walked, for the first run. Joe Crede singled in Paul Konerko, who had singled and advanced to third on A.J.'s two-bagger. Rob Mackowiak plated A.J. with a sac fly to right for the third and final run. The pitchers and defense did the rest.

The win allowed the Sox to cut the idle Tigers' lead to three games and the Magic Number to 22. The Magic Number over the Twins dropped to 21, but the Sox still are 1.5 games behind Minnesota, which triumphed over Frank Thomas's A's. Big Frank hit another home run, his sixth game in a row with a round-tripper, to bring his total to 36. C'mon Frank, beat those Twins. And we need to do our part out in Disneyland. Go Sox!