124

Time for a by-the-numbers edition of The Update, or as we like to call it, "We do the math so you don't have to":

• The White Sox win, 10-4, over Oakland while the Indians lose, cutting the Magic Number to 124 and Cleveland's lead to 3.5 games. The Tribe's Magic Number over the Sox is 117.
• The Sox have won three straight and 11 of their last 16.
• Jim Thome was 3 for 3, with a single, double, home run, walk, and five RBIs.
• Yesterday's game was the fourth in a row in which the Sox banged out 10 or more hits, and improved their record when they reach double digits to 7-3. (The Update would have thought it would be better than that.)
• The Sox are now 17-2 when they outhit the opposition, as they did yesterday.
• Rookie John Danks won his third straight game. Maybe Kenny Williams knows what he's doing after all.
• The Good Guys are now 20-5 when they score four or more runs in a game; they're only 3-14 when they score three or fewer.
• Opponents have outscored the Sox in the first two innings by a margin of 51-35, despite yesterday's 6-0 Sox lead after two innings. The Sox have outscored the opponents 143-135 after the second inning.
• Yesterday's win was only the second of the year on a Tuesday (2-4). The team is .500 on Wednesdays (4-4). If you want to see a win, go on a Thursday, when the Sox are 4-0.
• The Sox are 7-4 in the third game of a series so far this year, which bodes well for today.
• Finally, the Sox have been in third place in the Central Division for 22 days. They have spent one day in first place and fifth place; two days in second; and 24 days in fourth.

Go Sox!