143 (Day Four)

John Danks's hard luck story continued yesterday, as the rookie starter fell to 0-4 after a 3-2 White Sox loss to the Seattle Mariners. Danks gave up only six hits, two of them homers, two walks, and three runs in 6.1 innings. He once again received poor run support, the Tribune reporting that "the Sox have provided Danks with only four runs in his five starts." And once again, all of yesterday's Sox runs came via the homer, courtesy of Paulie Konerko and Jermaine Dye. The offense is way out of sorts right now, and with Jim Thome and Scottie Pods on the DL, it doesn't show signs of getting better any time soon. But this team is too good not to hit, so have faith Sox fans.

The loss was the fourth in a row, the last three of which have come after the Sox grabbed the early lead. So maybe it is the pitching after all -- it just has to be about perfect and then we'll win some games. Because Cleveland keeps winning at an absurd pace, the Magic Number remains the same. Unfortunately, so does the Sox position in the standings -- fourth place in the Central Division. They're 4.5 games back of the Tribe and below .500 again. The Update refuses to believe that the Sox aren't a better team than this. Hell, a week ago or so, they were tied for first place in the Division. All we can say is Go Sox!