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More bullet points as the White Sox fall to Minnesota 5-3:

• Mark Buehrle lost a perfect game (walk to Alex Casilla), a no-hitter (single by Denard Span), and a shutout (run-scoring double by Joe Mauer) in consecutive batters last night. But not before he retired 17 Twins without one of them reaching base.
• Tacked on to his Perfecto against the Rays and the last man he set down against the Tigers before that, Buehrle mowed down 45 in a row, a new MLB record, shattering the old mark of 41 in a row, which was set by the Giants' Jim Barr in 1972 and tied by Big Bobby Jenks in 2007.
• According to the Minnesota announcers (XM Radio picks up the home team's feed), the first run scored when Scott Podsednik tried to make a basket catch instead of fielding it the normal way. When he missed, it bounced into the stands for a ground rule double. Say, hey! Pods is no Willie Mays and ought to cut out the fancy stuff.
• The Sox have scored three runs in each of their last four losses. Guys, three runs is not enough to get it done. The Sox are 4-36 when they score fewer than four runs compared to 47-14 when they score four or more.
• Kenny Williams traded Brian Anderson, recently sent down to Triple-A Charlotte, to Boston for Mark Kotsay, just designated by the Red Sox for assignment. Kotsay is a left-handed batter who can play left field, right field, and first base. He's a good pinch hitter, something the Sox lack. But we don't see this trade as making any real difference.
• To make room for Kotsay, Kenny optioned Josh Fields to Charlotte. Fields never regained the power that he displayed two years ago. Not starting for the Sox last year because Joe Crede was around may have hurt his development, or maybe he's just not that good. Either way, it reduces the number of quarterbacks from big-time college football programs on the Sox squad. Clayton Richard is first pick in the team's touch football draft, but now that the former Oklahoma QB is gone, who comes next?
• The Tigers continue to lose -- man, this division sucks -- so the Sox remain two games behind, joined by the Twins.

Go Sox!