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Another day, another loss. This time the White Sox fell to the Twins 8-6. The script was a little different though in that the offense showed up.

Alex Rios hit his 16th home run of the season, Gordon Beckham his 13th, and Paul Konerko hit 28th, and Becks (2 for 4)and Paulie (3 for 4) had multihit games, but that wasn't enough. (Jermaine Dye didn't play, meaning his batting average since the All-Star break remains at .168. It's sad to see such a big contributor to the Sox success over the past five years go out on such a bad streak.)

John Danks had a rough six innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits and three walks, while striking out only two. The loss was Danks's 10th of the season to go along with his 12 wins. He's got to be looking forward to next year too.  And that goes for Bobby Jenks as well.  Big Bobby pulled a calf muscle and is done for the year.  He may or may not be back in 2010, depending on whether the Sox decide to pony up what it will take to keep the arbitration-eligible Jenks.

The Sox fell to 8.0 games behind the Tigers and now have an elimination number of 4. Basically, they're a dead team walking. Go Sox -- get the season over with.