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When is winning one game of a three game series a good thing?  When you've already lost the first two.  That's the situation the White Sox found themselves in yesterday.  On the verge of being swept by the Rangers, the Sox came from behind (down 2-0, 2-1, and 3-1) to win 7-5.  The "hit multiple homers and win" approach had a new twist yesterday.  This time the multiple homers came off the bat of one player -- Paul Konerko.

Captain Crunch spanked a solo shot in the eighth and a two-run blast in the ninth to power the Sox to the win and to become the first in the Majors to reach 10 homers this year.  He also tied Jim Thome's team record for home runs in April, with a game left to play tonight.  Pau-lie, Pau-lie drove in four runs (giving him 18 for the season) and raised his average to .292 by going 2 for 3 with a walk.  Gordon Beckham showed some signs of breaking out of his slump by collecting a single, a double and a walk.  Mark Teahen, Alex Rios, A.J. Pierzynski, and Alexei Ramirez each chipped in a single.

Gavin Floyd pitched well, but was betrayed a bit by leaky defense.  Floyd lasted seven innings and gave up three runs, but only one of them earned, on just five hits and no walks, while striking out five Rangers.  Matt Thornton pitched a scoreless eighth, but Bobby Jenks struggled in the ninth.  Jenks faced seven men in the inning, allowing three hits and two runs.  He did strike out three men, though Vlad Guerrero struck out on a wild pitch and wound up on first.

It doesn't matter how you win it, so long as you win it.  The victory moves the Sox back to 5.0 games behind the first-place Twins, who have now lost two in a row.  The Sox need to get hot against the Yankees, who are 5-1 in The House That A Billion Dollars Built.  Go Sox!