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Necessary, but not sufficient.  We're talking about multi-homer games and White Sox wins, of course.  After last night, the Sox have five wins on the season, and have hit more than one home run in all five of them.  (They did lose the other game where they had two dingers, hence the "not sufficient" part.)  Paul Konerko (his fifth) and Andruw Jones (his fourth) both went deep in support of John Danks (2-0), who was the real story in yesterday's 4-1 win over Tampa Bay. 

Danks lasted eight innings and gave up only one run on two hits and a couple of walks.  He struck out nine Rays while throwing 74 of his 113 pitches for strikes.  Bobby Jenks pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his third save.

Konerko also chipped in an RBI double, as well as a single, in a 3 for 4 night.  Jones added a single to his blast to go 2 for 4.  But the rest of the team mangaged just two hits -- an A.J. Pierzynski single and an Alex Rios triple -- so declaring an offensive revival seems a bit premature.  By the way, you'd better get used to last night's lineup.  Ozzie now says he's going to stick with one batting order against lefties and one against righties because changing things up all the team wasn't working.

But a win's a win, and a win that ends a four-game losing streak for the Sox seems like even more than that.  The victory ended the Rays' seven-game winning streak and knocked them out of first place in the too-talented A.L. East.  The Sox meanwhile moved up to fourth place in the A.L. Central, but still trail the Twins by five games.  Again, let's hope that playing good teams brings out the best in the South Siders.  Phil Rogers reports that Kenny Williams is counseling patience: "Long season, good team.  Everybody relax."  Okay, we'll chill and just say, Go Sox!