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"Monday, Monday, so good to me."  The White Sox must agree with that old Mamas and Papas song, as they improved their record on the first day of the work week to 7-1 this season by coming back to beat the Mariners last night, 6-1.  You can tell from that opening that this post is going be all about the numbers, so hang on to your calculators.

Let's get the game facts out of the way first.  John Danks improved to 11-7 by pitching eight innings of one-run, six-hit, one-walk ball.  Sergio Santos mopped up with one inning of scoreless, hitless relief.  The Sox collected 13 hits, with every starter except Gordon Beckham having at least one.  Juan Pierre (now batting .255) and Alexei Ramirez (.282) had three apiece, and Carlos Quentin (.240) had two.  Paul Konerko homered, his 22nd.

With the win they improved their record in : 

• night games to 34-32 (they're 20-12 during the day)
• first games of a series to 21-12
• home games to 28-19 (they're 26-25 on the road)
• games against the A.L. West to 15-10
• Quality Starts to 36-13
• errorless games to 38-23
• games when they homer to 39-24
• games when they score more than three runs to 46-14
• games when the opponents don't score more than three runs to 38-11
• games when they outhit the other team to 38-6
• games when they have double digit hits to 28-9

The Sox remain in first place, 1.0 games ahead of the Twins and 3.0 games in front of the Tigers.  Go Sox!