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Finally.  The Magic Number drops for the first time in a week.  No, the White Sox didn't win -- they dropped their sixth in a row, 2-1 to the Rays.  But the first-place Indians lost.  So the Sox remain 5.0 games behind, ahead of only the Twins in the division race.

Last night's loss was a little better than most in the streak.  John Danks lasted 7.0 innings and gave up only two runs on seven hits and no walks, while striking out five.  Jesse Crain pitched a perfect inning in relief.  No one made an error.

It was the recently anemic offense that was the culprit.  The Sox amassed a grand total of four hits and Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko left the tieing run on second base in the ninth.  The Tribune reports that the Sox have a .205 batting average over the last 10 games and have scored a meager 12 runs during the losing streak.

Look, we know they're going to get better.  The question is when.  It's hard to stay interested when a losing streak happens.  And I doubt this will do attendance any good.  Oh, yeah, Jake Peavy had to be pulled from his most recent rehab start because of soreness in his surgically repaired shoulder, so that's more bad news.  Only one thing left to say: Go Sox!