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John Danks failed again in his bid to win his first game of the season, but at least the White Sox won. Brent Morel slugged his first home run of the season, a three-run shot, to tie the game in the fifth inning, and Gordon Beckham scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning to give the Sox a 4-3 victory over the Rangers at the Cell.

Danks contributed a Quality Start – 6.1 innings pitched; 4 hits; 3 runs; 2 earned runs – before turning it over to the bullpen to shut down Texas. Jesse Crain got his first win, and Sergio Santos notched his sixth save in as many chances. For Santos, it was his 20th scoreless inning pitched, keeping him at a 0.00 ERA for the year.

The Sox won for only the third time in 22 games when they’ve been outhit. Aside from Morel’s homer, Alex Rios, Brent Lillibridge, and Dallas McPherson each singled. (The single by McPherson, who was just called up from Triple-A Charlotte, moved Beckham to third base and allowed him to score on Cody Eppely’s wild pitch.) The team’s total of four hits is usually the kiss of death. Starting with the 1919 season, the Good Guys have a 55-650 record when collecting four hits (.078). While the record is a little better since they won the Series in 2005, 6-41 (.128), it’s still nothing to write home about. So yesterday’s win was unusual in multiple respects.

The Sox are now undefeated in their last four series – three wins and a tie – and now host the Surprising Indians. The Pale Hose hold the season’s edge on the Tribe, a 2-1 Meat Loafing in the opening series of 2011, but trail in the standings by 10.0 games. It’s their Justin Masterson against our Jake Peavy in the first of two games at the Cell. Go Sox!