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What's the matter with John Danks?  At the start of the season, I thought Danks would be the White Sox's best pitcher.  After last night's 6-2 loss to the Angels, when his cutter didn't cut, the lefty's 2011 record stood at 0-6. 

And it wasn't the lack of run support that did him in.  Danks gave up six earned runs on 10 hits and two walks in just 5.0 innings.  (Jeff Gray threw the final three innings without giving up a run, but it likely won't save him from being shipped back to the minors to make room for Jake Peavy, who is slated to start today's game in Anaheim.  By the way, the Sox will be going with a six-man rotation for a while.)

At bat, there weren't many highlights:  Paul Konerko slugged his ninth home run of the year, a solo shot, and Adam Dunn doubled home Alexei Ramirez and coaxed another walk.  The Missile actually reached base three times with hits (including a double), as he and A.J. Pierzynski (2 for 4 with a double) were the only Sox players to collect multiple hits.  Brent Morel had the other Sox safety, but committed two errors -- one fielding and one throwing.  Morel made the starting lineup because of his defense not his offense, so last night was a reversal of fortunes of sorts.

Getting outhit -- the Angels had a dozen to the Good Guys' eight -- continued to be an almost predictor of a loss.  The Sox record when losing the battle of hits is now a putrid 2-17, or a .105 winning percentage.  By contrast, their opponents are 5-11 when they have fewer hits in a game than the Sox, or a winning percentage of .313.

Since Cleveland won again last night, the surprising Indians now lead the disappointing Sox (name change application pending) by 10.5 games, though the Sox did manage to stay ahead of the Twinkies, who also lost.  Time to start another streak.  Go Sox!