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White Sox starter, Edwin Jackson, pitched a great game last night.  One run on six hits over 8.0 innings means it was one of his best outings since throwing a no-hitter last June for the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Unfortunately, he got no offensive support.  Literally none.  No runs, no hits.  This time it was Francisco Liriano who threw the No-No and got the win.  (Actually, a relatively recent rule change requires that you get the win for it to be called a no-hitter.  Why would you even need that rule?  Well, since 1919 -- the earliest date available in Baseball.Reference.com's search tool -- there have been five times when a team has won the game while failing to get a hit.)

Ordinarily, the Sox win when they give up just one run.  In fact, since the 1919 season, they've lost only 172 games when allowing one run, or less than two games a year on average.  Since they won the World Series in 2005 -- that really happened, didn't it? -- they've done even better, losing only five times when the other team scores only once.  And since 1919, the Sox had been no-hit just eight times before last night.

The loss not only puts the Sox in last place in the Central Division, a half game behind the fourth-place Twins, but it gives the Good Guys the worst record in baseball.  Enough already.