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Double-digit hits for the third consecutive day – this time a dozen – led to a third consecutive White Sox win over the Red Sox. Gavin Floyd (6-5) pitched just well enough to win, allowing four runs on nine hits in his 6.2 innings, and Chris Sale (1.1 IP) and Sergio Santos (1.0 IP) gave up no hits or runs in relief to pick up their third hold and ninth save, respectively. But as the lead indicates, the real story was the hitting.

Four players had multi-hit games. Paul Konerko was 3 for 4, including a seventh inning single that drove in the lead run and a ninth inning homer (his 12th) that plated two insurance runs. Alexei Ramirez was 3 for 5 and raised his average to .297. (During the series in Boston, the Missile was a white-hot 9 for 14.) Brent Lillibridge, who is making a good case for being a starter, was 2 for 5, with his sixth home run, to up his average to .308. This time it was Lilli who started and Alex Rios who came in as a defensive replacement for Carlos Quentin, who also was 2 for 5.

It’s a good thing the Sox collected 12 hits, since they have a losing record at every hit total that isn’t double digits, and a winning record at every hit total at or above that mark, except when getting 14 hits.  Oddly enough, the Sox reached 10 hits six times by April 8, but did so only two more times that month.  They notched 10 or more hits 13 times in May and are 1 for 1 in June.  Don't stop now, boys!  Go Sox!