70

John Danks deserved better.  The White Sox lefty sparkled last night, shutting out Kansas City for seven innings on five hits and a walk.  But the Sox gave him no support, and the Good Guys lost 2-1 in 11 innings.  The winning run scored on a wild pitch by Sergio Santos, which is reason enough to trot out our list of ways to score from third base on something other than a hit:

1. Walk with the bases loaded

2. Hit by pitch with the bases loaded

3. Sacrifice fly

4. Sacrifice bunt

5. Ground out

6. Error

7. Wild pitch

8. Passed ball

9. Dropped third strike and throw to first

10. Steal of home

11. Fielder interference with the runner at third

12. Catcher interference with the bases loaded

13. Balk

14. Defensive indifference on attempted steal of home, which doesn’t count as a stolen base

15. Infield fly rule where ball drops to the ground

16. Fielder carries ball into stands

Admittedly, some of these are highly unlikely and No. 14 is almost inconceivable, but they're all theoretical possibilities.  And speaking of theoretical, that's what the South Siders' chances of winning the division will be unless they get some hitting.  The Sox are 4.5 games behind both the Surprising Indians and the Tigers, and only 0.5 games ahead of the Twins.  The time to start winning is now!  Go Sox!