Sox Lose Game and Series With 8-7 Loss to Royals (Game 98, '08)

Harold Baines was honored before today's game, the Sox donned their '83 retro uniforms, the offense was pretty good, and Bobby Jenks' return looked very solid.  Unfortunately, John Danks had an uncharacteristically bad day on the mound.  Since he has been so solid all season, arguably the best White Sox pitcher this season, it's hard to get too upset.  Still, 6 earned runs over 4 innings is usually not good enough, and it certainly wasn't enough today.  It is troublesome to me how this White Sox pitching staff has been getting knocked all over the yard by the Royals who seem fooled by almost nobody the White Sox put out there.  They hit at will, and that should not be happening to a team that is supposed to be strong in their pitching staff.  They don't look strong and haven't looked it lately.  I'm concerned. 

It won't get any easier with the Rangers coming to town tomorrow.  With Contreras now on the DL, the Sox are going to have to rely on the other guys in their rotation to step up.  This is not a good time for the pitching to falter. They'll have to try starting a new winning streak tomorrow.