John Danks pitched like he did at the end of last season and that was good enough to beat the struggling Chicago Cubs. The left-hander didn't allow a run through seven strong innings Wednesday, Alexei Ramirez homered in the first and the White Sox parlayed some NL-style small ball into some late runs to beat the Cubs 4-1 at Wrigley Field. "You know the Cubs are going to swing the bats and that helps you calm down to throw strikes and let them put the ball in play.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 6/16	ChC	PPD
Wed 6/17	ChC	CWS 4 at CHC 1	W: Danks L: Dempster
Thu 6/18	ChC	CWS 5 at CHC 6	W: Gregg L: Thornton
Fri 6/26	CWS	CHC 5 at CWS 4	W: Wells L: Contreras
Sat 6/27	CWS	CHC 7 at CWS 8	W: Jenks L: Marshall
Sun 6/28	CWS	CHC 0 at CWS 6	W: Danks L: Zambrano
Thu 9/3	ChC	CWS 5 at CHC 0	W: Torres L: Dempster

Box Scores

White Sox (31 - 34) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Cubs (30 - 31) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. S Podsednik, LF 4 0 2 1 1 2. A Ramirez, SS 5 1 1 1 0 3. J Dye, RF 2 0 0 0 2 3. D Wise, PR-RF 0 1 0 0 0 4. P Konerko, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 5. A Pierzynski, C 2 0 0 1 1 6. B Anderson, CF 3 1 1 0 1 7. C Getz, 2B 3 1 1 1 1 8. G Beckham, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 9. J Danks, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. S Linebrink, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Thome, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. B Jenks, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 4 7 4 7		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A Soriano, LF 4 0 0 1 0 1. J Ascanio, P 0 0 0 0 0 2. R Theriot, SS 4 0 1 0 0 3. M Bradley, RF 4 0 2 0 0 4. D Lee, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 5. G Soto, C 4 0 0 0 0 6. R Johnson, CF 3 0 0 0 0 7. M Fontenot, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 8. A Miles, 2B 3 1 1 0 0 9. R Dempster, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. A Guzman, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Fox, PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 5 1 0
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Danks (W, 5-5) 7.0 5 1 1 0 9 4.48 S Linebrink 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2.31 B Jenks (S, 15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.52		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Dempster (L, 4-4) 6.0 4 3 3 6 4 3.92 A Guzman 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 2.70 J Ascanio 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2.51
* = Season Stat
BATTING 3B: C Getz (3) HR: A Ramirez (6) BASERUNNING SB: S Podsednik (9)CS: B Anderson (5)		BATTING 2B: A Miles (7)

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Player News

White Sox Jermaine Dye (CHW) News: Dye said his first choice for a 2010 team would be the White Sox, but he said he realizes the financial aspects of the game may prevent that from happening, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.  (RotoWire - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Bobby Jenks (CHW) News: Jenks has been ruled out for the rest of the regular season with a pulled calf muscle.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Octavio Dotel (CHW) News: Dotel filed for free agency Monday, according to the Whtie Sox' official site.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 9, 2009)

Cubs Alfonso Soriano (CHC) News: Soriano (knee) has been removed from the DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) John Grabow (CHC) News: The Chicago Cubs and Grabow have agreed to a two-year contract.  (STATS - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Milton Bradley (CHC) News: The Chicago Tribune's Phil Rogers is reporting that the Cubs are involved in a potential three-team deal with Texas and the Mets that would send Milton Bradley to the Rangers.   (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)