White Sox morning roundup

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From yesterday:

Alex Rios' RBI triple off Chris Perez in the 10th inning gave the White Sox a 5-3 win over Cleveland, snapping a three-game skid.

John Danks pitched seven strong innings, but things started to come unraveled in the eighth. He was pulled for Chris Sale -- presumably so Robin Ventura would try to get him a two-inning save -- against whom the Indians tied the game up at 3. Sale didn't pitch the ninth (Hector Santiago did) and then Addison Reed earned his second career save, mowing Cleveland down in the 10th. Reed's success blowing through the heart of the Indians order only raises more questions about Sale's move to the bullpen, which Chicago Tribune Live discussed prior to the game:

The Sox only managed three runs despite another good game from Adam Dunn (2B, 3 BB). That's been a trend this season, and those issues were epitomized by Alexei Ramirez, Dayan Viciedo, Kosuke Fukudome and Brent Morel combining to go 0-14 with just a walk at the back of the order.

David Kaplan examined the White Sox farm system, looking at a few top guys -- he's not too high on Nestor Molina, and if his evaluation is right that won't bode too well for the future of the team.

The BP Crosstown Cup is approaching pretty quickly. A.J. Pierzynski discussed his favorite memory from the series, which led to Wrigley Field being littered with trash:

Around the division: David Glass isn't interested in selling the Royals, Kansas City stormed back against Daniel Bard to beat Boston, Thomas Diamond threw seven shutout innings to help Minnesota beat Los Angeles and Jeff Sullivan wrote about Detroit's infield defense.

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