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A previous strong suit for the White Sox became even stronger on Wednesday with the arrival of Tony Pena to the bullpen.

The Chicago White Sox moved to upgrade their bullpen on Tuesday, acquiring right-hander Tony Pena from the Arizona Diamondbacks for first base prospect Brandon Allen.

Back at the start of the 2009 season, when Scott Podsednik was sitting at home in Texas, waiting for a call to begin work as a Major League baseball player once again, being selected as an All-Star had to be quite a distance removed from his thought process.

John Danks threw 7 1-3 shutout innings and got a big lift from reliever Scott Linebrink as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory.

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Send in the clowns Joe Torre talks about the circus atmosphere that will surround Manny Ramirez in New York next week, but no one threw a syringe at Barry Bonds in New York.

John Danks pitched seven shutout innings, Chris Getz stole home against Carlos Zambrano and the White Sox got another run on a bases-loaded infield fly rule Sunday to beat the Cubs, 6-0. Danks allowed four hits and reliever Scott Linebrink completed the shutout as the White Sox won two of three before sellout crowds at U.S. Cellular Field.

The White Sox are struggling to reach the .500 mark. The Dodgers are surging toward a possible 100-win season.

No converter box required . . . You could blame White Sox reliever Scott Linebrink for throwing two batting-practice pitches for home runs in the inning he gets paid to close out.

The White Sox finished the 2005 season with Cliff Politte in the setup role after Dustin Hermanson and Bobby Jenks held those roles before taking over as closers.

CINCINNATI a 'By now, National League hitters ought to know a little bit about Mark Buehrle.

Mark Buehrle tossed seven shutout innings, as the Chicago White Sox defeated Cincinnati, 4-1, in the rubber match of a three-game interleague series at Great American Ball Park.

Words such as "big" and "huge" were used frequently after the White Sox's 10-8 comeback win at Cincinnati.

Losses such as the White Sox suffered Thursday aren't supposed to happen -- not to a team that has spent a majority of the season sticking its chest out in late-inning situations when protecting a lead.

In reinforcing his faith in embattled set-up man Scott Linebrink , manager Ozzie Guillen stressed the need for the White Sox to cleanse themselves from Thursday's stunning 6-5 loss to the rival Cubs.

Alfonso Soriano's day was looking like a stinker. He had beer spilled on him by the left-field bleacher bums wearing Cubs and White Sox jerseys and boos aimed at him from all directions by the time he stepped from the dugout for a ninth-inning at-bat with the score tied Thursday.

During the White Sox's 2005 World Series season, Dustin Hermanson started as the set-up man to Shingo Takatsu.

White Sox reliever Scott Linebrink was in no mood to make excuses for allowing a three-run home run to Derrek Lee and a soloshot to Geovany Soto in the eighth inning that enabled the Cubs to rally from a 5-1 deficit and eventually pull out a 6-5 win.

John Danks was impressive on the mound, pitching into the eighth inning, as the White Sox defeated the Cubs, 4-1, in the opener of an abbreviated two-game interleague series at Wrigley Field.

Left-hander rookie Aaron Poreda still was glowing Saturday after he struck out three of the six batters he faced Friday night in his major-league debut.