White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said he felt no regret for publicly berating his team's disturbing lack of passion in the wake of mounting losses. And more sloppy, uninspired play on Thursday, which enabled Texas to take a 5-1 victory and sweep the three-game series at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, suggested he shouldn't.
Rookie John Danks (6-13) pitched capably in his first career start against the team that drafted him, matching his career high with eight strikeouts and allowing just two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings.
But thanks to a four-error third inning (one by Danks, three by third baseman Andy Gonzalez), the Rangers also had tacked on three unearned scores to seize their four-run advantage. Rangers starter Kevin Millwood (9-11) and two relievers made that lead stand up to complete their team's first three-game sweep of the Sox in Texas since Aug. 15-17, 2003.
Earlier this year, Gonzalez was credited by Baseball America magazine as having the best infield arm in the White Sox organization for the second year in a row. But his three throwing errors in the third helped the Rangers score three runs on just one hit. Gonzalez fell just shy of the Major League record for errors in an inning by a third baseman. That record of four was achieved three times, most recently by San Francisco's Bob Brenly on Sept. 14, 1986.
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