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Danks Celebrates Birthday Win

Posted Apr 15, 08 6:58 PM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – John Danks celebrated his 23rd birthday with his first win in 12 starts, taking a shutout into the eighth inning to lead the Chicago White Sox past the Oakland Athletics 4-1 Tuesday for a two-game split. Chicago just missed its third shutout in four games, the White Sox kept the team that entered the game with the American League's best record in check.

The Athletics won six of their first seven on this eight-game road trip, but they couldn't touch Danks after beating Mark Buehrle 2-1 on Monday. Carlos Quentin hit a three-run homer in the fourth, and that was enough to make the left-hander a winner for the first time since he beat Cleveland on July 16. Danks (1-1) left to a standing ovation and tipped his cap after Travis Buck singled with two outs in the eighth.

Source Associated Press

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Chicago White Sox reliever Bobby Jenks (45), left fielder Carlos Quentin, right front, and catcher Toby Hall celebrate the White Sox's 4-1 win over the Oakland Athletics in a baseball game in Chicago,...   (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki, center, stands on the mound as starting pitcher Dana Eveland, right, hands manager Bob Geren, left, the ball as he is taken out during the fifth inning of a baseball...   (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
Chicago White Sox second baseman Juan Uribe, right, throws to first to complete a double play on a ground ball hit by Oakland Athletics Bobby Crosby as Mike Sweeney slides into second during the ninth...   (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher John Danks delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Chicago, Tuesday, April 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
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