Morning Box Score: Jays Cruise Past Sox

By Matt Motyka in News on May 16, 2009 3:45PM

The White Sox dropped the first game of a four game series to the A.L.-best Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, losing 8-3. Sox starter John Danks didn't last long as he surrendered a two-run homer to Aaron Hill in the third and then absolutely fell to pieces in the fourth. Together, Danks and reliever D.J. Carrasco coughed up seven straight hits during the inning, including four for extra bases, as the Jays ran up an 8-0 lead. In his three-plus innings on the mound Danks was responsible for nine hits and seven earned runs, making it his worst start of the season and dropping his record to 2-3. The Sox tried to rally when Paul Konerko hit a solo shot in the fifth and Jermaine Dye added a two-run jobber in the sixth, but the deficit proved too great. Halfway through the month of May, Chicago sits four games under .500 and ranks 26th and 28th respectively in team batting average and runs scored. The Sox will look to generate some support for Bartolo Colon when he squares off against Toronto-rookie Robert Ray at 12:07 this afternoon.

The Cubs and the Astros got washed out on Friday, with a make-up date slated for July 30.