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Danks working on winning with veteran guile
- Updated: April 21, 2016
CHICAGO — The White Sox lost a winnable game, 3-2, against the Angels on Thursday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field.
It was winnable in the sense that John Danks bobbed and weaved through six innings but gave his team a fighting chance despite issuing five walks and allowing five hits.
“Shoot, at this point, I’m not worried about how it looks,” said Danks, who fell to 0-3 with a 6.23 ERA over his first three starts. “I’m pleased to keep us in the game. But certainly need to be sharper than that, and we will. It’s just a step in the right direction, I would say.”
“I don’t know if his control was all that great, but he was able to get a ground ball when he needed it,” White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “He was able to find his way out of it, a little Harry Houdini to get out of some jams.”
Danks did not have a perfect inning during any of his six. He walked Andrelton Simmons and Mike Trout with one out in the first and went 3-1 on Albert Pujols before inducing a popup to shortstop Jimmy Rollins and escaping unscathed. He put the first two men on in the second but ended …
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