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2:05 pm EDT Sun Jun 27, 2010

Less than three weeks ago, the Chicago White Sox weren’t even worth mentioning in the AL Central race. Riding the franchise’s longest winning streak in 49 years into Sunday’s finale against the Chicago Cubs, the Sox are now the talk of the town. The White Sox were 9 1/2 games behind division-leading Minnesota on June 9, but they have moved within 1 1/2 games of the Twins with 15 wins in their last 16 games. Paul Konerko’s solo homer in the eighth inning propelled the White Sox to their 11th consecutive victory on Saturday, 3-2 over the Cubs. The White Sox have tied the longest winning streak in the majors this season, which is one shy of the club’s longest surge since a 12-game run June 17-27, 1961. Saturday’s victory moved the White Sox into a second-place divisional tie with Detroit and five games above .500 for the first time since July 23.

While the White Sox are averaging 4.6 runs during the streak, the team’s starting pitching has been outstanding during this stretch, going 8-0 with a 2.16 ERA. The last White Sox starter not to complete at least six innings was Freddy Garcia, who went 5 2/3 inning in a 6-4 victory at Pittsburgh on June 15 that started this run. The left-hander allowed three runs in the first two innings of his last start, but retired 15 of the last 18 he faced in Tuesday’s 9-6 win over Atlanta. Danks, 5-1 with a 1.93 ERA in his last six interleague starts, is 2-0 with a 0.90 ERA in three career outings in the crosstown series. He’ll face a Cubs team that’s a season-low 10 games below .500 at 32-42. Improved hitting would help. The Cubs are batting .193 and scoring 1.2 runs per game while losing four of five. Derrek Lee’s RBI single in the sixth inning Saturday was the team’s first run in 15 innings.