CHICAGO — Carlos Quentin homered, John Danks pitched into the seventh inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 on Saturday night.
Danks (11-8) walked six but allowed just one run and three hits. The left-hander got a standing ovation when he departed with one out in the seventh and runners on the corners.
Matt Thornton came in and struck out Brian Roberts before throwing a wild pitch that cut Chicago's lead to 4-1. The reliever got some help when third baseman Gordon Beckham made a nice throw from the line to get Adam Jones at first for the final out.
Thornton and Octavio Dotel combined to work the eighth and Bobby Jenks finished for his 27th save in 31 opportunities.
David Hernandez (4-6) allowed three runs and three hits over four innings for Baltimore, which was denied in its attempt to win three straight for the first time since June 17-21. Roberts went 0 for 3 with two walks, ending an 11-game hitting streak.
Melvin Mora and Dotel exchanged words after Mora didn't appreciate a high-and-tight pitch in the eighth. After the top half of the inning, Dotel appeared to be yelling at Mora from the dugout.
After taking Friday off, Quentin started the second inning with a home run on a 3-1 pitch. Quentin has connected in his last three straight games.
Hernandez got into trouble in the fourth inning. He walked leadoff hitter Jim Thome, then hit Quentin with a pitch. A.J. Pierzynski and Alexei Ramirez followed with singles, and Mark Kotsay's sacrifice fly gave the White Sox a 3-0 lead.
Danks retired 10 straight before Nolan Reimold tripled with two out in the sixth, but Mora flied out to right to end the inning.
Chicago wasted a chance to add to its lead in the seventh. With Pierzynski on first and Thome on second, Ramirez lined a single off the left-field wall. Pierzynski got tagged out at third just before Thome could score, and plate umpire Dale Scott immediately waved the run off.
NOTES: Beckham made two nice defensive plays on Roberts. He had a leaping catch on his liner in the first and a nice stop on his hard roller in the fifth. ... White Sox 1B Paul Konerko had the night off.