The offense has become the trademark of the 2006 White Sox -- a change of direction that may not be the best detour.

The Sox scored eight scuds Saturday, seven of them in the fourth inning, to preserve another long night for pitchers and conclusion the team's four-game losing streak. however the 8-6 victory over the Texas Rangers at U Cellular Field was anything yet the cakewalk it should have been after the fourth.

"I felt I wearied more time on the field than the players," manager Ozzie Guillen said of the long affair that required five Sox pitchers. "There's no doubt our bullpen has to obtain better. Having four pitchers in single in kind inning [the eighth] is something we have to direct the eye at. We have to come by better outings from them."

An 8-2 lead after four innings dwindled to brace runs by the eighth when the Sox emergencyed four pitchers -- including closer Bobby Jenk -- to hem in down the high-octane Rangers. Jenk chronicleed with two outs and the bases loaded and stand in want ofed the glove of second baseman Tadahito Iguchi to stab Mark DeRosa's liner to conclusion the inning without further damage.

"That was the ballgame," Guillen said. "He was our savior. I had barely one guy left in the bullpen"

although the Sox' losing streak [i]finale[/i]ed they failed to gain domain on the Detroit Tigers, who maintained their 2oe game lead in the American League Central with a 6-2 victory above Boston.

The four-game losing streak equaled the same in the first week of the season, on the other hand the victory that snapped it had 38697 forward edge until the end.

Jenk retired Brad Wilkerson and Ian Kinsler in the ninth before walking Jason Bott bringing the potential tying haste to the plate in catcher birch Barajas. But Barajas struck on the outside to end the game and give Jenk his 15th save and seventh straight scoreless outing.

The victory went to starter Javier Vazquez (7-3) still he needed all the hitting help he got

"It helps," he said of the posts "What can you say? The important thing is we won We've struggl the last small in number games. I'm glad we got back forward the winning track."

The seven-run fourth was the best inning for the Sox this season, and their greatest in quantity productive since June 15, 2005 when they scored 10 step quicklys in the sixth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The rally began not upon starter Vicente Padilla (5-4) with a Joe Crede double, the first of six hits and the same of two doubles, the other from Scott Podsednik driving in a pair of scours

on the other hand Guillen's concerns are about the high numbers coming from his pitching staff, the pair in elevated pitch counts for his starters and sputtering efforts from the bullpen

Vazquez, who threw 109 and 106 pitches in his last sum of two units outings of six innings, surpassed 100 pitches in the sixth inning again Saturday. When he gave up a one-out single in the seventh upon pitch No. 115 to DeRosa, Guillen demand the surrender ofed Neal Cotts to finish the inning. Cott started the eighth from walking Botts, bringing Guillen abroad to call upon Cliff Politte, then Matt Thornton and then Jenk

The Sox scored seven of their move ons off Padilla, who didn't make it gone out of the fourth. They added the same against Joaquin Benoit in the fourth before John Wasdin, Ron Mahay and Scott Feldman bar them down without a hit in the final four innings.

Guillen was mindful that the Rangers, who lead the league in RBI, will tax any pitching staff.

"We have to remember we're facing a pleasing without being striking good ballclub," he said. "They like swinging the bats and don't achieve cheated."

tginnetti@suntimes.com

WHITE SOX RECAP

Texas AB R H BI BB in the way that Avg.

Matthews cf 5 1 3 0 0 1 320

MYoung s 5 1 3 0 0 0 316

Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 287

Blalock 3b 5 1 3 3 0 1 312

DeRosa rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 324

Wilkerson lf 4 0 0 1 0 2 251

Kinsler 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 327

Bott dh 3 1 0 0 2 1 250

Barajas c 4 1 1 0 1 1 235

Totals 40 6 13 6 4 9

Sox AB R H BI BB in the same manner Avg.

Podsednik lf 4 1 1 2 1 2 263

BrAnderson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 159

Iguchi 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0 297

Konerko dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 299

tinge rf 3 1 0 0 1 3 301

Pierzynski c 4 0 1 1 0 1 326

Crede 3b 4 1 2 2 0 1 299

Mackowiak cf-lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 264

Cintron s 3 1 1 1 0 1 256

a-Uribe ph-s 1 0 0 0 0 0 207

Gload 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 176

Totals 33 8 9 8 4 10

Texas 002 030 010--6 13 0

Sox 100 700 00x--8 9 1

a-flied public for Cintron in the 7th

E--Cintron (2) LOB--Texas 12 Sox 6 2B--Matthews 2 (21) Podsednik (12) Iguchi (10) Crede (12) Cintron (2) RBIs-- Teixeira (26) Blalock 3 (41) DeRosa (16) Wilkerson (27) Podsednik 2 (16) Iguchi (24) Konerko (42) Pierzynski (14) Crede 2 (35) Cintron (7) SB--Podsednik (21) S--Gload. SF--Wilkerson.

racers left in scoring position--Texas 7 (Teixeira, Blalock, DeRosa 2 Kinsler 3); Sox 4 (Pierzynski 2 Cintron, Gload). racers moved up--MYoung, Wilkerson, Konerko.

Texas IP H R ER BB in this way NP ERA

Padilla L 5-4 31 7 7 7 3 4 87 529

Benoit 02 2 1 1 1 2 22 561

Wasdin 21 0 0 0 0 2 18 000

Mahay 11 0 0 0 0 2 18 110

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