Up until this point, Esteban Loaiza had not pitched like the 21-game winner of last year. His big improvement was bring his strikeout close to 9.0. Entering tonight, however, he had only struck out 31 in 62 2/3 innings.

He had the strikeout pitch tonight, however. Against the Rangers he fanned nine in eight innings, and allowed zero runs. The White Sox have to hope this is the Loaiza they'll have for the rest of the year.