Pitch with a purpose

Of the 110 pitches starter John Danks threw Sunday in the White Sox' 6-0 victory against the Cubs, one stood out in particular. The Sox were up five runs in the seventh inning -- the game all but over -- when Danks pelted Cubs third baseman Ryan Freel with a pitch. Just call it a response to a wild sixth inning in which Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano plunked Dewayne Wise after Chris Getz stole home on a suicide-squeeze play.