"Not disappointed because he played against tough pitchers," Guillen replied when asked about the play of the former Braves top prospect. "But in the meanwhile, I talked to him. I said, 'Hey, you got to cut your swing down. You strike out too much. You got to use your legs. You got to use your abilities.' Keep saying that.

"'You keep doing what you're supposed to do and keep doing what you think you're supposed to do, you will hang around this game for a long time. You will make $10-15 million in your career. But doing what you keep doing, you're going to have a tough time playing in the big leagues because you play a big man's game when you're a little guy.' And I think he's frustrated because you can see now he's angry and he's pressing."

Considering Lillibridge has a batting average that hasn't crossed over the .176 mark this season and Guillen has addressed this with him on several occasions, it's obviously not sinking in yet.

According to Guillen, however, that won't go into the decision of the pending roster move.

"I'm not going to make a decision about how you're playing," Guillen said. "I'm going to make a decision what the ballclub needs. If we figure out we need a guy who can be around, playing every day, because Lillibridge can play center field, or having Brian and (Scott) Podsednik, then I don't know what way we're going right now. I'll have a better idea when we're sitting down (in a meeting)."

INDIANS 4, WHITE SOX 0: There was finally an Alexei Ramirez sighting -- the struggling shortstop had his best game of the season, going 3-for-3 and bringing his average up to .223. But the rest of the Sox hitters were pretty much invisible in the seven-hit showing as Cleveland pitcher Cliff Lee dominated them.

As for left-hander Mark Buehrle, his 5-0 start got its first blemish. Buehrle went seven innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, two of them home runs.