--OF Dewayne Wise was out on the field before Wednesday's game throwing the baseball. On Thursday's off day, he will take one-handed swings in the batting cage. So maybe his return from a right shoulder separation could be sooner rather than later after all. "Yesterday, (head trainer) Herm (Schneider) was talking," Wise said. "I know I'm not going on this road trip, but I will be going on the next trip, to Cleveland and Toronto. And he said I should be able to take batting practice then or maybe sometime during the homestand. It all depends on how I feel. He asked me where was I as far as the injury. As far as range of motion, ahead of schedule with that and pleased with what I'm able to do. Just all about strengthening the muscles around it, so the joints will be stable and I can move on." Wise suffered the injury back on April 14 and was expected to be out until mid-June. Now he's hoping for a late May return.
--According to manager Ozzie Guillen, the rotation will stay as is, even with Tuesday being a doubleheader and Thursday an off day. The Sox have used two previous off days to move the rotation around but are now satisfied with how the starting rotation is lining up. --RHP Freddy Garcia is now a free agent after being waived by the Mets, but manager Ozzie Guillen wouldn't say that the Sox will go after the veteran pitcher. The Sox are still lacking a long reliever, especially with RHP Lance Broadway flopping in the Game 2 loss of Tuesday's doubleheader.
BY THE NUMBERS: 7 -- Home runs Carlos Quentin had through the first 12 games of the season, which tied Jim Thome's franchise record that he accomplished in 2006.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I want my players to be happy. I don't want anybody feeling sorry for themselves. That's the way you win games. That's the way you win a pennant race. You're not playing good? Your teammates have to pick you up until you get out of that. 'But when you put your head down and stuff ... you've got to help yourself. And you're not helping my ballclub doing that." -- Sox manager Ozzie Guillen on slumping players that have their heads down.
