Dane Eveland adjusted to the cold conditions in a hurry. Then he made sure the White Sox’ bats never warmed up.Toronto’s lefty allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings Thursday night, sending the Blue Jays to a 2-0 win and their fifth straight victory.Using his changeup effectively to keep the White Sox off balance, he gave up an infield single to leadoff hitter Juan Pierre and another single to Alexei Ramirez in the fourth inning. Mark Kotsay drove a long ball to center in the second, but Vernon Wells made a nice running, over-the-shoulder catch before hitting the fence.Eveland (3-1) outpitched John Danks (3-1), who also lasted seven innings.The Blue Jays broke through against Danks with one out in the fifth when John Buck singled, Travis Snider doubled into the right field corner and Freddy Lewis drove a two-run double into left center for a 2-0 lead.But the White Sox are going to have to thaw out their bats before they fall too far behind in the AL Central.Second-year second baseman Gordon Beckham, who batted .270 with 14 homers last year in a strong rookie season, went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and also made two errors. His average dropped to .198 and manager Ozzie Guillen had a talk with his struggling young star after the game.Toronto’s Scott Downs pitched a spotless eighth. Alex Rios got a double when Blue Jays shortstop Alex Gonzalez couldn’t hold his high pop behind ond with one out in the ninth, but Kevin Gregg then struck out Carlos Quentin and Ramirez to get his eighth saves in as many chances. Danls gave up eight hits and two runs in his seven innings. Sergio Santos pitched a scoreless eighth and the converted infielder has still not allowed a run in his first 12 appearances — a record for a White Sox pitcher starting his major league career.
NOTES—Eveland also beat the White Sox at Toronto in April…..Major league home run leader Paul Konerko of the White Sox was scratched with a sore neck but is expected back Friday. Konerko has 12 homers……A fan ran on the field in the bottom of the sixth but instead of leading security on a long chase, he slid down in shallow right center and surrendered…..The Blue Jays are now 10-3 on the road.