Minnesota’s Nick Blackburn had one Wednesday, getting on the mound about 15 hours after teammate Francisco Liriano tossed a no-hitter against the White Sox.Turns out Blackburn wasn’t unhittable, but he wasn’t bad, either. After not winning in a month, he pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and watched Jason Kubel drive in a pair of runs as the Twins beat the reeling White Sox 3-2.That’s all you need against the White Sox, who lost for the 17th time in 21 games.Blackburn (2-4) got his first win since his first start April 3, while John Danks — a 15-game winner last season — dropped to 0-5. He gave up eight hits and three runs in eight innings.The Sox lefty didn’t get much run support and was hurt by a rare mental error by 11-time Gold Glove winner Omar Vizquel, who played second base and failed to cover first on a bunt in Minnesota’s two-run sixth.The White Sox are simply playing like the last-place team they have become.Minnesota forged ahead with two runs in the sixth inning.Denard Span singled and Matt Tolbert reached on a bunt single when Vizquel didn’t cover first after third baseman Mark Teahen fielded the ball. Span moved to third on a fly ball and scored on Kubel’s sacrifice fly, and after Michael Cuddyer was walked intentionally, Rene Tosoni delivered an RBI single to make it 3-1.The Sox got an unearned run in the eighth when Alexei Ramirez hit a one-out double off Glen Perkins and moved to third on a passed ball before Adam Dunn walked. Matt Capps relieved and gave up Paul Konerko’s sacrifice fly before retiring Carlos Quentin on a pop.Capps gave up a single and hit a batter in the ninth before retiring Juan Pierre on a fly ball to end the game and get his fifth save in six chances.The Twins struck with a first-inning run when Span walked, moved up on a sacrifice bunt and Kubel hit a two-out RBI single.Kubel, who homered Tuesday night, always hits well against the White Sox and drove in three of the four Minnesota runs in the brief series.The Twins’ modest two-game winning streak comes on the heels of a six-game skid. Now it’s off to Boston for a four-game series.Blackburn opened with a win in his first start of the season April 3 and was winless in four starts since. In his last outing, he gave up eight hits and five earned runs in 3 1/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.The Twins could sense the carryover from Liriano’s gem.

NOTES—Kubel, who homered Tuesday night for the only run, has 69 RBI in 72 games against the White Sox…..Drew Butera’s fifth-inning hit snapped an 0-for-22 skid….Rios had three hits for the SWox, who are 1-9 in their last 10 home games……The game time was 2 hours, 30 minutes, or 21 minutes longer than Tuesday night.