Calf no issue as Jenks works scoreless inning

GLENDALE, Ariz. - If there were any lingering doubts about Bobby Jenks' status for Opening Day, they were all but put to rest Wednesday.

Showing no effects from his bothersome right calf, Jenks pitched a scoreless eighth inning in the White Sox' 10-3 Cactus League game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

"I'm feeling good," Jenks said. "Like I said, once I feel fine it won't take me long to get ready. The ball felt good coming out of my hand today."

Jenks also pitched a scoreless inning Monday, two days after having an MRI on his calf. The results were negative.

Jenks ended last season on the disabled list with the same injury, but he wasn't concerned about the latest test.

"No, I mean obviously, I'm the only one who knows how I feel," Jenks said. "Where I was at physically, I knew it wasn't a setback. I knew what it felt like last year, and it was nothing like that this year.

"I think it was more on the safer side to do what we did early, to make sure and double check it wasn't going to be as bad as last year."

Jenks worked out of the windup again Wednesday, as well as the stretch, and struck out two of the three Arizona hitters he faced.

"Obviously, he's going to continue to have treatment to make sure he takes care of that," Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "But the ball is coming out of his hand better. I just worry about Bobby's calf. His arm is in perfect shape.

"As long as he goes out there and performs and walks around the way he walks around and throws the ball the way he's throwing the ball, it's a great sign.

"There's no doubt we're a way better ballclub with Bobby in the bullpen, and that's why we have to take care of that."

Teahen sighting: Mark Teahen entered Wednesday's exhibition game batting .143 (4-for-28) with no home runs and 1 RBI.

The Sox' new third baseman finally got into a groove against Arizona, singling in the sixth inning and hitting a 2-run homer in the seventh.

"I'm very excited about Teahen," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "It's something about this ballclub. Everybody's rooting for the kid and all of the sudden he had a couple of hits and everybody was excited in the dugout, I liked what I saw in the dugout, the guys pulling for each other."

Danks steps up: After allowing 8 runs (7 earned) in 82/3 innings over his last 2 Cactus League starts, left-hander John Danks was satisfied with his outing against the Diamondbacks on Wednesday (6 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs).

"A lot better results," Danks said. "I felt good. It's a lot more fun to go out there and have a little more success than getting beat up. But we're getting everything we need to get accomplished done. And we're getting close."

Danks threw 92 pitches before calling it a day. He is scheduled to make 2 more starts and is aiming for 100 pitches against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

"I think we're going to bump it up next time," Danks said. "Almost like a full game situation and then maybe back off a bit before the season starts. I feel like I could have thrown another 20 pitches today."

Sox step up: The White Sox rallied from a 2-0 deficit Wednesday and snapped a five-game winless streak.

"It's about time," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "At the beginning of the game I was getting a little frustrated about the way we played the last couple of days.

"Thank God they turned it around and played the way they did today because it was getting to the point where I was kind of getting tired seeing the baseball we were playing."