Danks was dealing -- even if no one came to see the Sox beat the Jays

Saying he thought Alexei Ramirez was "pressing," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen held the slumping shortstop out of the starting lineup in Wednesday night's game against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

In addition to Ramirez (.138 batting average), Guillen sat Paul Konerko (.222) out for similar reasons.

"We've got a lot of guys that are trying to do too much," Guillen told reporters. "They just need to relax and believe in what they can do."

Fortunately for the Sox, Carlos Quentin remained in the lineup and he filled in at designated hitter.

Like most of his teammates, Quentin was off to a slow start with a .259 average, 1 home run and 4 RBI in the White Sox' first eight games.

But after powering the Sox to an 11-1 romp over Toronto, Quentin is now batting .281 with 2 HR and 10 RBI.

In easily the biggest offensive outburst on the young season -- and one night after they were nearly no-hit by Jays starter Ricky Romero -- Quentin and the Sox piled up 15 hits and won for the third time in four games.

Andruw Jones got the Sox rolling in the second inning when he led off with a home run against Blue Jays starter Brandon Morrow.

In the third, Mark Teahen singled and scored on Gordon Beckham's double.

That was more than enough offense for White Sox starter John Danks, who was working on a no-hitter of his own until Randy Ruiz reached on a broken bat single with one out in the fifth inning. Ruiz wound up scoring on Jose Bautista's two-out single, but the rout was already on.

In the top of the fifth, Quentin hit a grand slam off Morrow, and he added a 2-run double against reliever Merkin Valdez in the sixth inning.

The game was viewed by 10,610, the smallest crowd ever at the Blue Jays' domed stadium.

With 3 home runs in the series, Jones is going to push Guillen for more and more playing time.

"I had two bad seasons, not getting on the field consistently," Jones said of his last two years, which he spent with the Rangers and Dodgers. "I just want to put those things behind me and prove that I can still play this game. It's to prove to myself, to my family, my wife, my kids, my mom, my dad. They all grew up watching me playing this game, and for me to fall off like that, I just want it for them."