Buehrle's thinking always perfect

Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game against Tampa Bay on July 23 of last season at U.S. Cellular Field.

When he faces the Rays on Wednesday night at the Cell, the White Sox' left-hander is looking for a repeat performance.

"I expect to throw a perfect game every time I go out there," said Buehrle, who also threw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in 2007. "I know it's not going to happen."

Buehrle still can't believe he threw a perfect game last year - only the 18th in major-league history.

"With the stuff I have, it amazes me every time," Buehrle said. "I see (Colorado's Ubaldo) Jimenez throw one (no-hitter) and it's kind of like I wish I had his stuff.

"It seems like it would be easier to do. The way I throw, I need defense behind me. The guys are putting the ball in play and so much stuff has to go your way."

Maybe the rematch against Tampa Bay will go Buehrle's way. Then again, maybe not.

"I'm not going to be thinking about last time I faced them," Buehrle said. "It's a new year. I could give up 20 runs. They have a great team and they are on a hot streak. I'm going to try to hold them down."

Set lineup? Manager Ozzie Guillen said he's tired of tinkering with the Sox' ineffective lineup, so he's going to stick with left-hander Mark Kotsay as designated hitter against right-handed starters and right-hander Andruw Jones as DH against lefty starters.

"Maybe one change, if (Omar) Vizquel is playing or someone like that," Guillen said. "Besides that, I'm going to stick with the same lineup so that I can sleep better because when I tried making the lineup last week, I ripped up like 30 pages and got the same result.

"Why worry about wasting my time moving guys up and down when I got the same results? Hopefully this will work."

Floyd feeling fine: Gavin Floyd is not worried about his dismal start (0-2, 9.00 ERA) or his rocky outing Sunday at Cleveland, when he allowed 7 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks in just 1-plus inning.

"I felt like I was pretty strong," Floyd said. "I felt like my fastball was coming out real well, my curveball was breaking well, the slider was good.

"I felt like I got ahead a lot of times and ended up going 3-2 and getting hit. I think everything's there, I just need to start attacking hitters and getting quicker outs. Make them swing the bat."

Laying low: Paul Konerko, Jake Peavy, Gordon Beckham, John Danks, A.J. Pierzynski, Donny Lucy and Jayson Nix all attended the Blackhawks' playoff game against Nashville at the United Center on Sunday night after flying back from Cleveland following 3 straight losses to the Indians.

Manager Ozzie Guillen went back home to Miami.

"Get out of Chicago, especially the way we're playing now," Guillen said. "I don't want people to see me in the streets."