Guillen still believes in himself, Sox

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Manager Ozzie Guillen still believes in the White Sox. At least he thinks he does.

"You go by choices," Guillen said. "If you're going to come here and be miserable and think about what's going to happen at 10 o'clock at night, then don't come to the ballpark. You've got to come here and show those guys you still believe in them. But like I said two weeks ago, three weeks ago, one month ago, it doesn't matter what I believe or what I say or what I do, go out there and perform. Everything in sports and in life is about performing."

The Sox were on their way to another bad loss against the Royals on Saturday night before scoring 4 runs in the seventh inning and rallying for a 5-4 win.

"I come here, do my stuff the way I should be doing stuff, make the moves I think are good moves for the ballclub, make the lineup I think is the best one for the day, and live with them," Guillen said. "I might go home and think about it, but the next day you've got to erase it and start a new one. Even if your heart is broke from the night before, you're upset about something from the night before, a manager's job and a coach's job is to go out there and protect those guys and make sure they know we're behind them in the good and the bad.

"It's easy when you're managing when you win 100 games. That's fun. I believe in myself, I still think I'm a good manager and I believe we're making the right moves."

Sick bay: Carlos Quentin was feeling better Saturday, and the slumping right fielder expects to be back in the lineup today.

"It's the first time I ever had food poisoning," Quentin said. "It was bad."

Staying put? With A.J. Pierzynski out of the lineup Saturday, Gordon Beckham moved back up to the No. 2 spot in the batting order.

"I was thinking about (Alexei) Ramirez. I was thinking about (Mark) Teahen. Those two guys were going through my mind," manager Ozzie Guillen said of his second hitter. "I don't want (Alex) Rios batting second and take the bat away from him. Beckham was the best one and hopefully he continues to do what he's done the last couple days. I think he's swinging the bat better - I don't want to say great, but better. Hopefully, he brings that to the top of the lineup."

Beckham was 1-for-5 and his average is down to .194. But he did come through with a key single in the Sox' 4-run seventh inning.

Fan friendly: Manager Ozzie Guillen has been around long enough to know most White Sox fans go into hiding when things aren't going well.

"Everybody is entitled to think and do what they think is the best for them," Guillen said. "If they think we're done, I don't think they should, but in the meanwhile, I don't blame them. We have a lot of games to go. Look at how bad we've played and we're only about (seven) games out. We should be 20 games out but we're still there."