Quentin redeems himself

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen hates meetings, but he reluctantly called another one after Wednesday's loss to the Rangers.

"You look around this ballclub, if you release any of these players or let them go, they will be picked up by somebody," Guillen said. "That's how good they are. Anyone. You pick anyone and they will have a job the next day, a couple days later. I just want them to know I still believe in them."

It was the Sox' third meeting in six weeks, but Guillen's encouraging words seemed to pay off in Thursday night's 4-3 win over Texas at U.S. Cellular Field.

Right fielder Carlos Quentin was charged with an error after dropping a flyball in the fourth inning and the Rangers wound up scoring an unearned run off White Sox starter Freddy Garcia.

But after falling behind 3-1 and facing a three-game sweep, the Sox rallied and took the lead for good on Quentin's 2-run homer off Colby Lewis (4-4) in the seventh inning.

"It's something you never want to happen," Quentin said of the error. "But you do what you can to move on from it. Something like that, you have to deal with it."

When Quentin got to the dugout after the fielding miscue, he received encouragement from his teammates.

"He plays hard and he's an emotional guy," Paul Konerko said. "He felt terrible after dropping that ball, we knew that. But that's the way this game is, it can turn on a dime."

It certainly did for Quentin, and the White Sox also benefited from another solid start from Garcia (5-3), who pitched 7 innings and allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits.

"This year my shoulder doesn't bother me," Garcia said. "I can go out there and perform and that's what I did. We needed it today. They've been using the bullpen a lot. So I did my best and tried to keep the game close and we scored some runs."