Why Sox shouldn't fire anybody

The White Sox lost their seventh straight game on Wednesday night, this time 4-1 to the Rays at Tropicana Field.

According to a growing number of fed-up fans, it's not too early for manager Ozzie to pay for the disappointing stretch with his job.

Next up is hitting coach Greg Walker.

Who cares if the White Sox crushed several pitches from Tampa Bay starter Wade Davis only to be robbed by some stalwart defensive |play from right fielder Matt Joyce and, of course, left fielder Sam Fuld.

While dropping the first three games of the series to the Rays, the Sox' offense has been held to 2 total runs and Walker is to blame.

So the White Sox need a new manager and a new hitting coach.

Anything else?

Maybe general manager Kenny Williams can trade a package of underachieving hitters — Adam Dunn (. 175), Alex Rios (. 183), Gordon Beckham (. 222) and Brent Morel (. 220) — and trade them for some cheaper talent.

On second thought, Williams should be fired, too.

Truth is, the Sox can't do anything right at the moment.

Over the last 10 games, the offense is batting a paltry .193.

The bullpen blew out early, and the defense went along for the ride.

But at this early stage, the White Sox are not going to make any wholesale changes, and nobody is getting fired.

After the latest loss, Guillen could have easily gone off on his slumping team.

Instead, he credited the Rays for playing standout defense. Joyce, in particular, made a tremendous catch in the fifth inning when he robbed Juan Pierre of extra bases with two runners on and one out.

“They continue to play great defense,” Guillen told reporters.

And even though the Sox' offense continues to struggle, Rios hit the ball hard four times with nothing to show for it and Dunn did came through with a double in the sixth inning.

For now, that's going to have to do.

“We had better at-bats,” Guillen said. “That's all you can do. Go and fight for your at-bats and see what happens.”

The White Sox have eight games left on their road trip that moves to Detroit on Friday and New York Monday.

If they return home in similar straits, all of the empty seats at U.S. Cellular Field might be enough to force a move or two.

*Injured starting pitcher Jake Peavy said his latest setback resulted from scar tissue in his surgically repaired throwing (right) shoulder).

Soreness caused Peavy to leave Monday's rehab start with Class AA Birmingham after just 15 pitches.

If all goes well, Peavy hopes to make his next minor league start on April 28.

“It was painful, but at the same time, I'm very encouraged about the reports,” Peavy told reporters.