Looks like Peavy can take his time

Just another boring day at the ballpark.

Yeah, right.

Where to begin with the White Sox' 4-2 win over the Rays on a picture perfect day (finally) for baseball?

I guess we can start with Phil Humber, and here is all you need to know about his outing against Tampa Bay:

You can take your time coming back from the disabled list, Jake.

Itching even more to get back with the Sox after making his first minor-league rehab start Friday night, Jake Peavy still needs a few more outings, and an early May return date remains in play.

Until then, Humber showed he might be capable of picking up the slack.

“It's exciting,” Humber said after working a career-high 6 innings and allowing 1 run on 4 hits. “I was going out there trying to get the team a win. It wasn't about me; it was about the Chicago White Sox.”

The No. 3 overall pick in the 2004 draft (Mets), Humber had Tommy John surgery a year later and is still trying to make it all the way back.

Saturday's start definitely helped Humber's reclamation project, and the right-hander's ability to locate the changeup and baffle a Rays lineup stacked with eight left-handed hitters really helped the Sox overcome Friday night's horrific loss, when they squandered a 7-4 lead in the ninth inning and fell 9-7.

“He was great,” catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. “He was the story of the game, the way he threw the ball, especially the way last night's game ended. I couldn't have been any happier for Phil, his first start here.

“His first start with the White Sox, to come out in Chicago and to throw the way he did was awesome.”

Pierzynski was pretty awesome himself at the end of the game.

Leading 4-1 in the ninth inning, Chris Sale got the call to close it out after Matt Thornton threw 33 pitches Friday night.

Sale went inside on his first pitch to leadoff hitter Felipe Lopez, who glared back at the mound in turn.

Lopez hit Sale's next pitch over the left-field fence and flipped his bat at the reliever before rounding the bases.

When he got to the plate, Pierzynski got right in Lopez's face.

“I looked down and there was a bat at my feet,” said Sale, who avoided further trouble and picked up the save. “I said, ‘Hey, what's going on?' But I still had to go out there and get those last three outs. That was my main focus.”

Pierzynski, as usual, said the incident was no big deal, and Lopez actually lives close to his off-season home in Orlando, Fla.

“I just said hi,” Pierzynski said of the encounter at the plate. “I was asking how his house was.”

Lopez said he meant no harm.

“First of all, I didn't think they were throwing at me,” the Rays' third baseman said. “Second, I didn't mean to throw the bat like that. It was unfortunate but I wasn't trying to do that.”

Lopez said he called Sox manager Ozzie Guillen after the game and apologized, so the incident should be over.

Last but no means least, Tampa Bay right fielder Sam Fuld made an unbelievable catch on Juan Pierre with the bases loaded in the fourth inning.

The ex-Cub not only ran down the drive headed for the corner, he sailed through the air and gloved it.

“I don't remember seeing any better than that,” Guillen said.

Other than Dewayne Wise's catch in the ninth inning to save Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009, Guillen is probably right.