It’s been awhile since Jon Garland pitch his last shutout, so with a long rest coming, he took advantage of a chance to finish off a game. Jim Thome hit his 505th home run and Garland pitched his first shutout of the season as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-0 on Wednesday night.

More: continued here

More from White Sox

• Notes: Guillen planning for offseason
• Notes: Williams ready to work
• White Sox readying for busy offseason
• Thome's 500th lifts load on tough 2007
• Hall still starter in center for Brewers (Yahoo! Sports)
• White Sox sign C Pierzynski to two-year extension (PA SportsTicker)
• Notes: Guillen unfazed by criticism
• Broadway pitches 6 scoreless innings for first major league win, White Sox coast to victory (AP)
• Uribe's single lifts White Sox in ninth
• Vazquez, Konerko propel White Sox