There were a slew of differences between this weekend's Cubs/Sox series and last weekend's.

"Go Cubs Go" was replaced by "Let's Go Go-Go White Sox."

A recent World Series Champion banner hung in the stadium.

The crowds were decidedly pro-White Sox.

Oh, and the White Sox turned the trick on the Cubs, completing a sweep of the North Siders by defeating the Cubs 5-1 on a rainy, cool Sunday night.

Mark Buehrle continued his June brilliance by throwing seven stellar innings, allowing one run (which was unearned) on six hits, two walks, and five strikeouts.

When the month of June began, Buehrle's ERA was 5.27. By allowing just eight runs in 45.0 innings over six starts, Buehrle's ERA now sits at 3.79—nearly a run and a half less than what it was to begin the month.

His start against the Cubs was indicative of what he's been doing in his impressive turnaround. He was working hitters in and out and changing speeds well. He was jamming hitters inside throughout the game and had a number of Cubs hitters reaching for pitches out of the strike zone. Buehrle had excellent command of all his pitches—especially his cut fastball, which was the pitch of choice when he needed to get a big out.

Buehrle was buoyed by three home runs that provided all the White Sox offense on the day.

Carlos Quentin tied Texas' Josh Hamilton for the league lead in home runs when he blasted a solo home run, his 19th of the year, to lead off the fourth inning off Cubs' starter Sean Marshall.

Brian Anderson extended the lead to 3-0 when he nailed an 84-mph fastball over the left-center field wall for a two-run home run, his fourth of the season. With that home run, all four of Anderson's home runs this year have come off left-handed pitching.

After the Cubs scratched across an unearned run in the top of the seventh to make it 3-1, Jim Thome put the game out of reach with a two-run home run off Jose Ascanio to put the White Sox up 5-1 for good.

Before Thome's home run, Scott Linebrink threw a scoreless eighth inning and lowered his ERA to a sparkling 1.36.

Ozzie Guillen opted to still use closer Bobby Jenks in the ninth despite the fact that the Sox's four-run lead meant it was not a save situation. After allowing a leadoff walk to Geovany Soto and a double to Mark DeRosa, Jenks got Jim Edmonds to line out to Nick Swisher, who fired a strike to second to double off DeRosa. It was the Cubs' second poor baserunning play of the game, as Ryan Theroit was doubled off second on a line drive in the third inning.

Jenks then got Daryle Ward to ground out to Alexei Ramirez to end the ballgame and secure the sweep.

The loss was the Cubs' fourth in a row and fifth in their last six games, as they dropped two out of three games to the Baltimore Orioles earlier in the week at Wrigely Field.

The White Sox stayed 1.5 games ahead of the Minnesota Twins, who defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 earlier in the day behind a complete-game shutout tossed by Kevin Slowey.

Cleveland will come to town for three games at U.S. Cellular Field in a series that starts Monday night at 7:11. Gavin Floyd (8-4) will face off against Jeremy Sowers (0-3).