CHICAGO — Talk about a tough act to follow.

Minnesota’s Nick Blackburn had one Wednesday, getting on the mound about 15 hours after teammate Francisco Liriano tossed a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox.

Turns out Blackburn wasn’t unhittable, but he wasn’t bad, either. After not winning in a month, he pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and watched Jason Kubel drive in a pair of runs as the Twins beat the reeling White Sox 3-2.

“I don’t exactly have the same stuff,” said Blackburn, who went 6 2-3 innings, allowing the four hits and a run with four walks — two fewer than Liriano the night before.

“Not pumped about the walks, but I threw a threw a lot of close pitches that could have gone either way. I wasn’t all over the place. I don’t think my control was as bad as it sounds,” Blackburn said. “We had those guys off balance pretty good and kept the ball down. I wasn’t missing bad, I was around the plate.”

That’s all you need against the White Sox, who lost for the 17th time in 21 games.

Blackburn (2-4) got his first win since his first start April 3, while Chicago’s John Danks — a 15-game winner last season — dropped to 0-5. He gave up eight hits and three runs in eight innings.

Chicago’s lefty didn’t get much run support and was hurt by a rare mental error by 11-time Gold Glove winner Omar Vizquel, who played second base and failed to cover first on a bunt in Minnesota’s two-run sixth.

The White Sox are simply playing like the last-place team they have become.

“It’s getting a little old. It’s the same song and note,” Danks said.

“It’s baffling to me why we’re not playing better than we are playing,” he added. “It’s tough. No doubt.”