All the White Sox had to do was not get swept by the Twins in the series and they still would have held a one-half game lead over Minnesota. Not a tough task right? Wrong, once again the speed of the Twins out shined the Sox. Down 6-1, the Twins made a huge comeback to beat the Sox 7-6 in the bottom of the tenth. A six run fourth was all that the Sox had to fight off the Twins with. With only seven hits in the game compared to fifteen of the Twins, Minnesota just kept plugging away and chipping at the lead until finally in the end they pulled out the walk off run as well as the series sweep and claimed the lead in the AL Central. Tough to swallow, but the Sox players know they are still in it and just need to win games. Chicago hosts the Cleveland Indians for a three game series, if they are tied up with Minnesota after the end of the season, the Sox will have to make up a game against the Detroit Tigers and if they win, then Minnesota will have to travel to the South Side to play in a one game playoff. John Danks will take the mound in the first game against Cleveland, but looming in the final game of the series is Cleveland ace Cliff Lee with a stunning record of 22-3. Hope for the best Sox fans, pray for your team tonight.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Those guys better hope they don’t have to battle the Tigers to get in.
The Sheffield might put number 500 ont he board to send them to the showers.