A win Thursday night never seemed very likely. With Corey Kluber on the mound and Cleveland in pursuit of their 15th straight win—a streak that features historic bludgeoning of opponents along the way–the White Sox were facing an uphill battle to say the least. Then things got even worse when Carlos Rodon was a late scratch […]
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Indians 3, White Sox 1: Well, Quintana did his job
Perhaps, with an off day to shake off the sting of Sunday’s last-second loss, the reader was able to drum up more optimism than the author for the White Sox matchup against Corey Kluber–a true AL Cy Young candidate–and the division-leading Indians, who had taken their last six contests against the South siders. From this […]
Around The AL Central: Are The Tables Turning?
As we draw nearer by the day to the “There are only 100 games left!” point of the baseball season, things in the AL Central are beginning to fluctuate, and the fun part of the race is just starting to take place. This weekend saw a few significant division rival match ups, and things were flipped […]
Indians 4, White Sox 3: Very close to avoiding disaster but not quite
It’d take a real creative bent to characterize the White Sox recent performance in a manner more generous than “freefall.” They have dropped three in a row to the now barely second place Indians and have lost five series in a row. But it’s more eye of the beholder whether another one-run loss that was […]