September 15, 201213 yr It would be nice if Masterson shows up tomorrow. Let's put up a win before the Tigers take the field.
September 16, 201213 yr Author After games on September 15th: White Sox: 18 (18 games left) Tigers: 20 (18 games left) Sunday: CWS (Peavy) @ MIN (Diamond) 1:10 DET (Porcello) @ CLE (Ubaldo) 2:05
September 16, 201213 yr Author After games on September 16th: White Sox: 16 (17 games left) Tigers: 20 (17 games left) Monday: DET (Fister) @ CWS (Quintana) 1:10
September 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 16, 2012 -> 06:48 PM) After games on September 16th: White Sox: 16 (17 games left) Tigers: 20 (17 games left) Monday: DET (Fister) @ CWS (Quintana) 1:10 Fun fact... Detroit gave up multiple UER again today, and lost by 1 run. Defense again playing a big role.
September 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 16, 2012 -> 10:22 PM) Fun fact... Detroit gave up multiple UER again today, and lost by 1 run. Defense again playing a big role. But the Cleve's also gave up some unearnies as well Hope White Sox can win tomorrow because being 3 up with 16 left would be Sweet.
September 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 16, 2012 -> 10:22 PM) Fun fact... Detroit gave up multiple UER again today, and lost by 1 run. Defense again playing a big role. White Sox 26 unearned runs Tigers 67 unearned runs That is +41 for the Sox, or about an extra two runs every every seven games played. Hard to pitch over that.
September 17, 201213 yr White Sox 26 unearned runs Tigers 67 unearned runs That is +41 for the Sox, or about an extra two runs every every seven games played. Hard to pitch over that. The overall run differential is 36 runs better for the Sox than Detroit, so they are almost dead-even teams aside from the defense.
September 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 08:08 AM) The overall run differential is 36 runs better for the Sox than Detroit, so they are almost dead-even teams aside from the defense. So quite literally, the difference in the division is the Tigers defense. That has to be hard to swallow for a team that just dropped $200 million plus on one player this year, while the Sox shrunk their payroll and shopped garage sales for their roster.
September 17, 201213 yr So quite literally, the difference in the division is the Tigers defense. That has to be hard to swallow for a team that just dropped $200 million plus on one player this year, while the Sox shrunk their payroll and shopped garage sales for their roster. Imagine how many more unearned runs the Tigers would be allowing if they didn't have a pitching staff with the second most strikeouts in the AL.
September 17, 201213 yr After the head to head game today, the Sox and Tigers each have 16 games remaining... SOX 3 @ KC 3 @ LAA 3 vs CLE 4 vs TB 3 @ CLE DET 3 vs OAK 3 vs MIN 4 vs KC 3 @ MIN 3 @ KC Sox definitely with the tougher road, but then again, DET has trouble with ALW teams and KC is dangerous.
September 17, 201213 yr 1) All Dunn If today's makeup game had been played as scheduled Thursday, Adam Dunn wouldn't have been in the White Sox's lineup. He was recovering from an oblique injury that had plagued him for a few weeks. Dunn has returned and is 3-for-4 in his career off today's Tigers starter Doug Fister. 2) Fister factor The right-hander will make his second straight start against the White Sox (just as Chicago's Jose Quintana will make his second straight against the Tigers). Last Tuesday, Fister held the White Sox to two hits (both home runs) in seven innings. Will he have to pitch to the White Sox differently today because they just faced him? No, because of how Fister pitches. He doesn't use scouting reports. He goes on what he thinks will work best at the moment. Besides, the best pitchers often dominate the best teams for two starts in a row in a postseason series. 3) Valverde By all appearances Tigers closer Jose Valverde -- who lost Sunday's game -- will be unavailable today except for unforeseen circumstances. Manager Jim Leyland didn't name a replacement. www.freep.com/sports
September 17, 201213 yr Author After games on September 17th: White Sox: 14 (16 games left) Tigers: 20 (16 games left) Tuesday: OAK (Griffin) @ DET (Scherzer) 6:05 PM CWS (Floyd) @ KC (Hochevar) 7:10 PM
September 17, 201213 yr On the road vs. the Angels while they get the Twins at home is scarey. Let's be up four before then.
September 18, 201213 yr AJ Griffin, by the way, 6-0, 1.94 ERA vs. Scherzer, 2nd half AL Cy Young (great pitching match-up) WED B. Anderson, 4-1 (1.93 ERA) vs. Verlander, dominant in DET THURS Tommy Milone 13-10 (3.81 ERA) vs. Anibal Sanchez Sale vs. Mendoza WED, TBA (Liriano/Santiago) vs. Cy Chen on Thursday, no Guthrie, thankfully...and we beat Chen the last time we faced him, so that should give us some added confidence heading into that one.
September 19, 201213 yr Author After games on September 18th: White Sox: 13 (15 games left) Tigers: 19 (15 games left) Wednesday: OAK (Anderson) @ DET (Mr. Kate Upton) 6:00 CWS (Cy Sale) @ KC (Cy Chen) 7:10
September 20, 201213 yr Author After games on September 18th: White Sox: 13 (14 games left) Tigers: 17 (14 games left) Thursday: OAK (Milone) @ DET (Sanchez) 12:05 CWS (Liriano) @ KC (Cy Young "Guthrie") 7:10
September 20, 201213 yr After games on September 18th: White Sox: 13 (14 games left) Tigers: 17 (14 games left) Thursday: OAK (Milone) @ DET (Sanchez) 12:05 CWS (Liriano) @ KC (Cy Young "Guthrie") 7:10 Lets hope the A's & Sox win today.
September 20, 201213 yr QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Sep 20, 2012 -> 09:49 AM) Lets hope the A's & Sox win today. A's up 6-4 going to the 9th. (crosses fingers)
September 20, 201213 yr Author After day games on September 20th: White Sox: 12 (14 games left) Tigers: 17 (13 games left) Tonight: CWS (Liriano) @ KC (Cy Young "Guthrie") 7:10 Edited September 20, 201213 yr by LittleHurt05
September 21, 201213 yr Author After all games on September 20th: White Sox: 12 (13 games left) Tigers: 16 (13 games left) Friday: MIN (Deduno) @ DET (Porcello) 6:05 CWS (Peavy) @ LAA (Santana) 9:05
September 22, 201213 yr Author White Sox: 12 (12 games left) Tigers: 15 (13 games left) Saturday: MIN (Deduno) @ DET (Fister) 3:05 CWS (Quintana) @ LAA (Haren) 8:05 Sunday: MIN (Diamond) @ DET (Scherzer) 12:05 CWS (Floyd) @ LAA (Weaver) 2:35 MIN (Walters) @ DET (Smyly) 6:05 Edited September 22, 201213 yr by LittleHurt05
September 23, 201213 yr Author White Sox: 12 (11 games left) Tigers: 13 (12 games left) Sunday: MIN (Diamond) @ DET (Scherzer) 12:05 CWS (Floyd) @ LAA (Weaver) 2:35 MIN (Walters) @ DET (Smyly) 6:05 When I get home from the Bears game tomorrow, I better be able to change that 12 next to White Sox
September 23, 201213 yr White Sox: 11 (11 games left) Tigers: 13 (11 games left) CWS (Floyd) @ LAA (Weaver) 2:35 MIN (Walters) @ DET (Smyly) 6:05 Go Bears.
September 24, 201213 yr White Sox: 10 (10 games left) Tigers: 12 (10 games left) Tomorrow: CWS (Sale) vs. CLE (McAllister) 7:10PM CT DET (Verlander) vs. KC (Hochevar) 6:05PM CT Edited September 24, 201213 yr by justBLAZE
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