Mayday, Mayday We're Going Down...

I'm having quite the strenuous debate between my mind and my soul. Intellectually, I know there's a ton of baseball left to play, and the White Sox are far from out of it (technically). Soul wise though, I can't help but feel so deflated, after the results over the past week. The White Sox got the crap beat out of them two out of three times by the Twins AT HOME, and then threw away two games against the Tigers that they had won. Those are very tough results to take when you're in a pennant race.

I haven't delved too deep into the stats, other than noticing that the Twins are 22-8 after the All-Star Break, and the White Sox have posted a 16-15 mark since the break. Offensively, the White Sox have been OK over the past week, scoring 6 runs in a game twice, 8 runs in a game twice. Their pitching on the other hand has abandoned them both among the starters and relievers. The Sox have given up 46 runs in their last 8 games for a 5.75 clip. That's quite a departure for them. In the meantime the Twins are on fire having won 7 of their last 8 games. They've scored a modest 34 runs in 8 games, but they've given up 22 runs in 8 games for a 2.75 clip. That's also quite a departure from their normal pitching metrics, thus far.

Essentially what it comes down to is, the Twins are a hot team right now, and the White Sox have come back to reality for the time being. Thankfully, there's a day off before the two go head to head again in Target Field. So for the White Sox it's real simple : continue to score runs at the pace they have been scoring against Twins picthing, and hope that the pitching staff returns to normal - particularly among the front end of the bullpen.

As well all know is true about baseball however, there's a HUGE difference between "Simple", and "Easy".