After being swept for the first time this season by the New York Yankees over the weekend, the White Sox now must face a red-hot Tigers team for a three-game series at Comerica Park in Detroit beginning Tuesday.
The Sox are not playing well lately, having lost five of their last six games. Lackluster starting pitching and lack of clutch hitting are hurting the Sox, and it will be interesting to see how they respond in the next series.
The Sox do have a 5-1 series lead over the Tigers so far this season. In the second week of April, when the Sox were off to a sluggish start and the Tigers started out hot, the Sox swept the Tigers in Detroit. The Sox followed that series by winning seven of their next 10 games.
In June, when it seemed the Sox were losing their momentum, they got back on track by winning two out of three games against the Tigers at U.S. Cellular Field. They followed that series by winning nine of the following 10 games.
So if there’s a pattern to be seen here, it would be that facing the Tigers may be the best thing that can happen to the Sox right now. They seem to rise to the occasion when facing the Tigers. If they play well and win at least two out of three against their Central Division foes, it could be the start of another winning streak for the Sox.
On the other hand, if they lose three straight to the Tigers, the Sox will fall 7 ½ games out of first place. Even in July, that will be a tough hill to climb.
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